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Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: "There is no position of boss" in Together for Change

2020-08-17T16:55:24.445Z


The Buenos Aires head of government referred to the role of Mauricio Macri in the national table.08/17/2020 - 12:34 Clarín.com Politics In the midst of the debate over the leadership within the opposition coalition, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta expressed his position on Monday by assuring that there is currently no political leader. " There is no boss . What there is is a table that meets weekly and is made up of leaders who have responsibilities in Together for Change. There we dialogue, exch...


08/17/2020 - 12:34

  • Clarín.com
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In the midst of the debate over the leadership within the opposition coalition, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta expressed his position on Monday by assuring that there is currently no political leader.

" There is no boss . What there is is a table that meets weekly and is made up of leaders who have responsibilities in Together for Change. There we dialogue, exchange positions and coordinate actions in Congress, but there is no position of boss. "stated Rodríguez Larreta in dialogue with A24.

The Head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires explained that the members of said table are: Alfredo Cornejo , Mario Negri and Luis Naidenoff , for the Radical Civic Union; Maximiliano Ferraro , for the Civic Coalition, together with the PRO authorities, such as its president, Patricia Bullrich.

" Mauricio is part of that table as a former president , with all that that means and the respect he deserves," he clarified in reference to the position of the current head of the FIFA Foundation.

It is not the first time that Rodríguez Larreta has marked his differences with the former president. "I have had a relationship with Mauricio for 15 years. But I use the word friend with those I have known since I was little, those who went to school with me," said the Buenos Aires president.

Mauricio Macri and Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, during the 2019 campaign.

His words came shortly after Alberto Fernández called him a "friend" during a press conference, for which the head of government clarified that he does not have that relationship with the current President, but neither with the former president of Cambiemos.

For his part, Macri traveled to Saint-Tropez, France, with his family and will continue his itinerary towards Switzerland, where the headquarters of the International Federation of Associated Football are located. From the French Côte d'Azur, he participated in the national board of Together for Change and endorsed the rejection of the Government's initiatives on Justice and the refusal to agree on the Deputies to deal with the reform project virtually.

From the radicalism, it was the governor of Jujuy, Gerardo Morales, who spoke of a horizontal leadership in JxC, although he recognized that "Macri is one of the important members."

Larreta is one of the leaders of the opposition coalition whose image measures well even in the ranks of Kirchnerism, while Alberto Fernández begins to show some negative numbers. This situation aroused the alerts in the Frente de Todos, for which some K leaders asked the President to stop calling him "friend", to begin to criticize the Buenos Aires president and to remember his role close to Macri.

" Today my main role is to be head of the City Government . Politically, I understand what my position is and I know what it means and I assume my responsibility, which is to work day and night for the opposition unit , which is not in risk, but you have to work on it every day ”, clarified the head of government, who will end his second term in the City in 2023, the year of the presidency.

During 2021, JxC will have its first electoral challenge after the tough defeat in 2019 that removed it from power. The legislative sessions will take place in a post-coronavirus scenario, where the management of the crisis during the pandemic in the country, the City and the provinces will be predominant. 

Source: clarin

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