07/14/2020 - 9:02
- Clarín.com
- Politics
Former President Mauricio Macri explained the reasons for his "lightning trip" to Paraguay in the midst of the coronavirus-reinforced quarantine and criticized the Argentine government for the measures taken during the pandemic.
"(The trip) was due to an invitation from my friend (ex) President (Horacio) Cartes to review an agenda of how to get out of this moment of concern that this pandemic has meant," he said.
And he added, in dialogue with a Paraguayan TV channel: "We are talking about how to get out of fear, which has led to urgency and to making hasty decisions that may have been very harmful ."
In this context, Macri pointed out against the extension of such a strict quarantine in the AMBA and stated that it is time to start with the reopening, stating that "you have to get out of fear."
"We must return to calm, to trust health professionals and carefully resume normal activities, empowering people ."
Although at first there was speculation that the journey of the leader of Together for Change to the neighboring country had had to do with his role as executive head of the FIFA Foundation, Macri explained that he actually did it to visit his "friend "Cartes.
"I also visited Mario Abdo (the current president) and we talked about the same thing ... I would only add the importance of Mercosur not losing the dynamism it had during the last years and that the free trade agreement with the European Union, "he added, about the other meeting.
Lastly, he praised his two hosts: "They are two men who love Paraguay, important leaders of this region, who are eager to help their country succeed; they are the same that I have to help our beloved Argentina find the path of growth. "
Macri's trip, as explained in his team, was made following the sanitary protocols of the two countries. So, after returning to Buenos Aires on the same Monday afternoon, he began a two-week quarantine at his home .
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