Prat Gay was one of the panelists invited to the 5th edition of the Democracy and Development meeting organized by Diario Clarín. “The retirements lost 2 points of the GDP and thus you end up adjusting where it is not necessary to adjust”, remarked Prat Gay.
Former Minister of Economy Alfonso Prat Gay accused the current head of the Palacio de Hacienda, Sergio Massato apply an adjustment via inflation in retirements and an increase in the State plant, in addition to postponing decisions that will impact the next administration.
“Since Massa took office, the fiscal accounts have been more organized due to inflation and the delay in which some expenses such as retirements are adjusted,” said the former government official. Mauricio Macri. Prat Gay was one of the panelists invited to the 5th edition of the Democracy and Development meeting organized by Diario Clarín. “The retirements lost 2 points of the GDP and thus you end up adjusting where it is not necessary to adjust”, remarked Prat Gay.
The former president of central bank he assured that “when Massa took office he made a number of announcements that none of them fulfilled and among them that they were not going to increase vacancies in the State and increased by 200 thousand jobs.”
Prat Gay took the opportunity to play in the economists’ internship of Juntos por el Cambio and warned that a stabilization plan is not enough alone, but that a development plan must also be carried out.
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“Be careful with the idea that I come with a closed stabilization program and that’s it. Poverty is not exclusive to the unemployed and the informal sector, but a good part of the wage earners are poor. With the stabilization plan there must come a development plan,” he stressed. With this scenario, he was emphatic in maintaining that: “There is no room for adjustments.”
Prat Gay maintained that the new government should have “confidence, firmness and perseverance” as attributes, after which he left a controversial phrase when pointing out that “firmness” should be applied to “touch interests” and “acquired rights.”
The economist also raised the need for the next government to also have parliamentary strength to face the structural changes that are necessary.
Regarding the future, he indicated: “From August 14 onwards, we will see how much this government can do to make life easier for the next. Alberto Fernandez You have a chance to pitch in and see how you make life easier for the next president.”
Source: Ambito
