© Marcelo Aballay
Roberto Lavagna was one of the 2019 candidates and one of the political stars of that year. Although she had started as the promise for those elections, then it deflatedand the arrival of Serge Massa al front of all ended up dynamiting his electoral dreams. In the end, he just finished above six points.
However, despite having recently turned 80, the former Economy Minister remains very active: in recent times received the president of the Chamber of Deputies in his farm in Cañuelas and also had lunch with Alberto Fernandez.
Massa had several talks with Lavagna, who at the time was the pillar of the economic team of the Renovator Frontregarding the agreement with the International Monetary Fund. The former minister, head of the negotiations with the IMF during the Kirchner government, gave him his opinions on how to proceed and even helped him with the articles of the law.
Lavagna has also been following the political reality with concern: those who have spoken with him in recent times assure that he is scared with the growth of Javier Milei. “He thinks that if the government doesn’t get on track, Milei will be the next president,” says a politician with whom he is in dialogue.
Lavagna also closely follows what happens in the Indec, commanded by his son Marco. In this environment, there is talk of the increasing crossbreeding of the youngest of the Lavagnas with Roberto FelettiSecretary of Commerce Ultra K.
Last week, Lavagna also met with Alberto Fernandez, who had tempted him twice to head the Ministry of Economy when he began his government. Then he wanted to add him to the Economic and Social Council and exchanged views with the president regarding the present.
From the Casa Rosada they say that Lavanga told him that the economy was doing well but that the political front had to be organized since that might have a negative impact.
