The head of the Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI), Agustín Rossi, considered that President Alberto Fernández sought “strength for management” with the incorporation of Sergio Massa to the cabinet as Minister of Economy, Production and Agriculture, and assured that the still head of the Chamber of Deputies “has the approval of the entire leadership of the Front of All (FdT)”.
“It seems to me that what the President did is to seek strength for the management. In addition, cohesion was achieved in the FdT through dialogue. The decision to appoint Sergio Massa has the approval of all the leaders of the coalition,” Rossi said. this Saturday in statements to Radio 990.
The landing of Massa and the unification of the Ministries of Economy, Productive Development and Agriculture in a single portfolio were decisions supported by referents of the ruling party and the CGT, who expressed their expectations for the new executive role of the outgoing president of the Chamber of Deputies and praised his management capacity.
In this line, Rossi highlighted “the explicit support of the governors” to the president’s management, and remarked that the arrival of Massa to the Executive generated “a more than positive impact” in public opinion.
As for the most urgent economic measures that the head of the lower house must take in his new role, Rossi assessed that he must “calm down the economy, generate a scenario of stability and resolve income and price problems.”
“The exchange rate run wanted to cause a devaluation. There is a sector of the price chain that speculates, and in recent weeks things have begun to be controlled. The announcement of the arrival of Sergio (Massa) to the Government also generated a decline in the dollars financial and the parallel dollar”, highlighted the head of the AFI.
Fernando “Chino” Navarro
In the same way, the Secretary for Parliamentary Relations of the Chief of Staff, Fernando “Chino” NavarroI consider that the national government “relaunched” with the arrival at the Ministry of Economy, Production and Agriculture of Sergio Massa, and assured that with this designation, President Alberto Fernández seeks to “put on the field the best men and women” that the Frente de Todos (FdT) has.
“The government relaunched itself in a quest to put the best men and women what we have on the field. He had been raising the need for Sergio (Massa) to play a role for a long time. It was something that was raised in talks with the president and officials,” Navarro said in statements to AM750 radio.
For the leader of the Evita Movement, Massa’s arrival in the Executive Power “is a good choice” and he described the still head of the Chamber of Deputies as a person with “courage, capacity, firmness and dialogue“.
“It is a wise decision by the President, who was managing the times, chose the right moment and in a week that was coming at a lot of speed, he stopped. There is great positive expectation among Argentines and the markets. Now, the current situation must be resolved “said the official.
For Navarro, Alberto Fernández has always “privileged the freedom of the coalition” and the operation of “full democracy, thinking of consensus and the common good.”
On the other hand, the leader stressed the importance of keeping wage parities open and that negotiations between employers and workers take place “freely and responsibly.”
Regarding the possibility of implementing a basic and universal salary, the leader of the Evita Movement believed that “it is a positive idea” that should be debated, and was in favor of establishing a ladder” so that workers in the informal economy “start to have from minor to major rights”.
“There is 50 percent of the workers in the popular economy who are outside the law. We have to have the audacity to provide them with rights,” he concluded.
