20 de AGO. Cristina Fernández saludó a la militancia en los patios de Casa Rosada.

August 20, 2015, Casa Rosada: At the end of the event, the president greeted the activists who had gathered at the Government House to support her, congratulating them "for the solidarity efforts they carried out with the flood victims." In the courtyard of the Gallery of Latin American Patriots, the President stated: "I ask you to continue your activism and work as you have been doing until now. These are not attacks against a candidate or the President; the clear attack here is against an entire political project that has achieved the inclusion of millions of Argentinians. They want to return to the times of unconditional international alignment," she asserted. "On the other side are those who, when Judge Griesa ruled on the vulture funds, said that payment had to be made in cash; the intelligent approach would have been to support this government, which is not eligible for reelection, so that we could resolve the issue, and the next government wouldn't have any problems," Cristina pointed out, adding: "They shot themselves in the foot. Instead of negotiating with us (the funds), they're going to wait for someone else to be in government and pay them." "I think that often the heat of the election leads people to adopt attitudes that are not in the best interests of Argentinians," she emphasized. "We have to go door to door to explain, not to argue. We are going to continue transforming the country, because societies don't go backward, because nobody votes for the past, despite all the mistakes and shortcomings we may have, but people always vote for the future, and our role must be to redouble our efforts and activist work," the head of state declared. "Nothing can be built on ruins and ashes. The wonderful thing about this historical stage is that they will be able to continue building on the bricks we have laid throughout the country," she affirmed. "I will be where I have always been, supporting the FPV candidates, because I am convinced that my comrades will continue with these policies, because they have participated in them and because there is a people who are not willing to take a single step backward, and they too want to be part of this glorious history," she concluded. "I ask myself, do you think anyone wants to go down in history as a traitor? Who could be so foolish? No one. That's why they attack the candidates of the Front for Victory?" she added. Malvinas Argentinas Courtyard The President then went to the so-called Malvinas Courtyard where she told the activists that "the mission of this contact is not to say goodbye to anyone, but hello and welcome. I learned this when I was very young, like you," she said. “We need the unity of the popular movement. Not everyone is an activist in the way we would like. Let's not act as prosecutors or judges, and that's why I'm telling you that we have to gather as many people as possible so that this project can continue,” Cristina expressed. She added in that courtyard, “I'm not a candidate for anything, even though rivers of ink have been spilled on this subject and I've been criticized. But I'm speaking to you, free of personal interests, to establish unity, to forge different kinds of bonds. Let's be generous because generosity makes us greater, and forgiveness makes us better political leaders. We shouldn't side with someone who made a mistake and came back.” She emphasized that “today, society needs mature leadership. Look at the mess we have on the other side,” and added, “Imagine being governed by someone who wakes up and says one thing and then says another, or listens to a pollster and says something else entirely.” “Those of us who are always on the same side, those of us who are militants for love and happiness, for the homeland, have to do something. We have an obligation to be the best. Let's be intelligent. I see a low level of intelligence on the other side, so let's put all our neurons to work.” Palm Tree Courtyard Addressing the militants gathered in the traditional Palm Tree Courtyard, he said, “I see a flag of our comrades from Tupac Amaru and I want to tell you that I deeply regret what happened. It causes me great pain. I was in Jujuy with you. I never thought that someone would be capable of accusing you of the death of one of your own comrades,” referring to the young Jorge Ariel Velázquez. He reiterated the need to continue with the model, to seek unity, and emphasized that “we remain firm in moving forward,” while maintaining that “we have suffered insults and lies, but, as happened with businessmen from El Calafate, the one who came out to tell the truth was the local UCR leader himself.”