Pope Francis tacitly endorses Scioli in Argentine election; "you already know what I think," he said
In the traditional Wednesday audience at the Vatican, Pope Francis urged Argentines "vote their conscience" in the presidential runoff next Sunday.
"You already know what I think," said the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
Moments after the phrase began to circulate through the mainstream media, Daniel Scioli highlighted His Holiness' message, with a reading which was supported by Francis' repeated criticism of capitalism.
In an interview with Antonio Laje of A24, the Front for Victory nominee spoke of the plans for austerity and shock devaluation promoted by Mauricio Macri. "Pope Francis' words will be very important to Argentines as they vote their conscience," Scioli said. "They should give us all pause with respect to the actions of the kind of savage capitalism that wants to bring Argentina to its knees."
"His call to vote our conscience is a deep message: it asks that people support those who they believe will defend them," said Scioli. "You can be for or against me; but I don't say one thing today, and then another the next day as (Mauricio) Macri does."
Scioli was careful not to directly attribute to himself the Supreme Pontiff's support; but it is known that the two share a relationship of respect and affection that goes back a long way.
"We talk about universal themes. His main concern is the struggle against savage capitalism and its consequences, against social injustice, and to make the world more aware of all this," said Scioli two years ago. The criticism of savage capitalism referred to by Scioli was in fact reiterated by Pope Francis in his statement this morning.
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Nobody that has followed Pope Francis in the news for any length of time can doubt this.
Though he's somewhat to the right of the outgoing President Cristina Kirchner, Daniel Scioli is to Mauricio Macri what Bernie Sanders or Martin O'Malley is to Narco Rubio (whose owner, GOP megadonor and TARP baby Paul Singer, supports and, in fact, funds Macri's party).