Get To Know Javier Milei: Argentine President Who Is A Budget Efficiency Champion

Argentine President Javier MIlei has become popular after raising the issue of budget efficiency in his campaign as a presidential candidate in 2023. (Special)

JAKARTA - The lives of the Argentine people are never good. The owner of power never works for the people. The poverty rate rose. Modern-era Argentina later became the country with the most unstable economy in the world.

This condition was agreed by Javier Milei. The economist has aspirations to change the fate of the Argentine people. That desire led him to become President of Argentina. His achievements are jarring. He is known for his chainsaw campaign. A symbol of budget efficiency and cutting corruption in Argentina.

The comparison between the past and the present is sometimes much different. This view was also felt by the whole of Argentina. In the past, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world an era before World War I.

Recently, Argentina's economy is not doing well. The leadership of the authorities who prioritize the interests of individuals and groups is the estuary. Poverty also rose. This condition is understood correctly by Javier Milei.

The man who was born in Palermo, Buenos Aires, October 22, 1970, has been observing the poverty parade around him since childhood. He became one of the children who was often underestimated by his future by his own parents. He often accepts demeaning views and strokes from his parents.

This condition is considered common in Argentina because employment is limited. The only thing that makes the difference between Milei grow into a smart person. He was able to take advantage of the opportunity to pursue education until he graduated from college.

He moves to become an economist. Sometimes also a lecturer. He often criticizes the course of government. He also diligently wrote books related to solutions to Argentina's economic problems. The case is that there is no leader who can make the Argentine economy soar.

He then moved on his own. He chose to swerve from economist to politician even though it was a bit late. He was able to become a member of the congress. He then surprisingly participated in the 2023 Argentine presidential election contestation. His popularity is increasing. He was even equated with Donald Trump. TrumpMake America Great Again campaign slogans are often changed by Argentine people with Make Argentina Great Again.

The two figures both like conspiracy theories. Also hate the movement of the left. However, the Argentine people don't want to underestimate Milei. He is seen as a reliable economist. His decision to break the chain of Argentine economic downturn is believed by the people.

Milei also made the chainsaw his icon of struggle. The machinesaw became a symbol that he would cut the bureaucracy complicated to fight corruption. He was also able to win and become President of Argentina.

Milei is an economist and a former television character with little political experience. He is able to emerge on the political stage of Argentina which is traditionally closed in an impudent style, embracing conspiracy theories and a series of extreme proposals that he thinks are necessary to overturn the economy and the broken government.

"Milei finally got 56 percent of the vote, with 95 percent of the ballots counted, beating Sergio Massa, Argentina's left-handed economic minister, who got 44 percent of the vote. The crowd admitted defeat even before the official results were released," said Jack Nikas in his article on The New York Times page entitled Argentina Elects Javier Milei in Victory for Far Right (2023).

Milei's victory was greeted with great fanfare. However, not a few also thought Milei's presence would not change anything. Milei is seen as having the same fate as the previous Argentine leader who often brought the economy closer to the brink of recession.

Milei did not consider the criticism that came. He continues to fulfill his campaign promise to achieve budget efficiency. The corruption gap tried to be narrowed. He tried to stimulate economic growth by lowering people's taxes. He also cut the convoluted regulations.

Milei then began to make efforts to privatize the country's industry. Other policies that brought a stir were none other than the courage to cut ministries from 18 to the remaining nine ministries: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Economy, Security, Defense, Human Resources, Justice, Infrastructure, Health, and Domestic Affairs.

Milei's courage continues. He stopped all kinds of non-essential public work projects. The budget for spending salaries and retired civil servants was also affected by efficiency. At its peak, he fired more than 30 thousand civil servants.

Milei's decision was met with opposition here and there. Milei is considered to amplify the poverty rate in Argentina. Milei also continues to work. As a result, Milei's idealism was proven by Argentina's success in a budget surplus at the end of 2024.

Milei calls for some kind of revolution in Argentina, and revolution is basically uncertain and unstable. It's very difficult to find examples of this drastic shock therapy. Maybe only Poland. But in Poland, which left Communism, they are really willing to bear a lot of things.

"And now they may have an economy with the best performance in Europe. Russia is also undergoing shock therapy, but in their case, Putin is the cause," said Jon Lee Anderson in his writing on the page of The New Yorker entitled Javier Milei Wages War on Argentina s Government (2024).