09/02/2021 18:36
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 09/02/2021 19:21
On Industry Day, President Alberto Fernández explained why he chose to celebrate with the governor of Chaco, Jorge Capitanich, in an industrial center of that province, instead of participating in the traditional UIA celebration.
And he left a message:
"There is no central and peripheral Argentina
.
"
The Argentine Industrial Union had held without senior officials in a ceremony in which the CGT was also present.
"When the day of the industry approached,
we wondered where to commemorate it
and in Buenos Aires the central celebration of the Industrial Union was held, and
my greetings to all
the industrialists of Argentina," Fernández agreed, but he justified his mistake.
"It seemed very important and relevant to me that we celebrate
this day in the interior
of the country," he continued.
"Because for the economic and social development of Argentina, the establishment of the industry in each different place of the country is a central objective. If not,
everything becomes a discourse and does not come true,
" said the president.
And he argued, in the midst of the tensions, that "as a son of a Riojano", he knew "of the sufferings of the North of Argentina."
"Always
that Argentina that has a developed center
and two peripheral Argentines that cannot develop in the same way."
And he added, on the outlook: "It became an obsession for me."
Alberto Fernández in a ceremony in Chaco with Jorge Capitanich for the Industry Day.
Then he insisted that "there is no central and peripheral Argentina."
"There should be an Argentina that develops and that has the possibilities in each region, no matter how far away, that has
the same
development
possibilities
. And the industry is central to development," he stipulated.
Fernández said he dreams of "the Argentina that produces, where there are entrepreneurs who take risks."
"From the day we embraced politics, we dream of living in a country where there are entrepreneurs. They are people who risk their capital and set up a company," he continued with the idea.
"In that company all their dreams go, they need to associate with the person who works and then they employ people, and
there begins a virtuous cycle
," he explained.
He also defined that "someone who risks his capital
must have the help of the State
."
"That Argentina is the one that one prefers
over that of
financial
speculation
, where sometimes it is more business to bet on bonds", chicaneó, campaigning at last, to Mauricio Macri and his government that he described as a "country model" in that "very few win and millions lose."
"With the industry in operation, everyone wins. That differentiates us from others who these days
are competing with us in times of elections,
" he insisted.
The designer and the minister of Macri
Fernández, in a particularly mild tone, used anecdotes from businessmen that he did not name but with whom he said he had spoken, to point to the industrial scene that he inherited from Mauricio Macri.
In that sense, he had a singular talk.
"It pains me a lot to hear
a businesswoman who designs fashion
and has a very prestigious brand in Argentina. She went on to state that it was very difficult for her to produce in Argentina because
imported competition
did not allow her to produce," she began with her anecdotal account.
And he continued: "The recommendation he received from the Minister of Production was: '
Go make China, put your label on it
and then import it.' And that meant leaving people out of work in Argentina, getting foreign currency and the truth an economically weaker society. "
The presidential mention pointed to Francisco Cabrera, Macri's former minister in the area.
There was no further information on the textile entrepreneur.
He reinforced his speech with another anecdotal mention, about another textile businessman who called him on Thursday morning, which he defined, again without naming, as "very important, who had a very bad time in previous years and had to close several plants".
Right now, he would go to invest in Chaco himself.
Then the President with whom that interlocutor in 2017 "went to see the same Minister of Production", telling him that he was going to have to "fire 800 people" because with the textile import from China "he could not compete."
According to Fernández, Cabrera replied to the unnamed businessman: "Goodbye, someone is going to take them."
With those two indiscretions, the President tried to install his campaign message.
"Those
are the models that are under discussion
today," harangued the President.
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