07/20/2020 - 22:06
- Clarín.com
- Politics
The former Minister of Economy, Alfonso Prat Gay, assured that "it is absurd" not to have a specific economic plan because - he emphasized - in this way "the bondholders take you by the nose and demand you more and more".
Thus, the economist responded to Alberto Fernández after the President mentioned him this afternoon, assuring that he is against economic plans because all those who appeared in recent years have been shipwrecked "like those of Prat Gay and (Nicolás) Dujovne. "
Faced with this, the former Mauricio Macri official stated his position: "It is true that there are plans that have not worked, but it is no less true that the only times that Argentina did well was because it had a credible plan and because it generated confidence , which is what the Government does not generate, much less if the President himself acknowledges that he is groping, that he is playing in the dark . "
In this sense, he recalled that before being President "Alberto said he had a plan but did not show the cards because it was a Poker party." " Now it turns out he doesn't have a plan," he questioned .
And he added, forcefully: "As there is no clear program, the bondholders take you by the nose and demand more of you. Argentina does not offer a program, as Martín Guzmán does not have a strategy, it is the fourth offer and they have not yet accepted it" .
Prat Gay compared the lack of economic forecast with climbing Aconcagua: "It is like saying that I have the goal of climbing the mountain, but I do not have a plan on how to do it. If it is better in summer or winter. What clothes will I wear? How am I going to scale it. If we don't have a plan, surely we will drift . "
But the former official went for more and said that not only would you have to have a project, but you would have to have more than one: "To be able to foresee what might happen, there would have to be more than one plan. great political agreement with all parties, with all sectors. "
On the future of negotiations with creditors, Prat Gay said that Fernández is right to stand firm and predicted a risk: "Without an agreement, both parties, both Argentina and the creditors, lose. There is time until August 4 Hopefully it can be agreed. "
Then he clarified that he supports the Government in the negotiation: "It seems good to me that the President negotiates firmly, from the opposition we are going to accompany him. It is better to close an agreement than not close it."
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