The President of Argentina declares that he “doesn’t need Congress to save the economy.”

The president made these remarks during an interview with the British media outlet Financial Times, which was published this Thursday, the day before he delivers his opening speech to the legislative assembly.

“There are other reforms that we can enact by decree, changing the application of laws, and we will do all of that,” he warned during the interview.

In this regard, he noted that about a third of the 1,000 proposed reform measures in the mega-decree are in effect unless the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate reject them.

“But while the Congress has its current composition, we believe that passing reforms is difficult because what became clear (with the economic reform bill) is that politicians have no problem in harming the interests of Argentinians to maintain their privileges,” he asserted.

While admitting that “in the long term, Congress is needed,” he insisted that historically low levels of investment in the country meant that companies could achieve significant returns in the short term with only small capital outlays.