09/17/2021 7:14 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 09/17/2021 19:15
On the closing of a week of maximum tension in the government after the hard blow of the PASO throughout the country, the presidential spokesman Juan Pablo Biondi, who had been publicly targeted by Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, left his position and
in his text of An indeclinable resignation answered the vice president
.
This Friday afternoon, there was a new battle in the epistolary war within the government.
On Thursday, the Vice President of the Nation, Cristina Kirchner, had issued a public letter in which she criticized the national government, making remarks at the President of the Nation himself and but also pointed harshly against Alberto Fernández's spokesperson.
"
I will not continue to tolerate the
press operations
that are carried out on me and on our political space through the presidential environment through its spokesperson: Alberto Fernández wanted Dr. Eduardo De Pedro to be his Chief of Staff and I was the one that he did not agree. Mal could now promote him to that position,
"said Cristina Kircher's letter.
And about Biondi, he added: "
Regarding the category of civil servants who do not work ... the presidential spokesman would escape that classification. It is a rare case: a presidential spokesman whose voice nobody knows. Or does he have some other function that we do not know about. ? The one to
do operations
in off for example? True mystery
".
In June Biondi accompanied Alberto Fernández in the reception of the President of Spain, Pedro Sánchez.
Photo: Juano Tesone
Finally, after pressure from the vice president, this afternoon Biondi resigned and left him an answer.
In the 278-word text, the former spokesman affirms to President Alberto Fernández: "Only you know of my commitment, dedication and fidelity to your inauguration and to your person in this long journey that I accompanied him. I thank you for the trust you have given me. by assigning me such distinguished functions in his government team and the ideas that drove this political project that triumphed in 2019. "
And in reference to the accusation of Cristina Kirchner, he responds: "
I am offended and regret the misinterpretations made about me by the Vice President of the Nation, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
."
However, he highlighted her as "
an undisputed leader of the political space that
she
represents
together with you."
And he closed: "I have always been a piece of harmony, harmony and tolerance in my duties and professional in my relationship with the media."
Always with @alferdez towards the Life we want 💉🇦🇷✌️ pic.twitter.com/2ZPFOwFSVh
- Juan Pablo Biondi (@JuanPabloBiondi) September 17, 2021
The full letter of resignation
I have the pleasure of writing to you to present my unwavering resignation as Secretary of Communication and Press of the Argentine Presidency with which you will honor me on December 10, 2019.
This decision is motivated by the crisis unleashed in the last hours and I hope that my removal from office will contribute to pacify, in part, these difficult moments that we have to live.
Only you know of my commitment, dedication and fidelity to your investiture and to your person on this long journey that I accompanied you. I thank you for the confidence you gave me by assigning me such distinguished roles in your government team and the ideas that drove this political project that triumphed in 2019.
Letter of resignation from presidential spokesman Juan Pablo Biondi, pointed out by Vice President Cristina Kirchner in a public letter.
I am offended and regret the misinterpretations made about me by the Vice President of the Nation, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, considering her an undisputed leader of the political space that she represents together with you. I have always been a piece of harmony, harmony and tolerance in my duties and professional in my relationship with the media.
Mr. President, I hope that this new stage that is beginning will surpass the previous one. I am certain that this will be the case and that in this new instance of your government you will have a new cast of collaborators to face the challenges ahead.
I reiterate the immense honor of having been able to accompany him in this enormous task, carrying on his shoulders and his entire Cabinet, the tremendous humanitarian tragedy such as the Covid 19 pandemic that has hurt us since March of last year and that we have faced it without ambiguity.
I greet you with all my affection and respect, and with the distinction of always.
Juan Pablo Biondi
LM
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