After his inauguration ceremony held this Tuesday, santiago pena already serving as the new president of Paraguayan and expressed his intentions to become a communion liaison in the mercosur.
To begin, the president celebrated that “the Paraguayan people gave me this enormous honor” and longed to “be a unity factor in this Latin America quite complicated and divided. Also, why not, worldwide”. “I don’t look to the right or to the left: I look ahead. I have my own convictions,” the leader referenced with the leader summarized his ideology. Colorado partyhistorical officialism in the country.
Regarding his first day as president, he indicated that “I put my team into office: yesterday it submerged the Cabinet made up of 17 ministers” and that “we are making an evaluation of how the State of the fiscal accounts is. Paraguayan It has enormous macroeconomic stability.
In this sense, he remarked that “Paraguay has an inflation of 3.3% in the last 12 monthsbut despite that we have enormous challenges”. “The coin is the other side of the public spending: the inflation is always a monetary phenomenon“, he defined and added: “We understand the political needs that exist, but we cannot -giving short-term arguments- pawn the long-term future. That is what we did in Paraguay. This year our currency will celebrate 80 years and that monetary strength is a reflection of prudent public spending.”
He later assured that he competed “against populism. I have my criticisms of him socialism but I also have my severe criticisms of the neoliberalism“. “The State has a role that cannot be delegated, such as health, the education of the people and security,” he summarized.
“Paraguay’s vision for me is the resurgence of a giant. We have very good economic conditions, we have to go out and work on improving management and develop productive potential that I am convinced that it will position the Paraguayan among the most developed countries in the Americas and why not in the world,” said Peña on LN+.
Santiago Peña on Paraguay’s relationship with Argentina
About the relations of Paraguay with Argentinathe new president summed up: “We are twinned with Argentina and in my particular case I am the son of an Argentine, so imagine the love and affection I have”. “I see a very close relationship, not only because we have a binational hydroelectric dam that we share with Argentina, but that we have the largest number of Paraguayans residing in Argentina. So I have enormous gratitude and affection for Argentina and I really want to see it recover,” he projected.
In addition, he assured: “On Sunday I was very expectant of the result of the PASSED. I’m really looking forward to finally seeing what’s going to happen in the elections next October, but also considering that regardless of who the candidate is, I I will work harmoniously. I have every predisposition.”
“I told the President Fernandez that I want to work with him these months in which he will still be acting president and, of course, looking very carefully at the decision made by the Argentine people, which will be the best and that I will accompany”, concluded.
Source: Ambito
