The socialist deputy Esteban Paulón wants to create by law the "National Day of Ricotera Culture and Pogo"

The nation was shaken last Friday, June 5, 2026, upon learning of the passing of Carlos Alberto “Indio” Solari, who at the age of 77 left this world at his residence in Parque Leloir. The death of the former leader of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota and Los Fundamentalistas del Aire Acondicionado occurred during the early morning due to a hemorrhagic stroke while he was in his heated pool. According to the report from UFI N°2 of Ituzaingó, led by prosecutor Lucio Rivero, doctors confirmed the death at 8:30 in the morning, ruling out any drowning hypothesis and confirming that the artist, who had been suffering from Parkinson's since he made it public in Tandil in 2016, had an immediate end.

The popular respect was manifested in a massive farewell that began spontaneously in Plaza de Mayo and at the Obelisco, culminating in a public wake at the José María Gatica Sports Center in Villa Dominico, in Avellaneda. There, a crowd formed lines of several kilometers to pay their last respects to someone who left an indelible mark on Argentine music.

However, the solemnity of the mourning was interrupted by ideological opportunism. Deputy Esteban Paulón presented a bill under the file number 2688-D-2026, which aims to declare June 5 of each year as the “National Day of Ricotera Culture and Pogo”. This initiative not only seeks to recognize the musician's career but also attempts to elevate a social phenomenon to the status of "national norm," inviting provinces, municipalities, and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires to spend resources promoting activities and exhibitions related to this date.

In a display of concepts that border on the absurd for legislative work, Paulón's project defends pogo as a “manifestation of participation, celebration, and belonging”. The deputy even justifies his delirium by citing that, although the word does not exist in the Royal Spanish Academy, it does appear in the Latin American Dictionary of the Spanish Language from UNTREF, where it is defined as a “ritual and collective dance based on jumps, pushes, and collisions”.

For the socialist deputy, this administrative and symbolic expenditure is essential. According to statements made to Perfil, Paulón stated: "The death of Indio Solari highlighted the magnitude of a cultural expression that marked several generations of Argentines. Many of us grew up with his music as the soundtrack of our lives, and around it, a collective identity was built, the ricotera culture, which deserves to be recognized. With this project, we seek to highlight that legacy and also reclaim pogo as a popular and community expression that is part of Argentine culture".

If this law is approved, the national calendar would add a new day of "commemoration" that, far from solving the underlying problems of Argentines, seems designed to satisfy the ideological nostalgia of a left that prefers to legislate on pushes at a concert rather than on freedom and progress. While Solari's family requested that the music continue to play after closing the wake on Monday morning, politics rushes to turn popular sentiment into a new line item in the state budget.