Opposition leaders welcomed this Friday the conclusion of the agreement between Argentina and the IMF, estimating that the understanding with the international credit organization contributes to giving “predictability to the country’s economy.”
After the announcement made this morning by President Alberto Fernández of an agreement with the IMF for the debt of 44 billion dollars contracted by the Government of Mauricio Macri, there were several expressions, mostly through social networks, of opposition figures.
For its part, the National Table of Together for Change held a Zoom meeting this morning and in a statement entitled “On the principle of agreement with the IMF”, he stated that “Together for Change considers this first understanding with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be positive thus avoiding a costly default”.
“It is a first step to not continue sowing uncertainty in the Society,” they pointed out in the text.
Likewise, they affirmed: “We will await the continuity of the negotiations that derive in details of a definitive agreement, which will later be evaluated in Congress, as established by the law that we have all approved.”
The presidents of the parties that make up Together for Change participated in the meeting, Patricia Bullrich (PRO), Gerardo Morales (RCU) and Maximilian Ferraro (DC); The ex-president Mauricio Macri, the governor of Mendoza Rodolfo Suarez and the Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta.
Also present were the president of the JxC interblock in the Senate, Alfredo Cornejo, the presidents of the Senate blocks, Humberto Schiavoni (PRO) and Luis Naidenoff (UCR), and of the Chamber of Deputies, Cristian Ritondo (PRO), Mario Negri (UCR) and Juan Manuel López (CC), the national senator Martín Lousteau (UCR) and the provincial deputy Maricel Etchecoin (CC).
Participated by Zoom the former Minister of Finance, Hernan Lacunza, the national deputy Luciano Laspin and the economist Eduardo Levi Yeyati.
For his part, the governor of Jujuy, Gerardo Moraleshighlighted as “a first positive step” the agreement between the national government and the IMF for the renegotiation of the debt, pointing out that “it is good news for the country.”
The also head of the UCR indicated that “It’s a positive first step, since the default would have been negative for our economy”.
Morales was one of the opposition governors who admitted the magnitude of the debt contracted by the Macri government in 2018 and sent an official from his government to the meeting held in early January with the Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán, where the advances in the negotiation with the international organization were analyzed.
The head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, for his part, wrote on his account on the same social network that “The principle of agreement with the IMF clears up a scenario of default that would severely harm the country” and stated that “It is necessary to analyze in Congress the fine print of the agreement and the feasibility of its fulfillment”.
“But in addition, it is still essential that the government announce to Argentines an economic plan to recover growth and create jobs,” he said.
The Auditor General of the Nation and President of Republican Peronism, Miguel Angel PickettOr, in turn, he said in statements to Rivadavia radio that the agreement with the IMF is “the right path” and stressed that “a criterion of responsibility” was imposed, given that “the worst scenario was default.”
“It is convenient that Argentina has entered a logical path,” warned Pichetto, emphasizing that although there was “a sector that played the bad cop and proposed an attack on the bottom,” “a sector of rationality that supported the agreement” prevailed.
The president of the UCR bloc in the upper house, Louis Naidenoffstated, for his part, that this is “a good sign” and expressed his satisfaction with the debate that will take place in Congress on the guidelines established with the international credit organization.
“We always maintained that it was necessary to reach an understanding. There will be time to discuss the responsibilities of the indebtedness” since “now Parliament has to analyze the implications of the agreement for the country,” Naidenoff assured from his Twitter account.
For his part, the Buenos Aires national deputy Martin Tetaz For his part, he highlighted the “positive” aspects of the agreement, such as the refinancing and recomposition of reserves, although he wondered “how will we reach the 2024 goals?”
“IMF Summary. Positive: There is an agreement, refinancing for 10 years with 4 grace periods and return of what was paid to restore reserves (5 billion). Negative: The tariff and subsidy plan was not made explicit. Neither was the exchange program. Doubtful: ¿? How will we reach the 2024 goals?” Tetaz wrote on his Twitter account.
Also want radicalism, the national deputy of Together for Change (JxC) Facundo Manes assured that “it is good news that after two long years we are reaching the final stage of the negotiations with the IMF”.
Through a post on the social network Twitter, Manes said that “the 21st century demands cooperation, multilateralism and a vision of the future from the States” and added that “if we ‘magically’ solved the very serious problem of debt, we would still have problems very serious and entrenched economic problems that would require innovative responses backed by a broad political and social consensus”.
In this sense, the deputy from the UCR for San Luis also spoke,Alexander Cacacewho considered that “it is positive that our country reaches an understanding with the IMF. The conditions were expected: reduce the fiscal deficit and end monetary assistance from the Central Bank to the Treasury. We will now await its submission to Congress to analyze the details.”
The national deputy from Mendoza for the UCR Julio Cobos assured that Argentina’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund is “positive” and a “necessary first step” to stabilize the national economy, and assured that from his role as legislator he will accompany the measures that “direct” the country towards “the growth path.
Another Mendoza, the former governor and head of the Together for Change interblock in the Senate, Alfredo Cornejomaintained that “the agreement reached is good news” and added that “everything that leads to agreements with international organizations is good news.”
Cornejo considered that “a year of anguish could have been avoided, but the obsession with the story of Kirchnerism harmed us all.”
In his turn, the national senator of Together for Change Martin Lousteau described the understanding as “good news”, arguing that it “prevents the increase in uncertainty”.
“Faced with the multiple sources of anguish that affect us Argentines, we have had good news that prevents the increase in uncertainty: the talks between the government and the IMF have avoided default,” said the radical legislator and economist from his Twitter account. Twitter.
