Macri calls for binding sworn in as president of Argentina

The new head of state asked to leave behind confrontation at a ceremony in which there has been no transfer of power by the absence of its predecessor, Cristina Kirchner, due to disagreements in the protocol

Argentina's new president, Mauricio Macri, today called the "contribution" of the population to govern the next four years because "the challenges are enormous," in his first speech to Congress after being sworn in as successor to Cristina Kirchner.

In his inaugural speech, 25 minutes, the president of the soccer club Boca Juniors 56 has appealed for national unity, has condemned corruption, has promised an independent justice "without activist judges" and warned that the huge challenges not They shall be settled in the overnight.

After 12 years of center-left governments led by the marriage of Nestor and Cristina Kirchner, Macri has insisted that "the country has sectors who think in different ways but is not divided". "Gone elections, and now we must all unite to grow and improve," he said.

Outside of Congress a few hundred followers have waited the oath of Macri to Federico Pinedo, provisional president of the Senate and the Executive Branch from midnight, following a disagreement about the protocol that led Kirchner to leave the handover .

"I call on everyone to learn the art of the deal." "Defy everything you ever confused us," asked the new president.

Macri is a polarized after winning country with a small difference the second round of November 22 (51.33% vs. 48.66%) Daniel Scioli, candidate of the coalition of left kirchnerista present in the Legislature during the inauguration . Vowing handling decisions sincerely, he pointed out that "the challenges are enormous and that problems are not going to be able to solve from one day to the other."

Finally, he stressed that give its "full support for the independent judiciary which in recent years has been a bulwark of democracy (...), there will be macrista judges."

Shortly after he has climbed to a convertible car with his wife, Juliana Awada, to walk the three kilometers from the Congress of the Casa Rosada and have been saluting while being escorted by an honor guard of 300 grenadiers on horseback, where he has promised the Argentine people "a wonderful stage".

Macri has become second inauguration ceremony in an authentic party where the vice president has sung microphone in hand and the president has gotten rid of the band and stick to accompany dancing. "I'm complicated dance from the side but when I kick starts the music," he said, shortly before they began to sound the first notes of tropical music of Gilda.

After the party outside, Macri has met in the halls of the Casa Rosada with the traditional kissing of hands to receive those who from now on will be its regional counterparts and King Juan Carlos.

Macri has been particularly effusive with Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez, who has been cast in a long embrace, despite being in the ideological antipodes, a sign that both intend to initiate a stage of relaxation of bilateral relations. The new Argentine president has also embraced the King and held a brief talk with him more entertaining than with other international leaders present.