The former Kirchnerist official reappeared to defend his policies and once again exposed his absurd logic
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Guillermo Moreno spoke again and once more demonstrated why his time in public office was a synonym fordisaster and political violence. Days after the harsh sentence confirmed by the Supreme Court and the explosive statements by Mario Pergolini, the former Secretary of Commerce under Kirchnerism replied by attempting to justify his old policies of control and restriction.
In recent statements, Moreno explained that "the restriction had to do with whether or not something was manufactured in the country," and added matter-of-factly: "If it was manufactured in the country, there were more restrictions; if it wasn't, there were fewer." As if it were a sign of consistency, he concluded: "What he had to do was prioritize domestic purchasing."
Mario Pergolini y Guillermo Moreno.
In other words, the same official who turned importing into a nightmare and the market into a bureaucratic maze now claims to have punished precisely those who produced in Argentina. His explanation, presented as a defense, ends up serving as a confession: the interventionism he advocated did not protect the industry, it suffocated it.
Moreno tried to blame Pergolini for not choosing "the domestic industry" to import the audio and video equipment that Vorterix's foundation required, but those were not even being assembled in our country. A cutting-edge studio required cutting-edge equipment to be able to compete, which was never close to being produced in Argentina.
The context could not be more telling. Just a few days ago, the Supreme Court upheld two convictions against Moreno—for coercive threats and for embezzlement—and permanently disqualified him from holding public office. The ruling marked the end of an era of state arrogance and political manipulation, where figures like him believed that power was a license for impunity.
Mario Pergolini de vuelta en la TV.
Mario Pergolini, one of his direct victims during those years, had celebrated the news emphatically: "He was a bully, a mediocre, an idiot," he said on his show. Moreno's response, far from denying it, confirms it: he remains attached to the logic of absurd controls, ideological favoritism, and the persecution of those who produce.
In his attempt to justify the unjustifiable, Moreno inadvertently recalled the true legacy of Kirchnerism: a country full of obstacles, restrictions, and punishments for entrepreneurs, expressed in legislation but also in violence. Meanwhile, as Argentina today seeks to regain economic freedom under a model of openness and productivity, the former official seems determined to continue defending the manual of failure.
