In Pink House Rumors about cabinet changes continue and point to the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Serge Massaas replacement insurance for John Manzur at the head of the Cabinet Office. A maneuver that, clarify from the ruling party, would be accompanied by other modifications in the structure of the government that Massa would have put as a condition and that could imply movements in the Banco Central – currently leading Miguel Pesce– and in the AFIPled by Mercedes Marco del Pont, among other areas. The place of the Minister of Economy, Silvina Batakisis not in doubt.
For now it is just speculation, but once the Economy Minister returns there could be announcements that add to the one already made by the government on Tuesday afternoon, where the BCRA created a regime for producers to sell the soybean harvest. More news is expected before the weekend. The hermeticism that exists about the conversations that are taking place today in the small discussion tables within the ruling party, however, is total. From the government they want “this time” to be an announcement and not “the announcement of the announcement”. “When Batakis returns we will be able to give a complete picture of the situation,” they detail. They also cite Juan Domingo Peron and clarify that everything will be given “in its measure and harmoniously”.
After returning from Chapadmalal —where he inaugurated a new unit of the complex located in the spa— President Alberto Fernández decided not to go to the act in tribute to Evita that the national PJ carried out at its headquarters on Matheu Street, As planned. Instead, Fernandez returned to Casa Rosada to meet with various officials of his greatest confidence. The presidential spokeswoman got out of the helicopter with him, Gabriela Cerruti; the secretary of the presidency, Julius Vitobello, and the Chief Advisor, John Manuel Olmosand they went to the president’s office to evaluate the next steps to follow and monitor the news of the meetings that the Minister of Economy held for those hours in Washington.
The landing of Massa in the cabinet, clarify from the Executive, “It would open the door to bigger reconfigurations because that’s what happens when a weight figure arrives to the Chief of Cabinet”. In addition, they remember that when the current minister arrived, John Manzur, also occurred in the context of other changes. “It usually happens that way because the figure of the chief minister reconfigures roles and profiles,” they insist. What they are finishing diagramming at this time within the Frente de Todos is what will happen to different figures who occupy an easy chair in the cabinet, such as, for example, with Manzur. The Tucuman left the government of his province to assume the Chief of Cabinet and one of the possibilities is that, if Massa’s landing is confirmed, he will return to his province.
But Manzur could also go to the Foreign Ministry, instead of santiago cafiero, who was already replaced in the Headquarters of the ministers by the Tucuman, in September 2021. If so, the fate of Cafiero could well be the General Secretariat of the Presidency that Vitobello occupies, but those who know the president doubt that version. It is also considered that Manzur, if he does not return to Tucumán, go to the Ministry of the Interior, something that is ruled out by the minister, Edward “Wado” of Peter.
Other official offices believe that “if we continue to think that the solution is names and not politics and their plans, we will continue to be wrong.” The truth is that the landing of Massa would not only be a change of “names”, but that it would be accompanied by new policies and a different view of the management. What is not clear is what position the vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, will take in this situation, although if progress is made with the incorporation of Massa it will be in a context of consensus.
The national deputy and general secretary of the CTA, Hugo Yaskyhe said in dialogue with AM750 that the possible assumption of Sergio Massa as chief of staff would be “something positive”. “We need the Government to strengthen its image in front of the population”, he added and highlighted the “very important figure” of the current president of the Chamber of Deputies. “Recreating that scenario of unity and showing strength seems to me to be necessary,” he added.