Carlos Melconian: 'This is an election where the only thing that matters is that people say' stop ''

06/17/2021 4:20 AM

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Updated 06/17/2021 4:58 AM

For the economist Carlos Melconian, the next legislative elections will be the most important since the return of democracy in 1983, since the people will have the opportunity to

put limits on

the government led by Alberto Fernández.

"This is an election where

the only thing that matters is that people say 'stop'.

Do not fantasize any more about the consensus between now and November, because there are no decisions not even for the internal ones. The only thing that matters now is to set a limit", stated in an interview with TN.

And he continued: "The only thing that can

cushion this situation

is the vote of the people. The people are the only ones who can put limits on a democracy when they see that the rulers are not what they show."

This last Sunday, in an interview with Clarín, the economist had said: "What cannot happen is that the world believes that the 45 million Argentines or a great majority, we think as this government thinks and the answer is that no. Then , the only way is the ballot box. "

In addition, he explained that "after the election, if the government is rogue, it goes to the IMF (International Monetary Fund), which will prevent

the country from going over the cliff,

" although he warned that there is no doubt that "Argentina will to breach "the agreements.

On the other hand, the former president of Banco Nación referred to inflation in the country and assured "at this point, it

would be a merit to keep it at 50 percent

."

In that sense, he pointed out that

the Government "needs inflation to liquefy the public debt in pesos

", so that "an inflation of 30 percent would liquidate it."

To broaden his opinion, he offered a metaphor: "

Inflation is an angel and a devil

at the same time. It is a devil because in the short term it liquefies wages, hinders the level of activity and stagnates consumption."

"In a more technical and less popular issue, the angel of inflation appears, which generates the benefit of being able to

stretch the debt pump

in pesos forwards," he added.

Finally,

he harshly criticized

the opposition, after the Chamber of Deputies approved and sent to the Senate the bill called "Cold Zones", which establishes subsidies of between 30 and 50 percent for gas in the parts of the country that suffer. the lowest temperatures, and which was presented by the head of the Frente de Todos bench, Máximo Kirchner.

"There is a contradiction in setting up the middle avenue and then 100% of its legislators

vote an outrage

in Congress, of which society has to be aware. It is good that people put a brake on them at the polls. it is positive for the legislators themselves, because they are going to ask themselves 'what do we vote for?'

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