He former president of the Central Bank, Alfonso Prat-Gay, crossed the president Javier Milei with an ironic message after the Government’s criticism of the banks: “Notable loss of enthusiasm for private property.”
Through his official account on the X platform (formerly Twitter), the member of the Cambiemos Government rejected Javier Milei’s position, who warned of “maneuvers” by a banking entity with the aim of generating impact on the foreign exchange market.
“In two months we went from ‘the one who leaks dollars is a hero because he escaped the clutches of the State’ (Llao Llao Forum) to ‘he is a coup plotter’ (BA Stock Exchange) who exercises his right...to escape the clutches of the State!”, he pointed.
And he sentenced: “Noticeable loss of enthusiasm for private property“.
Javier Milei’s remarks against banks
The libertarian president once again targeted a financial entity that the Government He attributed the rise of the dollar to the framework of “maneuvers”: According to reports from La Libertad Avanza (LLA), this bank sold public securities to buy dollars with the purpose of encouraging the rise of the currency and complicating the anti-inflationary program. They also mentioned links with the former presidential candidate Sergio Massa.
According to Milei, “what happened last week with a national bank that grew in light of doing business with Kirchnerism.” The bank, the president explained, “took hold while we were in a meeting on Monday, executed two billion pesos in puts“.
Later, the president mentioned the key to resolving the conflict generated in the financial market: a meeting of bankers with the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, and the president of the Central Bank, Santiago Bausili“We solved it with the market, we were able to solve it because we absorbed that with another window. We were able to do it because we have a fiscal surplus,” he said.
The head of ADEBA also attacked Javier Milei for talking about “coup bankers”
Another of those involved who came out to confront the President was the head of the Argentine Banking Association (ADEBA) Javier Bolzico. The banker defended the actions of the bank questioned by the head of state and asked not to trivialize the term related to the last dictatorship.
“President Milei considered a bank to be a “coup” for selling securities to the BCRA, exercising a put contract,” Bolzico began on his X account. He added: “This statement is unfair and incorrect, and also raises doubts about freedom of trade.”
“The term should not be trivialized, considering the history of our country”he concluded.
Source: Ambito
