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Politics What will Javier Milei's inauguration as President be like and what will happen to "Perón's Cadillac"?

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The future president will be sworn in in front of the Legislative Assembly and then will speak from the steps of the Legislative Palace, in front of the Plaza de los Dos Congresos, where he called on all citizens to participate in a "banderazo". "Bring your Argentine flag". Javier Milei himself launched, yesterday, a call to the citizenship for next Sunday, when he will be sworn in as the new President of Argentina. That mobilization will be the framework of a series of activities organized by Jorge Faurie, former Foreign Minister during the Cambiemos administration, to whom the libertarian leader entrusted the task of ceremonial and protocol for the presidential handover.

What time and how will the handover ceremony take place?
The Opening of the Legislative Assembly is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Milei is expected to be received by the Commission of the Exterior of the Legislative Palace in the esplanade of Entre Ríos Avenue. From there he will be escorted to the Blue Room, where he will meet with his vice-president Victoria Villarruel and, together, they will sign the Books of Honor of the Honorable Senate of the Nation and of the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation.

Once in the session venue, the act and the handover ceremony will begin. First, and as required by the National Constitution, the outgoing Vice President, Cristina Kirchner, will swear in her incoming President, who will then be in charge of the Legislative Assembly. She will be in charge of swearing in the new president and then the Notary Public will read the corresponding minutes. Finally, the transfer of insignia will take place, in which Alberto Fernández will hand over to his successor the presidential sash and baton, and will sign the Notarial Act before the Notary General of the Nation.
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Milei's speech
After the handover ceremony, Milei will go to the steps of the Congress for his first speech as President. Unlike his predecessors, he will not speak before the Legislative Assembly, but will do so in front of the Plaza de los Dos Congresos, a format similar to the handovers that take place in the United States, where the incoming and outgoing Presidents meet on the steps of the Capitol and speak to the Nation. The whole area will be fenced off, but the details of the security operation have not yet been finalized. The Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández, has already summoned the Unified Command of the forces that report to him to finalize the design of the measures.

Foreign guests at the swearing-in ceremony
The list is not yet closed, and special guests may arrive with last minute arrangements. So far, those confirmed to be present at the presidential inauguration of Javier Milei are the presidents of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou; of Chile, Gabriel Boric; and of Paraguay, Santiago Peña. But the official also confirmed the arrival of Nayib Bukele, from El Salvador, and Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary. The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, will come to Argentina with an entourage of more than 60 Brazilian leaders, including governors, deputies, senators and members of his family and his inner circle. Despite the official invitation, Lula da Silva will not be present, and in his place will be Mauricio Vieira, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Also invited, and yet to respond, were the former president of the United States, Donald Trump; the president of China, Xi Jinping; the president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña; Giorgia Meloni (Italy); Emmanuel Macron (France); Guillermo Lasso (Ecuador); Narendra Modi (India) and Dina Boluarte Zegarra (Peru). Another unknown revolves around entrepreneur Elon Musk. The owner of Tesla and the social network X published yesterday the video of a reflection of Milei on freedom and social justice in an interview and the libertarian replied: "We need to talk, Elon...". In turn, the current presidents of the United States and Mexico, Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador, have already declined the invitation. According to the future Chancellor, Diana Mondino, the American apologized and informed that "he will be traveling".

On the way to Casa Rosada
Once his speech is over, after 12:30 p.m., he will start his way to Casa Rosada on board a convertible car. It had been considered the possibility that it would be in the Cadillac that Juan Domingo Perón bought in 1955 and that had already been used by other presidents such as Raúl Alfonsín, Carlos Menem or Fernando De la Rúa, but that possibility has been ruled out. That car, since January 2018 after being restored, remains in the Bicentennial Museum of the Rosada and logistically removing it from there was going to be very complex. There, he will receive foreign leaders (13.30) and the swearing-in of ministers will take place in the White Room of the Casa Rosada (17.30). The future cabinet will have, in principle, according to what was confirmed by the future authorities, 8 portfolios. Diana Mondino (Chancellor), Guillermo Ferraro (Infrastructure), Sandra Petovello (Human Capital), Patricia Bullrich (Security), Luis Petri (Defense), Guillermo Francos (Interior), Luis "Toto" Caputo (Economy) and Mariano Cúneo Libarona (Justice).

Cocktail and gala at the Colón Theater
No official message is planned from the balconies of Balcarce 50, unlike other presidents. Neither are there any festivals to honor the new president, as, for example, Alberto Fernández did four years ago. Thus, after the formal swearing-in of the cabinet that will accompany him, a special cocktail will be held at 6.30 p.m., and then the president and his circle of trust will go to the Colón Theater to attend the opera Madama Butterfly, at 8 p.m.
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timeline for those in a hurry:

Sunday/tomorrow 10Dec2023 in Buenos Aires, according to https://elpais.com/argentina/2023-12-08/asi-sera-la-asuncion-de-javier-milei-paso-a-paso.html

11:00 at Congress west steps, short speech to the people https://maps.app.goo.gl/R9Q8YMDvzf756i4WA
after speech, moves to Casa Rosada to talk to foreign leaders (29 minutes, 2.0 km walk) https://maps.app.goo.gl/obnY1U5K9BpgTWrBA
17:30 at Casa Rosada, 1st floor, 'White Room' (Salón Blanco de la Casa de Gobierno) to
20:00 Teatro Colón to see an opera https://maps.app.goo.gl/qub2GziQgfgexWZY8

see ya there!
 
Thank you for posting boots on the ground information. My cousin is there now. She said that people are excited. This seems like a historic moment for Argentina. They have never had someone like him as President like him. She said everyone is praying he is successful but it sounds like he inherited a big mess from the previous Presidents and administrations.

@StatusNomadicus how is the mood on the ground?
 
@Calgary Foodie my taxi driver a couple weeks ago seemed "uncertain" if i had to sum it up. i think anxiety is the main feeling, since people just don't know what's going to happen. will Milei get assassinated if he tries to take away money from the elites in power? will he be blocked by judicial/legislative bodies and never accomplish anything Libertarian? will he AFUERA! all the unconstitutional executive orders and bring in a fuckton of international companies to get more freedom in Argentina? will those who live off the gov't dole be able to still exist, if social safety nets are reduced? will holding Pesos finally pay-off, if there is deflation and the Peso gains value instead of loses value? i've only been here 15 days or so, and i'm also in the Minarchist philosophy of Milei, so i'm biased in that way.

i think the comments i've heard in these forums are pretty accurate: if Milei succeeds in deleting barriers to entry in the economy, life will get better for more argentinos as a solid middle class is allowed to exist and thrive, but the Expats will probably not have as cheap of a life as before. so, if my philosophical dreams were achieved for Argentina, my cost of living and business opportunities would likely be reduced 😛
 
@Calgary Foodie my taxi driver a couple weeks ago seemed "uncertain" if i had to sum it up. i think anxiety is the main feeling, since people just don't know what's going to happen. will Milei get assassinated if he tries to take away money from the elites in power? will he be blocked by judicial/legislative bodies and never accomplish anything Libertarian? will he AFUERA! all the unconstitutional executive orders and bring in a fuckton of international companies to get more freedom in Argentina? will those who live off the gov't dole be able to still exist, if social safety nets are reduced? will holding Pesos finally pay-off, if there is deflation and the Peso gains value instead of loses value? i've only been here 15 days or so, and i'm also in the Minarchist philosophy of Milei, so i'm biased in that way.

i think the comments i've heard in these forums are pretty accurate: if Milei succeeds in deleting barriers to entry in the economy, life will get better for more argentinos as a solid middle class is allowed to exist and thrive, but the Expats will probably not have as cheap of a life as before. so, if my philosophical dreams were achieved for Argentina, my cost of living and business opportunities would likely be reduced 😛
Yes, this is pretty accurate. I was one of the very few that knew Milei would win. I spent a lot of money polling people and households starting in August 2023. It was only after that, I decided to re-enter Argentina. Falling real estate prices for 4.5 years wasn't enough. I needed to see that Argentines were sick and tired of all the raping of Argentina by the Peronists all these years.

You can see the morning of the elections, I correctly predicted he would have an easy victory - https://x.com/BuySellBA/status/1726267821683036602?s=20. I was only off by 2% points.

I have met Javier Milei in person and several of his staff members and most people know on my Twitter that I was one of his biggest public supporters. 99.99% on Twitter use fake names and hide behind their handles. For many different reasons of being scared of the other party doing something to them but mostly they are in Argentina illegally or not paying any taxes. @BuySellBA was probably Javier Milei's biggest public supporter. We were fearless and we knew that he would win. It turned out exactly as we said it would.

However, I don't agree with all his stances. One of my majors at University was Political Science. I love this stuff. At one time I thought I wanted to go into politics but then figured there wasn't enough money in it until after you get out of office.

I told Milei and his people that there is NO way that dollarization will happen any time soon. I spelled out why and you are seeing ALL of that play out today. I loved telling him, "sorry Javi, I told you so". LOL. I also told them that it's dumb to antagonize China and Brazil. It really doesn't cause any Argentines to vote for him by doing that. Trump did that to appeal to all the Rednecks that might have anti-China stance but I don't find Argentines have that. Most Argentines realize the shitstorm mess they are in and realize how important of a trading partner it is.

Imagine if China bans the import of soy into China! It's the #1 largest buyer of soy products from Argentina! I just don't think they think stuff out. Milei is getting almost NO sleep. I told him that he will probably regret winning the Presidency.

And by over-promising things, it's going to cause even more of an issue to his supporters that don't see it happening. I suggested a 30/60/120/180/360 day plan and a roadmap how to get there so let's see what his speech is like.

For sure Argentina needed this change. But as I always mentioned, it's going to get much worse before it gets better. Most people simply do NOT understand Argentina and probably never will.
 
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