President Alberto Fernández assured that the incorporation of Sergio Massa to the national Cabinet will allow “continuing to work and improving the road map” that the Frente de Todos proposed “to take Argentina to the place we want and deserve”, while the still head of the Chamber of Deputies anticipated that “Next Wednesday” “a set of measures” will be announced.
“There is no time to lose. It is time to add and move forward,” said the head of state after the announcements made on Thursday about the redesign of the national Cabinet in key positions of the economic-financial administration.
Beyond a brief contact between Massa and journalists stationed at the door of the Presidential Villa in Olivos, where the deputy was received by the President, Fernández and the former mayor of Tigre used social networks to provide details of the meeting.
“What we have experienced as a country and as a society in recent months and in particular in recent weeks, forces us to have better coordination, claiming the solidarity effort of the productive forces,” the President said on his Twitter account.
I have summoned @SergioMassa to join the government team. His vision, capacity and experience will allow us to continue working and improving the roadmap that we set out to take Argentina to the place that we want and deserve. pic.twitter.com/vVie5esRZ9
– Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) July 29, 2022
In this sense, he pointed out that “concentrating the definition of economic policy will allow us to work in a faster, more agile and efficient way to get out of the point where we are.”
Among the decisions adopted on Thursday, the concentration of the powers held by the Ministries of Productive Development and Agriculture under the tutelage of the Ministry of Economy that Massa will lead stands out.
In that context, Fernández gave his recognition “to the outgoing officials who understood the seriousness of the hour and allowed this much-needed reorganization” and expressed his “special gratitude to Silvina Batakis and Daniel Scioli for the political commitment and personal detachment they have shown”.
My appreciation to the outgoing officials who understood the seriousness of the hour and allowed for this much-needed reorganization. My special thanks to @sbatakis Already @danielscioli for the political commitment and personal detachment they have shown.
– Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) July 29, 2022
Regarding Massa, the head of state recalled that he has known him for “many years” and that together they have “worked thinking of a developed, modern Argentina with social inclusion.”
“Knowing him, I know that at this time he will put his effort and work to achieve the solutions that the Argentine economy demands,” said the President and expressed that “the reality of many Argentine families tells us that there is no time to lose. It is time to add and move on.”
Massa, for his part, stated before the press in Olivos that next week “a set of measures” will be announced and asked the media not to anticipate the officials who are going to enter and those who leave.
“On Wednesday we are going to announce a set of measures, after the special session is held on Tuesday in the Chamber of Deputies,” he said.
Then, in a series of messages he issued on Twitter, promised to work “with soul and life, without prejudiceand willing to speak with all the political, economic and social sectors of Argentina to contribute to order, certainty and growth”.
“I thank the President for the trust and honor he places in me. With his support, that of the government team, that of the Frente de Todos and that of the people, we will be able to advance towards an Argentina with order, fair and prosperous”, Massa asserted and remarked that Argentines demand “solutions to their problems.”
I thank the president @alferdez the trust and honor you place in me.
With your support, that of the government team, that of the Frente de Todos and that of the people, we will be able to advance towards an Argentina with order, fairness and prosperity.
– Sergio Massa (@SergioMassa) July 29, 2022
While Massa met this Friday in Olivos, a group of his closest collaborators was waiting for him in the Buenos Aires offices of the Renovador Front, on Avenida Libertador at 800 in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Retiro, sources from that political space told Télam.
Among those who entered that party headquarters were the president of the Investment and Foreign Trade Bank (Bice), José Ignacio de Mendiguren; the Secretary of Institutional Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Jorge Solmi; the Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, Raúl Pérez; the deputy director of the Anses Guarantee and Sustainability Fund, Lisandro Cleri; the director of the Indec, Marco Lavagna; and the head of advisers to the Presidency, Juan Manuel Olmos.
Massa will take over as head of the Ministry of Economy as soon as his removal from the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies is resolved, in a special session scheduled for Tuesday in which his successor will be elected who, according to the Tigrense, “is a decision that corresponds to the Front of All”.
Although the ruling party did not confirm who will be promoted as Massa’s successor, several names have circulated in recent hours, including deputies Cecilia Moreau, Rosana Bertone (former governor of Tierra del Fuego) and deputy Marcelo Cassaretto.
