He Argentine President Javier Mileyconfirmed this Monday his defense of the Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU), which contains more than 300 measures to deregulate the economy and which he will soon send to parliament, given the accumulation of criticism from the opposition, some of whose members he dealt with “sadists” and “corrupt officials”.

“It seems that some are out of sadism, some are out of corrupt “They want to keep in chains Argentines who want to escape poverty,” Miley wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) account, paraphrasing former Argentine President Arturo Frondizi (1958-1962).

DNU Mileya strives to reform the state under tax adjustments and cutting government spending to reach 5% of the country’s gross domestic product, which will be accompanied by a package of laws to restore taxes, recalibrate administrative functions and trade agreements that will be discussed in Congress starting Tuesday.

Milea’s quote is based on a letter published by the late Frondizi when he committed reformsThrough decrees, nationalize, monopolize, and provide Argentina with oil at a time when the country consumed more fuel than it produced.

The text cited by the current president states: “The plan for radical reform and rapid mobilization of resources that we are implementing requires the destruction of administrative routine. If we had not avoided this routine, we would still be discussing oil contracts and capital statements “They were the battering ram that opened the way for a profound transformation of our economic structure.”

The Frondizi government was characterized by the development of heavy industry through multinational companies settling in the country and with less intervention from the state until it was overthrown in a coup d’état. military state.