De Mendiguren went on the spot to criticize the government's economic model

The national deputy of Front Renovador and president of Unión Industrial Argentina (UIA),

Ignacio De Mendiguren,

has brought several food products to the House of the Lower House to illustrate his position on the economic and productive policy of the national government. He did it at the information session before the Congress of the Chief of Staff,

Marcos Peña,

who answered: "Beyond the Chicanas, we work in the same direction".

De Mendiguren had a black box on the desk in front of his bench. During his visit to Peña, after 5:30 pm, he compared the economic management of the government to that of Alfredo Martinez de Hoz, Minister of Economy under the dictatorship.

"In the black boxes, the aircraft errors before the accident are recorded.For me, in Argentina, there will be an accident, as it happened.What was most obvious to see the Accident was what Argentina was doing, "he said. early government of

Mauricio Macri.

"To be a country that would fill the gondolas of the world" [como prometió Macri durante la campaña presidencial]the gondolas have filled them. We counted
nuggets chicken and chicken broth from Brazil, spirals for Indonesia mosquitoes and toothpaste from England. We brought everything with debt. Argentina was obliged to bring this, "said the deputy and industrial employers to the management of Cambiemos.

"A government that came to give tranquility to the markets has run out of capital, we could not even keep the ones we represented, a chicken nugget is a grain turned into value, Argentina exported maize to 170 $ per day, and we imported it into chicken nuggets at 1200 ". he maintained.

"It was nonsense macroeconomic and it was not the responsibility of the entrepreneur, we merged companies, ink suppliers, multinationals have the opportunity to transport because they consolidate their profitability, they have kept the mark and melted Argentinean SMEs, the same as what happened to us with Martínez de Hoz, it's very old, it's not a change, it's real, we've got it already lived, "he said.

"I do not want to give the figures of production, the capital flight during the period, that the industry has lost during the year, but there is no doubt that it there is another way, which is not debt, but the contracted development is absolutely impossible to pay with this productive matrix, which is why we have conflicts, people know how to set the numbers to "Foreign, a priority country, has no opportunity to pay interest on the debt we are contracting, do it, and it is changing the productive matrix," he said.

"With this model, we need three wet pampas to pay interest on the debt, which is not enough.If we want to grow and increase, we have to change the production model.

The answer of Peña

Peña replied with a smile: "Deputy Mendiguren, a pleasure, as always, I think the debate enriches if we go a little further." The recurring appointment to Martinez de Hoz has nothing to do in this context, "he said.

And he continued: "We are going to talk about exports, you are proposing an obsolete situation, the exchange rate has changed and you are more competitive, you are well aware of the delay due to inflation, but it is contradictory to what you are collecting from other banks.With the change of government, exports have recorded 3 consecutive years of increase, a positive trend that has not been observed since 2008, "said the Head of Cabinet.

"Between 2011 and 2015, one-third of the country's exporting companies lost one-third, followed by the trend in 2019. In February, exports grew by 3.7%, with growth in all areas, led by industrial manufactures, increased by 5% and agricultural products, "he explained.

"Sectors such as textiles and footwear have experienced difficulties, which has affected industrial employment, but technological conversion has also had an impact on the possibility of industrial employment, which represents a This is a huge challenge – find out how we train workers to generate robots, many of which were created in the Argentine metal mechanics industry, "he said.

"In Argentina today, ignorance is profound about talking about primary products as they did 100 years ago, you know," he said. "This is one of the sectors that is experiencing the greatest development in our country.It is obvious that the more we give it added value, the better, but it is wrong to say that we are not in this area. direction, "he added. "We are in this direction, beyond the resources of history and history, we are working in the same direction".