“We held a meeting with the President in the morning in Olivos and now in the afternoon, and we are sure that the growth of Argentina has to do with the fiscal management of our accounts, with following the economic program that the President came marking and achieve more exports and revalue our currency”, affirmed Batakis.
In that sense, he pointed out that this goal is achieved “through obtaining more reserves and more exports, which implies not only strengthening the currency, but also creating more jobs throughout our country.”
Regarding the fiscal plan, at night, in an interview on C5N, he stated that a path to balance “will help to have a more normal country in terms of inflation.” “You can’t live in permanent deficit,” he added. In addition, he pointed out that in order to combat the rise in prices, it is necessary to use all the instruments and mentioned the (positive) interest rate, the assets for savings in pesos and also the price agreements. “The dialogue with businessmen is going to be permanent; my idea is to start tomorrow (for today)”, he said. And he announced that he will speak today with the IMF.
“We want from the beginning of this government administration to have a vision that is truly federal, that includes each and every Argentine woman, and doing so is also freeing up the amount of enormous resources that our country has and making it available for that path of growth. ”, pointed out the new minister in La Rosada.
“That is going to be the task to which I am going to be devoted and it is also what the President asked me to do. These are basically the three axes with which we are going to start, which have to do with this solvency of the Argentine State, with that economic program that we are going to continue. I believe in fiscal balance and I think we have to move in that direction”, he explained.
Regarding her appointment, she said she felt “very grateful and happy” and mentioned in particular Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Daniel Scioli, A Wado de Pedro, and the governors and mayors.
Swearing in and meetings
Around 6:00 p.m., in a brief act, Alberto Fernández swore in Batakis at the Casa Rosada. A large number of officials, businessmen and trade unionists gathered, among them, the head of the Chamber of Deputies, Sergio Massa; the chief of staff, Juan Manzur; the head of AySA, Malena Galmarini; the Treasury attorney, Carlos Zannini; the president of BICE, José Ignacio de Mendiguren; the head of the UIA, Daniel Funes de Rioja; the general secretary of the truckers’ union, Hugo Moyano; and the co-head of the CGT, Héctor Daer. In addition, the governors Axel Kicillof, Raúl Jalil, Gerardo Zamora, Omar Gutiérrez, Gustavo Bordet and Ricardo Quintela were present.
Prior to the swearing-in, and beyond the meeting with the President, Batakis also held meetings with the president of the Central Bank, Miguel Pesce, and Guzmán, to chart the transition in management command.
According to the monetary authority, during the meeting with Pesce, the officials “analyzed the macroeconomic and financial scenario and agreed on the need to advance in deepening the development of the capital market.” In addition, “they shared the importance of continuing to work on a sustainable fiscal program and the accumulation of reserves and the support of the BCRA for the price of Treasury securities and bills.”
Source: Ambito
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