karina randoGeneral Director of Coordination of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), acknowledged that her name “It’s one of the possibilities” to replace the Minister of Health, Daniel Salinas, when he retires from office in March 2023.
“It is a possibility that was presented to me”admitted the director in an interview with Telemundo (Channel 12).
Rando clarified that “a lot of time is yet to come” for the change, which Salinas announced in advance on October 4. “There are many things to fix, to see, this is not an overnight issue,” explained the director of the MSP, also a member of Cabildo Abierto like the current minister.
According to the hierarch, the Cabildo authorities “are evaluating” and “evaluating” his name to direct the Ministrybut pointed out that “there are other options”although he did not clarify which ones. “Of course we talk”she stated when asked about conversations with the lobbying leadership.
Nevertheless, in Cabildo Abierto they take it for granted that Rando will be the substitute for Salinassomething recognized by the senator and leader of the party, Guido Manini Ríos.
Rando accompanied Salinas to the election in Washingtonis a person of his extreme confidence and also very close to Manini Rios, after the work of the hierarch in the Military hospital.
the hierarch became relevant during the fight against the covid-19 pandemic for his work in the Coordination of case tracking teams.
“For now the will will depend on the conditions and what the rest think. I am available for what is needed, what the citizens need and what the coalition needsthat is, I am available for that, and I think that is worth more than individual will,” Rando assured.
Anyway, the director reaffirmed that “yet” there were no “formal and transition talks”, only “possibilities and suggestions”. In addition, he recalled that the approval must come from the Presidency. “It is a possibility that is being evaluated at a level that does not depend on me”said the lobbyist.
