The "master class" that
Cristina Kirchner
will give this Thursday at the Teatro Argentino in La Plata raises questions in the Government and threatens to further exacerbate the internship in the Frente de Todos.
The signals that the vice president could give in political and economic matters open up a range of alternatives that
puts President Alberto Fernández and the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, at the center of the scene
, and after two weeks of economic turmoil and in full negotiation with the International Monetary Fund, could complicate the roadmap.
If the currency run was unleashed from a leak that reported the possibility that Massa would leave his position and in his place the now former head of Advisors to the President, Antonio Aracre, would take office, the effort in the Frente de Todos revolved
around to support the Tigrense
and give signs that his departure was never under analysis.
At the same time, Alberto Fernández anticipated the announcement of his decision not to compete for a new term, as a gesture to calm the fierce internal pressure, and Kirchnerism called for silence despite the effect that, it is discounted, the abrupt rise in the dollar will have. blue on inflation.
"You have to let Sergio and his team work, they are focused on solving problems.
Economy speaks of the economy
," was the speech that, words less, words less, arose from Casa Rosada before each query regarding the exchange crisis.
In Kirchnerism that script had been incorporated last year, as soon as Cristina forced her landing at the Palacio de Hacienda.
But the IMF is an issue that generates an itch in the K universe. Hence, the appearance of the vice president in the midst of negotiations that Massa's team is carrying out in Washington to modify the terms of the agreement, brings uncertainty.
Any reference from you can hinder the plans.
In Economy they know it, despite the fact that since the former deputy took office as minister they strive to relativize any possible source of conflict.
In this line, a leader who today is very close to the Tigrense but who maintains his membership K does the same in this case: "If Cristina had something to reproach Sergio, do you think she would not tell him in private or not Would an (Oscar) Parrilli or a (Leopoldo) Moreau have said it?", he raised before Clarín.
And he reaffirmed something that both sides have remarked almost since the beginning of the administration: "
They (for Massa and Cristina) talk all the time. It is not filtered but they rally around all the important issues
."
The need to devalue the official dollar, as suggested by different economists, would not be the exception.
Cristina resisted more than once.
"
Before devaluing, I'm leaving
"
, was the message that Massa made known
on more than one occasion since she had to assume office.
The last time, last week, as the journalist José del Río recounted: "Don't count on me to devalue. I'd rather leave than do it."
But the new jump that the blue dollar gave at the beginning of the week, added to the need to comply with the IMF's request to reduce the exchange rate gap, could change the scenario.
The problem is that Cristina always objected to the impact that she can have on the economy of the most vulnerable sectors.
Especially in the Buenos Aires suburbs, where in August Kirchnerism wages the mother of all battles to continue governing the province.
She considers, according to what her troops trust her, that she is fundamentally concerned about the consequent jump in the price of fuel and the impact on the cost of food.
She understands that this would play havoc with her goal of re-electing Axel Kicillof.
Likewise, there are those who point out that his refusal is not so resounding.
"Devaluing always has its cost, but what she asks is that there be a concrete plan. The official dollar cannot be raised without taking into account all the variables of the economy, including a recomposition of the salary of the workers," says a voice who claims to have spoken "more than once" with Cristina on the subject.
"
She appreciates what Massa does and I think she will make it clear in her speech
," risked the same source.
On the other hand, everything indicates that the tone that he will use to address Alberto F. will be different.
It is that after the decision to get out of the electoral contest, the head of state was defiant before Kirchnerism and warned that
Cristina "if she wants, she can present herself"
, which demolishes the argument of an alleged prohibition of Justice.
At Casa Rosada they understand that their response can be harsh.
"Alberto did not express himself well. He replied that it seemed good to him that if he wanted to compete, he would do so. At no time did he want to deny that he was unjustly sentenced and that if the ruling is finalized, he will not be able to hold public office," he tried to put cold cloths on a Presidential Windsor.
All in all, in Balcarce 50 they believe that the vice president will not claim that there is no STEP, as La Cámpora maintains, but they warn that if it happens "the President will not change his conviction" that several candidates must compete.
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