The Argentine chief of staff, Juan Manzur, ruled out new changes in the government coalition on Monday, after the resignation of former Economy Minister Martín Guzmán, and the subsequent appointment of his successor, Silvina Batakis, amid the tensions that the government is experiencing. ruling party and the battered economic situation of the country.
“For now, the president has not made that decision. Each of the ministers and those responsible for the portfolios each continue in their work area, ”Manzur said this morning upon his arrival at the Casa Rosada, headquarters of the national Executive in a quote collected by the Spanish agency. Eph.
I welcome the appointment of @sbatakis as Minister of Economy. The government adds a specialist who carried out a successful management in the Province of Buenos Aires. In addition to her great capacity and recognized commitment, she is closely familiar with provincial and regional problems.
– Juan Manzur (@JuanManzurOK) July 4, 2022
The chief of staff also announced that Batakis, head of Economy of the province of Buenos Aires between 2011 and 2015 and, in his opinion, an “economist of excellence”, will assume “in the course of the afternoon” this Monday as the new minister. of Economy.
“There was a dialogue between the president of the nation (Alberto Fernández) and the vice president (Cristina Fernández de Kirchner). I did not hear that dialogue, it was an extensive dialogue, but this name of Silvina Batakis I spoke with all the governors and with many referents of our political space and the acceptance is unanimous, “he said according to this source.
The internal struggle in the Peronist Frente de Todos, between the Kirchnerist sector headed by the former president and the president and his closest ministers, led in June to the dismissal of the Minister of Productive Development, Martín Kulfas, later replaced by Daniel Scioli.
This Saturday a break was shown again with the resignation of Guzmán, whose management, mainly the agreement signed in March with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was the focus of strong criticism from Kirchnerism.
The appointment of Batakis, who until now held the Secretariat of Provinces of the Ministry of the Interior, commanded by Eduardo ‘Wado’ de Pedro, one of the ministers of the Kirchnerist wing of the Government, became known after more than 24 hours of countless rumors -and of silence on the part of the Executive – on who would take the reins of the most complicated ministry in the country.
One of the names most cited by the local press was that of Sergio Massa, current head of the Chamber of Deputies and leader of the Frente Renovador, the third largest political force within the Frente de Todos.
With the deep conviction and confidence in my vision of the path that Argentina should follow, I will continue working and acting for a fairer, freer and more sovereign Homeland. pic.twitter.com/rJQ5w0argQ
– Martin Guzman (@Martin_M_Guzman) July 2, 2022
Regarding his possible entry into the cabinet, Manzur assured that Massa “will continue to collaborate as he has been doing until now, with great effort, from the position of the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies.”
“Sergio is a man with a long political career; Personally, he is a friend, and obviously today he fulfills a very important task, in charge, no less, of the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies”, Manzur affirmed, to confirm that, for the moment, he continues to lead the the Head of the Cabinet of Ministers.
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