Kicillof of Mexico: The Argentine economy is that of a warlike conflict

After the lecture that he gave in Mexico City, national deputy Axel Kicillof spoke alone with The destape, where he asked the government of Mauricio Macri to solve the problems he caused in Argentina, discussed the upcoming elections and acknowledged that he would sit down and talk with them. authorities if that could improve the situation of the country.

-Discovery: What do you plan to solve the problems of industry, trade and domestic consumption?

-Axel Kicillof: The Macri government with its neoliberal policy is betting on a bang exporter who has grown the economy, or foreign investment that would have contributed a little to developing production and employment, and none of this has happened. But in the meantime, it has very effectively boosted the internal state with very specific policies emanating from the state. The reduction of wages, the reduction of pensions, the rise in the interest rate, the opening of imports, the dollarization of internal rates … all these measures have a unique result which is to reduce the demand consumption and investment demand, because if there is no sale, there will be no investment. So, as priorities, we could think of an inverted mirror. Obviously, ideas will emerge to encourage activity, support employment, improve living conditions. Well, there are many things that can be done.

–Discover it: There are measurements in the province of Buenos Aires where your character stands out. However, your speech is still national: how do you articulate the possibility of working in a government for the province with these global ideas?

-Kicillof: I would love that the next government is the same political sign as the nation, the capital and Buenos Aires. It seems to me that it generates synergy and power to pursue policies that in our case did not happen because the CABA government was the opposite sign. The destiny of the province of Buenos Aires will be closely linked to the decisions and measures that can be taken in the field of macroeconomics. Today, the best governor of the province of Buenos Aires – one of the worst, Maria Eugenia Vidal – but even if it was the best, she has little to do against macroeconomic policies Neoliberal Macri. In other words, it will have to generate a harmony between a policy of development on the territory of productive and geographical diversity of the province, and also social: that is the interior, the Conurbano, the different productions, industry, agriculture. But all this will require a favorable context.

-What do you think of this call to Macri's dialogue, given that many opposition figures are reluctant to take it for granted?

-Kicillof: I believe the government is watching the fall in popularity, which could be a potential failure in the election, and has decided to take impromptu and untimely measures. More badociated with taking a stand in front of public opinion than a true vocation to change what you do. That is to say, it seems a government a little confused because from the beginning, it tries to detach itself from the results proposed by its policies. I saw the ten points proposed and the ten points that, in their most relevant aspects, describe what Macri is doing today. I could discuss these points, but it seems to me that the government needs to ask the opposition to give them ideas that are not theirs and that do not work, but different. It started as "sign these ten points, so we can discuss more", so called but not Cristina. Then he called Cristina. Then he called everyone. They therefore seem more inclined to attempt to involve anyone with the failure of Macri than with a sincere intention to examine what he is doing.

– Would you sit with Macri or Dujovne to discuss at a table what you think and how they should handle the problems?

-Kicillof: Yes, I do not deny it to anyone. The truth, what I do not see is a willingness to change policies. It also seems to me that, at this stage, the government has delegated the management and decision-making of fiscal policy, exchange rate policy, financial policy, interest rate, credit policy to the IMF, and then What are we going to discuss exactly? It would be even more reasonable to add this type of discussion to the Monetary Fund and go directly to the decision maker.

– UNDERSTANDING: Today, the government depends on the IMF?

-Kicillof: Today, the Macri government, even when it decides on a measure, even if it is false, its implementation takes time because it has to ask permission. I do not know what comes to ask the opponent, I think that there are cards on the table. It seems superfluous to me, because I talked about what is wrong, what should be done, what should be corrected … it is not necessary to sit down, just ask for the transcript of all the interventions in the Chamber of Deputies where we told anticipation each of the deficiencies of the measures. Call the dialogue? Obviously, we do not refuse a glbad of water in the desert to a government that looks rather desperate, but only for the fact of not projecting the gesture that we do not want to contribute. We have contributed all the time, we have been reasonable, we have been patient, we have been democratic, we have agreed to lose the election for one point and, without complaining about the change of government, we have always voted in favor. minority against the ruined laws. in the country