Silvina Batakis: Argentina will meet its goals with the IMF
Silvina Batakis, Minister of Economy of Argentina, assured that her country will meet the goals agreed with the IMF for the refinancing of the debt
The new Minister of Economy of Argentina, Silvina Batakis, affirmed that the goals agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be maintained within the framework of the program to refinance the debt of more than 44,000 million dollars, equivalent to about 43,662 million euros. at the current exchange rate.
“In no way is it in doubt that we cannot meet our obligations in pesos,” Batakis said at a press conference, where she clarified that these “rumors” are associated with “very strong malice against a government that was elected by popular vote.
In this sense, the minister recalled that it was the government of former President Mauricio Macri who entered into a situation of non-payment or ‘default’, but she has assured that the current Executive has “all the necessary mechanisms so that this does not happen”.
On the other hand, Batakis has indicated that the monthly budget quotas that the Ministry grants to the entire National Public Administration will be “only in accordance with the projection of real cash.” “We are not going to spend more than we have,” she pointed out in statements collected by the Télam agency.
Freezing of personnel in the public administration
Likewise, the new head of Economy has announced that it will be arranged that “the freezing of personnel be extended to all State agencies” and not only to the National Public Administration.
The measure would be implemented through a modification of the Financial Administration Law and was announced by the minister at a press conference that she offered this morning at the Palacio de Hacienda.
The Minister of Economy has stated that the context of the war in Ukraine “a lot affects Argentina”, but she has pointed out that despite this “unprecedented” situation, the “structural matrix of Argentina is intact”. Likewise, she maintains that the Government’s intention is to “maintain that productive structure, sustain it, make it more complex, make it more productive and create jobs.”
Last July 3, the Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán, resigned after pressure due to the economic situation in the country. In her place, President Alberto Fernández appointed Silvina Batakis as the new head of the Administration’s Economic Department, who promised to comply with a path of continuity in the country’s economic policy and fiscal balance.
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Source: dpa
