The toughest sectors of the ruling party continue to put pressure on Martín Guzmán

The continuity the Minister of the Economy, Martin guzman in his position he appears more and more with Question marks and older margin of uncertainty, since these last days and in the hard fight that the president has maintained Alberto Fernandez and vice, Cristina Fernandez, the hardest core of the ruling party “doesn’t consider it so essential” conclude an agreement with the IMF.

In recent hours, government officials claim thatThe continuity of e Guzmán is in a moment of uncertainty, despite the fact that, finally, with the change of cabinet implemented last week, the head of the economic portfolio managed to continue in management.

Corn attacks on the ministeror, in particular because of its position on the message of budgetary and monetary prudence, to follow happening, after the government’s political struggle two weeks ago.

And at that moment, within the executive, they doubt that Guzmán “is the only one with the key to conclude a new agreement with the Monetary Fund” after the November 14 elections.

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“Until recently it was like that, but now the picture has changed, largely because of the election result, and secondly, because there may be movements in the IMF’s own direction,” he said. summed up one of the Government House officials consulted by Profile. .

This is one of the focal points that ultimately could decide whether Guzmán will retain his post in the coming months.

The problem is that the current head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, is questioned about her management when she was at the World Bank and we know that the Managing Director of the Fund is not to the liking of the United States government.

Guzmán became Minister of the Economy in December 2019 on the recommendation of Joseph stiglitz, Nobel Prize in Economics and Georgieva. He was a disciple of Stiglitz at Columbia University, who also has an excellent level of dialogue and ideological understanding with Georgieva.

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But in addition, Stiglitz received the Nobel Prize in economics with his colleague Georges akerlof, who is the husband of Janet Yellen, United States Secretary of the Treasury.

In short, all of these names are part of the “considerable contact key that Guzmán has in the United States”, but precisely as Georgieva is increasingly questioned, this circumstance adds a greater weakness to Guzmán’s situation in the United States. within the cabinet.

Budget controversy

In fact, several government officials admit that During this past week, Guzmán “did not like it at all” that the ruling party itself was promoting “significant changes” in the draft budget, which a few days ago entered Congress for debate.

For this reason is that Guzmán still hasn’t gone to Congress, to explain the scope of this project, since it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to be able to analyze and defend its orientations whereas the bank itself has allowed their disagreement to transcend and that it will make various modifications.

“It’s incredible, as soon as he entered Congress, they already anticipated and said they were going to make several changes,” complained an economic zone official.

Those who support Guzmán in the cabinet know that the attacks on his administration did not end only with the change of officials for the week and the order of radio silence after the “sincerity” of the ultra-official MP Fernanda Vallejos.

“The Gurkas are not going to stand still,” concluded another of the officials consulted.

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