Fernández and Kirchner meet again in public after months of tension

By nradmin

June 4, 2022

The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, and his vice-president, Cristina Kirchner, met again in public on Friday. fair (3) during an event that celebrated the centenary of the oil company YPF. The meeting takes place after several months of tension within the ruling party due to the economic course that the Executive must take after the agreement reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

04113326During the event, held at the Tecnópolis fairgrounds, in the province of Buenos Aires, the two were close, sharing harsh criticisms of the opposition and extolling the principles defended by its political current, Peronism. Yesterday’s act marked the first public meeting between the president and his vice since March 1, when they were together at the opening of the ordinary sessions of Congress.04113326 04113326The last three months were marked by disputes over the government’s economic policy, which took on a series of commitments (reduction of the fiscal deficit, accumulation of and decreasing energy subsidies) with the IMF to refinance a debt of more than US$ billions.”I will continue to ask all my comrades to help me, to be the just, free and sovereign Argentina that Perón and Evita dreamed of, Cristina and Néstor dreamed of and I dream of”, Alberto Fernández told end of his speech, in which he once again called for the “unity” of the Executive.

The first to speak was Cristina, former president between 2015 and and leader of Kirchnerism, wing of Peronism that in recent months has harshly attacked the management of several members of Fernández’s cabinet, especially the Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán. This time, the former president and current vice president avoided any kind of criticism of the Executive and asked the president to use the “pen” in his negotiations with business groups.

04113326″There is a national sport of taking over the reserves that are in the Central Bank under different mechanisms, especially when we have a gap like the one we have. What I ask of you (Alberto) is to use the pen, to use it with those who have to give things to the country, you have to use it”, spoke the vice president to applause.

04113326 The also head of the Senate took advantage of her speech to take stock of her management as president, between 2007 and 2015, stage marked , among other events, for Repsol’s expropriation of 51% of YPF, and focused the rest of his speech on attacking his successor, the liberal Mauricio Macri (2015-2019). “We have to understand er that decisions that always respond to the interests of the vast majority encounter many criticisms, many traps, but believe me, the sensation and feelings that one experiences when one feels that one has fulfilled a duty is indescribable”, assured Cristina, in relation to the nationalization of the oil company .04113326