The president of the Frente de Todos (FdT) bloc in the Chamber of Deputies, German Martinezmaintained that the speech that President Alberto Fernández gave before the Legislative Assembly invites to “deepen the debate” and estimated that the project on the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can enter “this week” to the National Congress by the chamber short.
“I have been suggesting that the treatment in the Chamber of Deputies be taken by the Budget Commission. They would have to consider two aspects, the intensity of the political debate on the subject and act quickly in order to deal with it so that the Senate can also do its thing. I believe that the Executive’s project could enter this week,” Martínez said in statements to Radio AM750.
Fernandez opened on Tuesday the 140th Period of Ordinary Sessions of Congressthe third since the beginning of his term in 2019, with an intervention of one hour and forty minutes in which he assured that the understanding with the IMF does not imply the sanctions of labor or pension reforms by the country.
Based on that message, Martínez assured that the ruling bloc is working to “raise the basis of consensus” among the members of its space with the purpose of presenting “a convergent position at the time of voting” in the precinct.
“We have been doing this exercise, consulting one by one, in groups or by provinces throughout this week. I find an important predisposition to accompany the President of the Nation,” said Martínez.
Although Martínez acknowledged that there are members of the FdT who “have critical views regarding the agreement,” he considered that there is still time to “be able to finish metabolizing internal views” regarding the agreement.
FdT leaders who attended the Legislative Assembly in Congress stressed that Fernández had prioritized “a productive agenda to support the development of Argentina” and They praised his public demand that the Justice advance in the criminal complaint about the debt contracted with the IMF during the government of Mauricio Macri for 44,000 million dollars..
Regarding this issue, the deputy maintained that “the memorandum of understanding with the IMF signed by (former president, Mauricio) Macri is a very important starting point to analyze the agreement proposed” by Fernández.
“It is decided that progress will be made in the investigation of the debt this year, (the deputy) Itai Hagman has been making progress on this issue and we want to start working on the leak issue“, he concluded.
