Martín Guzmán on the VIP vaccination: “It made us sad”

The Minister of the Economy, Martin guzman, evoked this Tuesday, March 2 the scandal of the VIP vaccination and although he said that “It’s a process that made us sad”, defended his vaccination and that of his team because they have to do it “negotiate very large debts in different countries“..

“It’s a process that gave us sadness, where the things that were wrong were mixed up and the president (Alberto Fernandez) corrected ”, he commented during an interview with the journalist Luis Novaresio at A24, in which the minister explained that the vaccination to him and his team was due to the fact that one sought to inoculate five persons that “they must go to negotiate very large debts in different countries“.

In this sense, he added: “If Covid-19 caught it, because I was narrow, I was also isolated. Protection is collective or not. The criterion was to be able to work to move from one country to another. The the recommendation was to get vaccinated. Everyone has been vaccinated, for the task I have to do, I consider it essential“.

Martín Guzmán also received Sputnik V

In addition, he clarified that in the government They “learned” that it “had to be reported in some other way to give people peace of mind rather than anguish.”

Debt. Regarding the negotiation for the debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said he was “working to have conditions for the interest rate to be possible” to pay off the US $ 45,000 million loan, which is why he will be traveling to Washington, USA, in mid-March to move forward in this negotiation.

Martín Guzmán: “We are controlling the exchange situation”

Likewise, he also ensured that the The government has “control of the exchange situation “ and he insisted that there will be no devaluation and that the adjustment will be gradual and in the order of “between 24 and 25%”, so that in December 2021 the price will be about 102.5 pesos per unit.

On the other hand, Martín Guzmán claimed to be “100% condemned” to his role as minister and to his task of “reassure the economy“, For what categorically excluded the possibility of being a candidate for the post of national deputy in this year’s legislative elections.

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