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The Government, between Casa Rosada, the Ministry of Economy and the Otamendi hospital – where the President receives the cabinet while taking care of his newborn son – is preparing the details of the Law announced on Monday night by the Minister of Economy, Martin Guzman. The project would consist of tax the sectors of the economy that are having extraordinary profits from the war to generate income for the sectors of the informal economy that will not benefit from the opening of the joint ventures. “The minister is working on that project that will go through Congress and that will be similar to the IFE“, they say from Government House. During yesterday followingnoon, as he learned Page 12, Fernández received the Minister of the Interior, Eduardo “Wado” de Pedro, at the Otamendi on the eve of the speech that the vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, will give at the CCK. The context is complex because, almost simultaneously with the vice president’s words, the inflation number for March will be known, which Casa Rosada expects will be close to seven points.
Close to Fernández, they think that CFK’s speech will not contain great definitions on internal politics because the reason for his presence there is the inauguration of the Latin American European Parliamentary Assembly. Nevertheless, from Kirchnerism they think that “when CFK speaks it is because he has something to say”. Regarding the internal one and the possible cabinet changes, in Balcarce 50 they assure that “we don’t care. We are going to manage and govern and who does not like it to goIn this line, they indicated that they are not thinking regarding changes in the heads of the portfolios but regarding “ordering and verticalizing” the ministries. “It cannot be that in each area there are three below the minister who do not allow progress”, they underline. They assure that neither the head of the Economy, Martín Guzmán, nor the head of the Interior, Eduardo de Pedro, will be displaced from their positions, but yes They clarify that the President intends that the former Minister of Defense, Agustín Rossi, return to the cabinet.
About the differences that exist within different areas, such as in the Ministry of Economy, from Kirchnerism they assure that “If you in your ministry cannot build the necessary consensus, you cannot get angry. The problem is that there have to be areas to be able to discuss and that has to be defined by the President. Alberto has to define the methodology and you have to be very careful because people are going to get tired.” Along these lines, they maintain that the government’s biggest problem is inflation and defend the task carried out by the Secretary of Domestic Trade, Roberto Feletti. Regarding the law that the Minister of Economy is working on, they believe that “when they present something we will see”. “The problem is not the names but the policies. In any case, even they themselves say that Guzmán has already completed a cycle. Doing politics and agreeing with Cristina Kirchner, far from weakening him, will strengthen the President.”
Close to the president they are clear that the current problem “is in the wage earners who lost purchasing power and in unregistered employment.” Along these lines, they emphasize that “in a country with seven percent unemployment you have the possibility of debating the parities well because no one is at risk of losing their job. That is why they reopened and it is something that unions and businessmen agree and work on We also raised the food card and pensions.” What is missing, they consider, “is to see how we solve the problem of the salary that he has lost since 2015. We are recovering a lot and we have to continue on that path.” Guzmán’s project, they explain, would serve to improve the situation “of workers who are not registered or are monotributistas.”
Different leaders of Albertism came out yesterday to support the Minister of the Economy who, following having spoken with the President on Sunday at Quinta de Olivos, as reported by this newspaper, assured that “Alberto Fernández’s definition is that there is an economic program and that we will manage with the people who are aligned with that course.” The Minister of Security, Hannibal Fernandezfor example, expressed in dialogue with Futurock what “It is governed with those who are willing to accompany. The last word belongs to the President and those who disagree, at a minimum, should not get in the way.”
The Legal and Technical Secretary, Vilma Ibarraadded in radio statements with the uncover what “Unity is essential to be able to have political strength and face the pending challenges”. “We have not had the intelligence to have instances of processing the differences and they have to be done. There is no rupture, it would be very serious if there were and it would not hurt the internal sectors, but rather 44 million Argentines,” he added.
From Kirchnerism, meanwhile, they insist that internal and political debates must take place “indoors and not in the media”, and that the person in charge of convening discussion tables should be the President. “Things are discussed in other areas. If everything is filtered, it’s a problem. If what they say is a political position, it has to be defined in another space.” On the other hand, they add that the cabinet changes “are all rumours. Guzmán doubled the bet yesterday, but that does not mean that they are going to break up. Nobody is going to break anything“.
Close to Fernández, they respond that the President is not going to convene those meetings or debate tables and that “those who want to leave can leave. We are going to do what Guzmán said, who discussed it with the President on Sunday: work and move forward. Those who do not feel included have to know that no one is holding them back.”
