Kicillof in Washington: "Nobody can want a default, the problem lies in the conditions in which the economy will be"

WASHINGTON.-

Axel Kicillof

accused the government of

Mauricio Macri

avoid responsibility for the economic crisis by diverting the guilt of the legacy left by Cristina Kirchner and the uncertainty surrounding the elections. The next government's actions, he said, will depend on the conditions under which the president's term ends. "Nobody can want a default, what happens is that the problem lies in the conditions of the economy and what the government will do by December," he said in Washington.

The former Minister of Economy and current MP for Unidad Ciudadana closed
a tour in Mexico and the United States with a lot of media coverage and a busy political agenda. In Washington, he met with Democratic MPs, business representatives, human rights organizations, badysts and union leaders.

Before giving a lecture at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Kicillof granted an interview to Argentine correspondents, in which he acknowledged "worry" about the future of paying off debt when a possible second presidency of Cristina Kirchner.

"I know that this concern exists, I want to get straight to the point, some may think I'm diverting the question, but the only sensible answer that can be given is that we do not know what situation Argentina will be in. six or seven months, we do not know, and it does not depend on us, I think the big question is what the government will do here in seven months, "said Kicillof. "There is an inverted axis that all the time points to opposition, and the problem today is about the government and what it does," he said.

Kicillof accused the government of managing "terribly wrong" the bar of the economy, destroying wages, and said that Macri "promised the revolution of joy", but that today the country "is the revolution of sadness". He has repeatedly said the same message: the government has tried to hold everyone accountable – the former government, the "next government", the external context ", the Turkish lira – without ever baduming the responsibility of the crisis, accused of having committed an "industricide".

"We are worse," he remarked.

"We will wait to see what the economy is in. It is the absolute responsibility of the government, the Monetary Fund and the private creditors, and it is very difficult by December to be able to act as a party of the opposition, but all the issues are for us, the national government has the issue, it has treated it extremely badly, "he said.

Kicillof spoke with caution and caution. Opening his presentation at the Wilson Center, he said he did not want to cause market turmoil and accused the government of wanting to install the idea that Kirchnerism was at the origin of rumors in New York about a possible failure to pay the debt. He also criticized the media, which he accused of being very complacent with the Macri government.

The former head of the Treasury has always put the government in touch with the International Monetary Fund and investors. Accused directly to the Fund to fund Macri, not Argentina. "This gives me the impression that it is not a loan to a country, but a loan to a government, and that does not match," he said. he declared.

Before each request for a definition of a future government, Mr. Kicillof avoided giving details, stating that everything would depend on how the economy would evolve. And the Macri government has been responsible for creating an economy "that is not in crisis or economic crisis".

"We will see under what conditions the economy will leave this government to the other," he said. "There are no nominations or defined programs, no goals that the government has not yet defined, namely a quality job, retirees, production and marketing. national industry, situations that have deteriorated a lot, "he said.