Alberto Fernández: "Argentina is in a fault …

Alberto Fernández estimated today that Argentina "is in a state of virtual default" and said that "now, no one takes on Argentine debt nor anyone who can pay it". The presidential candidate of the Frente de Todos manifested himself in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, in which he also declared that "this crisis is a déjà vu of 2001".

In his statements to the US business newspaper, Fernández pointed out that "what I want them to understand is that the IMF is guilty of this situation" and noted that "it" was about An act of complicity with the government of Mauricio Macri "as part of" the most expensive expenditure in the history of humanity ", granted to" a compulsive spender (for) the re-election campaign ".

The former chief of staff did not hesitate to say that today the country is suffering damage "similar to that of 2001", in the context of "a debt deficit, dwindling reserves, a precipitous devaluation and an increase in poverty ". In addition, he said that "it is alarming that the world believes that Macri is the solution."

In the most important pbadage of the interview, he stressed that "now no one takes any Argentine debt nor anyone who can afford it", and added that "Argentina is virtually default, hidden" . Thus, it pronounced for the first time after the measures announced Wednesday evening by the Minister of Finance, Hernán Lacunza, when he confirmed that the alliance in power would restructure the public debt, with the private creditors and with the IMF itself.

"To reverse this cycle, we must launch a plan to encourage consumption, and I will not ask the IMF's permission to do so," concluded the opposition candidate.