07/29/2021 2:33 PM
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Politics
Updated 07/29/2021 2:33 PM
The creation of lists of the Frente de Todos continues to generate changes and movements within the Government.
Now, the Undersecretary for Integration and Training Policies of the Ministry of Social Development and national coordinator of the Somos Barrios de Pie Movement, Daniel Menéndez, announced that he will resign from his position in the portfolio to dedicate himself to the electoral campaign as a candidate for national deputy for the Front of All (FdT).
"Yes, I am going to leave office. The President (Alberto Fernández) has been very clear when he told us that the candidates will leave public office," Menéndez said in statements to La Red radio.
Menéndez's resignation is the second in Social Development.
Earlier, Minister Daniel Arroyo announced his departure, who is also on the list of Deputies of the Frente de Todos in the Province.
Social Development Minister Daiel Arroyo is also leaving the Government.
Photo Marcelo Carroll.
On Wednesday night and from Peru, the President demanded that the officials who are candidates leave their positions.
The message was given in the middle of the Santa Fe inmate and after Defense Minister Agustín Rossi refused to lower his list that will compete against the one supported by the governor of that province, Omar Perotti.
Asked about the replacement of his position, Menéndez considered that "it is a place that corresponds to the social movements, to the UTEP (Union of Workers of the Popular Economy), and it will be the colleagues who will find the one with the best conditions to The charge".
"We express, beyond people, an idea of what management should be at the forefront of everything that does social aid to Argentines and to rebuild Argentina based on job creation, strengthening the popular economy On the basis of that, the best qualified partner will be chosen, "he said.
On the other hand, on the possibility that the mayor of Hurlingham, Juan Zabaleta, takes the place of the Minister of Social Development, Daniel Arroyo, who is also a pre-candidate, Menéndez said that "this is a decision of the President."
"I am convinced that if Juan (Zabaleta) is chosen to occupy the ministry (of Social Development), there will be a continuity of the policies that President Alberto Fernández has set from the first day of his administration," he said.
As confirmed by
Clarín
, Zabaleta will be the new Minister of Social Development.
He will take office when the President returns from his visit to Peru where he participated in the inauguration of Pedro Castillo.