Alberto conceives a short transition to avoid "co-governing" with Macri

"The concern that many leaders need to make to move forward in the transition is not what it has" says one of the closest men to Alberto Fernandez. The elected president wants a short transition, not only to protect those who will be in his cabinet, but also to avoid supporting the measures of Mauricio Macri until the end of his term.

After Monday's meeting between the outgoing president and elected officials, the transition has slowed. During this interview, Fernández agreed to inform him in the coming days of the dialogue leader on his behalf, But he did not speak again. The names of the leaders Santiago Cafiero, Eduardo "Wado" by Pedro, Gustavo Beliz and Vilma Ibarra, they have been made public, but they were not yet formalized by Fernández before Macri.

"Until now, we have not received any calls", tell PROFILE one of the four chosen. They have not made contact either. Fernández prefers to prolong as much as possible the official beginning of the transition, which the trip to Mexico that he will undertake this Saturday will help him. During the preparation of the itinerary, the president-elect would spend three days outside, but decided to stretch the stay and come back Thursday. In addition to hearing with the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Fernandez will meet Mexican magnate Carlos Slim and other business groups. He also has a lecture scheduled in a university.

"The idea is not to repeat what happened after August 11, when Alberto and Macri spoke. The President announced measures and indicated that he had spoken to us, while none of us were aware of these measures, "they said around the day. 39, former Chief of Staff.

"We do not co-govern. Macri is solely responsible for what he does and goes on until December 10th. If all goes well, it will be worth it for him and if everything goes wrong, be responsible ", The president-elect asked his team to ask them not to give orders or statements about the ads.

The four leaders in charge of the transition will be added to the droppers, different names that will be in charge of the ministries. These names, Alberto seeks to reveal them just 15 days before assuming them. There are those who already have confirmation of places to occupy: Santiago Cafiero (Chief of Staff), Eduardo "Wado" by Pedro (Minister of the Interior), Daniel Arroyo (Social Development) and Felipe Solá (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship), are part of it. Others know that they will be part of the government, but Fernandez has not finished confirming to the leaders themselves the region. Among them they write, Fernando "Chino" Navarro, Gabriel Katopodis, Alberto Iribarne, Maria Eugenia Bielsa, Leandro Santoro, Marcela Losardo and Victoria Donda. "Finally," said Cafiero to one of the leaders who have accompanied Alberto for years. Many of his most trusted men will wait until most of the positions are filled to fill the empty spaces.

None of these names has been publicly admitted by Fernández. "He will not do it either now, he will do it a few days after the beginning of his term, it makes no sense to expose them now"they repeat in the offices of Mexico Street.

Until now, there were only informal contacts in the economic field. "On August 11, the dialogue was opened and these discussions continue, but in a very informal way," says one of Alberto's economic references: "We knew that the Central Bank had been working for three weeks on measures to strengthen stocks, but we did not know the details. "

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Another man who seems to occupy the finance ministry said, "We do not have much to say, they know what they have to do and we know what we need to do when we assume." Martín Redrado, Matías Kulfas, Cecilia Todesca, Guillermo Nielsen and Emmanuel Alvarez Agis work in the region. "What will they tell us? That they have no reservations? " said Fernandez. However, an informal dialogue exists, particularly between the President of the Central Bank, Guido Sandleris and Kulfas.

Fernández pointed out the chief of staff Marcos Peña for the rumor that circulated on social networks on Thursday night: the president-elect denied his admission and seized the opportunity to question the outgoing government.

"I would appreciate that Marcos Peña stops spending the few dollars that have not been wasted yet to install fake news on the networks", Fernandez wrote on his Twitter account. And he added: "I am doing very well and I am working to resolve the chaos that is leaving us. Thank you

Thursday at the last minute, the rumor that Fernández would have been admitted to the sanatorium of Otamendi because of a health problem began to turn to the virus. Strictly speaking, the version reproduced a story from last June, when former Cabinet Chief Kirchner went to the same health center to search for a "persistent cough". Sources close to Fernández denied PROFILE that the president-elect had been admitted and said that he was having dinner with Eduardo "Wado" De Pedro that night. In the morning, Fernandez himself denied the rumor.