2023-05-09 23:45:00
The public revelation of Sergio Massa to put his presidential candidacy as a pledge of unity of the Frente de Todos at the AmCham Summit 2023, it caused relief in the American red circle. It happens that the business sector considers that the formation of a center offer within the crack, and with strong ties to the power of the United States, represented by the Minister of Economy and the opposition dialogueist and reformist, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, opens a window of opportunity for a transition without terminal crisis of the government of Alberto Fernández.
The possibility of a candidacy “generates predictability” in business, according to sources from AmCham confessed to PROFILE. Until now, the head of the Palacio de Hacienda had ruled out the possibility of running for president, due to family “conditions”, but mainly due to the incompatibility of the public function in the Ministry of Economy and the candidacy. If he moves in that direction, the chances of him leaving his position are increasing, but leaving one of his trusted officials in charge of the fifth floor, without touching anyone from the economic team, as this medium learned.
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The question from the president of AmCham and senior country manager of JP Morgan, Facundo Gomez Minujinwas concrete: “Are you going to be a candidate?”. Beyond the uncertainty of the recalibration of the agreement with the International Monetary Fund, the restrictions on imports, and even exchange rate tensions, the executives of multinationals with US capital they expected a political signal to reduce the panic of the Chinese advance in the region. Massa is seen as an ally of the United States in geopolitical relations.
The business euphoria before the candidate Massa
“A government has the obligation to give certainty and part of that is not expose society to internal debates”, maintained the minister, to the enthusiasm of the business audience. The premise of unifying the power of the Frente de Todos under a figure of unity will reduce the conditions of the exchange rate policy, they reasoned in the environment of the leader of the Renovation Front. The reappearance on the scene of the political arm of the head of the Palace of Finance in recent days, with a communication in between, was completed with the new profile that the leader took of him. However, Massa will evaluatefirst, the impact within Kirchnerism to define if you deepen your candidate profile.
For the American red circle, the choice of the place that Massa made to confess his presidential aspirations became a “sign of good relationship” with commercial bilateralism, just when the 200-year relationship between the two countries is celebrated and at a time of uncertainty due to the advance of the BRICS, with Brazil as a reference in the region. “We needed to have certainty to think regarding long-term projects”, admitted a businessman from the productive sector. Another source was more forceful: “He is a dialogue candidate and pro-market”.
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After the first electoral test of the year, Massa received the elected governors of Río Negro at the Ministry of Economy, Alberto Weretilneckand from Neuquén, rolando figueroa. Last Monday, she chose to congratulate Charles Sadir (Jujuy), Ricardo Quintela (La Rioja) and Hugo Passalaqua (Missions) via social network Twitter. Both actions showed a minister acting more as a political leader than on a par with his fellow national cabinet. In fact, sources from the Palacio de Hacienda They did not rule out the possibility that he travel to accompany the governor of Salta and political ally, Gustavo Sáenzwho leads the polls that might allow him to be re-elected in the elections next Sunday.
Consensus, leadership and dialogue, the keys of the establishment
He multinational business was played for two cards that suit you: Massa and Rodríguez Larreta. Although they maintain trust with the other great opposition candidate, Patricia Bullrich, the business world prefers “certainties” in a context of political, social and economic tension. For executives, The exit from the crisis must be through the lane closest to the centerwithout ignoring that “it is necessary that the crack game come out in support of the dialogue candidates, because, ultimately, both Cristina (Kirchner) and Mauricio (Macri) have the necessary amount of votes to win.”
Rodriguez Larreta was blunt: “I am not going to change the axis of bilateralism”, he promised businessmen, before the obligatory question regarding Argentina’s entry into the BRICS, in an eventual government of Together for Change. He even left signs of integration into his national cabinet of technical teams of his opponents of primary interns and, even, of representatives of wayward Peronism, far from Kirchnerism.
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The absentee was the libertarian Javier Miley, who had been invited, but never gave the go-ahead. He was not well treated in the halls of the Hotel Alvear Iconfrom Puerto Madero. “His plans are impossible to put into practice and only generate uncertainty”, complained an executive consulted by this medium. But those darts were not only for the anti-caste candidate, but also for the former minister of Cambiemos Nicholas Dujovnewho had warned regarding the use of bank reserve requirements to sustain the negative reserves of the Central Bank: “He is playing politics with people’s pockets. What he raised is totally unfounded ”, shot a representative of the international bank, present at the AmCham event.
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