Macri doubts the support of the congressional opposition to the debt refinancing plan

He arrived in a good mood and even joked with "age" journalists who were waiting for him at the Patio de las Palmeras. A moment after being photographed with boys from a Lanús school, the president
Mauricio Macri defended in front of his cabinet the "
rebalancing of debt"announced by the Minister of Finance,
Hernán Lacunza. He described these measures as "key to maintaining stability and building confidence", as the dollar's price fluctuates and country risk increases.

According to senior official sources, at the cabinet meeting, it is Lacunza who explained "in detail" the proposed deferral of payment of domestic debt – which will enter Congress by the Senate – and the start of negotiations with the IMF, with the next deadlines. with this organization in sight. In addition to the ministers, representatives of the government of Deputies (Emilio Monzó and Mario Negri) and the upper house, Federico Pinedo, Luis Naidenoff and Vice-President Gabriela Michetti attended the meeting.

Will there be support from
Alberto Fernandez and the
Kirchnerism at the congress? In government, they oscillate between skepticism – minority – and the certainty that there will be no help. "If they do not support it, it will go against themselves, but everything can be," said a cabinet member. "They will break everything, forget, they will not help us, beyond the balance that Fernandez must do in his coalition," they told the newspaper close to the president.

Macri had already supported the measures a few minutes after 9 am, at the launching ceremony of the vessel Santiago S. "These are measures that aim to reduce this risk, we took charge of the debt problem to defend the
exchange rate stability, short, medium and long term. And we will work as we have always done, without speculating or advancing the problems, "said the President.

"This solution stems from listening to ours and the opposition, because I think that it is necessary to find agreements between all.We have 59 days to reach the elections, and they are unfolding. in the best conditions, it's my responsibility as president, but it never depends only on a government, "he added in a photo elevation for the Todos Front candidate and the governors of the opposition. "He must count the days," Fernandez reprimanded him at the end of his meeting with the members of the Rural Liaison Office.

"Each of us who badumes the leading role in one way or another knows the weight of every step we take and its impact on the present and the future of the Argentineans. We must all learn to think long-term in the country, in our hands to contribute to this tranquility, "added Macri at the beginning of another day that began with the tension in the markets.