Despite the discomfort generated at the national level about the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Minister of Economy, Martin Guzmandefended the Government’s position by assuring that refinancing the debt was the best thing for the country.
“What we built was a reasonable alternative,” he said. Martin Guzman to fend off criticism. However, the consequences of this government decision, headed by the ministerespecially by the Frente de Todos coalition, since Surprisingly, Máximo Kirchner submitted his resignation to the presidency of the ruling bloc.
In an extensive letter, the son of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner expressed his disagreement with the negotiation led by Martin Guzmanso as he himself mentioned “he prefers to step aside”.
“It is better to step aside so that he (the president) can choose someone who believes in this program of the International Monetary Fund, not only immediately but also looking beyond December 10, 2023. Kirchner assured.
Although these seem to be the first consequences of the controversial agreement, the economy minister He defended the government’s position and pointed out that Argentina’s structural problems will not be resolved overnight, so that, in any case, the agreement with the IMF is for now the best way out of the crisis.
“No one in our political space can be happy with the IMF but everything that could be done was done,” Indian Guzmanwho also assured that not having made this decision would have led the country to more unemployment and inflation.
President Alberto Fernández supported Guzmán and ruled on the departure of the deputy
Although Kirchner’s decision has caused a great political stir, President Alberto Fernández made it clear that, despite the discomfort generated, he is the one who makes the decisions in the Government. In this sense, although the president told the deputy that his resignation was not necessary, he also indicated that he will respect his decision and after receiving his letter of resignation they are already looking for his replacement.
“In all honesty, I spoke last Wednesday with Máximo. He told me about his differences with this topic. Today he called me, he told me that he had made this decision. I told him that he believed it was not necessary (…) But I respect him, Máximo made this decision and tomorrow we will see who replaces him”.
