Ignacio Ortelli
10/28/2020 4:46 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 10/28/2020 4:46 PM
In the Government the repercussions of Cristina Kirchner's letter continue.
After President Alberto Fernández maintained that he received the words "as an endorsement" of his administration and relativized the criticisms he made when speaking of "the officials who do not work", the Deputy Chief of Staff, Cecilia Todesca,
admitted that in the team Government have "made mistakes"
, he called to reflect "on things that have not gone well" and "rise to the occasion" in the face of what is coming, in the midst of the economic crisis that plagues Argentina .
The mea culpa of Todesca, right-hand man of the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, and one of Alberto F.'s most trusted people in economic matters,
reflects the recognition that inside the Government was already making
regarding the functioning of some areas of management, but that were publicly raised from Cristina's letter.
It was precisely the President himself who this Tuesday modified his speech and, after noting weeks ago that
the Cabinet "has done an impressive job"
during the pandemic, he conceded that "there are officials out there who could function better."
In line with Fernández, and after leading a new economic Cabinet meeting in which progress was made on ATP 7,
Todesca referred to Cristina's letter
.
"I liked it," he assured and said he coincided with the "correct" diagnosis made by the vice president when mentioning bimonetarism as one of the main problems of the Argentine economy.
Then, Todesca advanced in the self-criticism that, in his opinion, the government team should make and referred to the words of Cristina, who pointed to "officials who do not work."
"
That officials have made mistakes throughout this year, it is true,
" he told reporters accredited at Casa Rosada.
"Without a doubt, I believe that these criticisms must be taken in a good sense as they have to be. We have great challenges and people are very distressed, it comes from two terrible years of falling activity level and loss of income level.
The truth is that we have to rise to the occasion
and, in that sense, self-criticism within our space about the things that have not gone well for us, even by the opposition respectfully, for us is welcome, "he added. .
However, he attributed that the Cabinet found itself with "a very unusual situation" due to the pandemic.
And he gave as an example
the changes that the Government had to implement from the different scenarios
that arose due to isolation.
"When we held the first meeting for the ATP here (in Casa Rosada), we said 'the essential sectors can work and how they can work we are not going to give them ATP.' But then we saw how fuel consumption had fallen at the stations. service that were open and essential: they had sold 10 percent of the fuel. So the 'essential' or 'non-essential' category did not work for you. So we were changing all the time, to look at reality and try to adjust and be able to help, "he explained.
Beyond Todesca's self-criticism, Alberto F.'s discursive shift and Cristina's tough letter,
the government assures that there will be no changes in the Cabinet
.
However, the rumors about the possible departure of the Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat,
María Eugenia Bielsa
, whom the head of state asked for "more action" on three occasions and reproached her for the low level of budget execution remain.
In the presidential environment, there are those who assure that a suburban mayor could replace.
Versions also persist about the figure of the head of the Central Bank,
Miguel Pesce
, another of Alberto F.'s friends who are questioned in the hard-line Kirchnerism.