“I am going to ask Massa to finish this trip that he has to make next week, to go down to the plain and leave the Ministry of Economy in the hands of another. We need a candidate who does not have the responsibility of the Ministry of Economy every day,” said the Eduardo Valdes on the screen of C5N.
The deputy is not the only one who thinks that Massa should resign from his position as Economy Minister, but he was the first to say so publicly, while the impact of the devaluation announced on Monday, the escalation of prices and the dollar is being measured. blue that gets out of control. Valdés’s proposal was echoed this Wednesday in the voice of the general secretary of the Canillitas union, Omar Plainiwho suggested that Massa should leave “the Ministry to some knowledgeable economist who also takes care of the hot potato.”
The statements of both leaders they enraged the heart of massismo and also the camporista circle which is part of Massa’s campaign leadership. They wondered if there was some premeditated intention behind it. “Precocious opinion makers” was the mildest description that came out of the bunker located in Miter at 300. At the small table of the Renewing Front they ruled out the option, at least “for now.” The public debate filled the gap in the communication of the campaign’s official spokespersons during the hours after the election.
Plaini received an internal reprimand from massismo and he had to come out to clarify that he did not mean what he said. “At no time did I ask for the resignation of our candidate for president, what I raised as an opinion is to suggest that he can leave someone of his extreme confidence, so that he can tour the country taking the UP proposal to every corner,” the unionist wrote in your account Twitter.
Valdés clarified this Wednesday to Letter P than your statement it was not a bill pass to Massa, but “on the contrary”, who considers that the minister “is by far the best candidate that Peronism can have”, who especially values his management and that is why he proposed that he dedicate himself to touring the country in that role. The same message was given directly to the presidential candidate.
The discussion has not yet settled indoors. The double candidate-minister role was always under debate: it was Massa who spoke of the supposed “incompatibility” when he had not yet been consecrated as a candidate. The plan changed later, when the campaign got underway.
The minister suggested in early July, in an interview on Radio Con Vos, that he could resign his position after the PASO to dedicate himself fully to the candidacy. Then he was exhausted from having to wear “both hats.” In his environment there was talk of the possibility of to leave Michel in his place, head of Customs, who was appointed this Tuesday to coordinate a price negotiation unit with mass consumption companies. He is a man of extreme confidence of Massa and headed the conference that the Ministry organized on Tuesday night, after a day of extreme financial chaos. He was left in charge of the button panel at the most sensitive moment for the economy.
Those statements by Massa generated alarm in the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The minister received a call from the agency’s executive director, Kristalina Georgieva, who conveyed his discontent to him. The Fund saw in the figure of the minister a guarantor of compliance with the terms of the agreement and a computer in political terms behind closed doors.
The panorama changed after the PASO. On Monday, the Government devalued the currency by 22%. The decision was made on Sunday night, after the electoral result was known. With few votes, the minister lost authority to fight the Fund for the measure that he most demanded. Hours later, the agency celebrated the devaluation in a statement and announced the disbursement of the 10.750 million dollars that it delayed until the votes were counted.
what’s coming
Massa will travel to Washington next week to close the fine print of the negotiation and return with the announcement of the disbursement for the first US$7.5 billion that will be voted on Wednesday at the agency’s board meeting. She will take the opportunity to take a breath after the election coup and the slap of Javier Milei’s triumph.
The request for resignation is agitated for his return from the United States. “Our candidate cannot be the spokesperson for the devaluation. We cannot be announcers of bad news”, say those who promote the move to the side of the minister indoors. They ask for a candidate Massa, who goes out to the territory, tours the country with proposals and sells hope. The dilemma is complex. Massa can’t get caught up in bad news, but he can’t appear as the captain abandoning ship either.
The minister did not speak publicly again after Sunday night, when he was seen beaten in the bunker in the Chacarita neighborhood. It was a double setback, the deflated number of UP and the defeat of Malena Galmarini, in tiger. On Tuesday he met with the governor of Salta, Gustavo Saenz, who arrived in Buenos Aires worried about the numbers that Milei reaped in his province. There were almost 50 points, double the officialism. as he told Letter P, Massa’s team put the magnifying glass over the meager results of the provinces and will adjust the pegs of the governors.
The UP campaign team is already working on the plan for the new stage of the campaign and will begin on Thursday to redesign discursive, territorial and communication strategies for October. He hopes that the first reactions of leaders who, they understand, made “incorrect interpretations” of the electorate’s message will be refined and a new message will be refined that will begin to roll when Massa returns from the United States. The objective is to enter the ballotage.
