The Argentine director before the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Sergio Chodos, today defined three economists of the “previous government” as “unpatrias” because they would have asked the officials of the multilateral organization not to provide assistance to Argentina until it takes over a new government.
Talking to Argentina’s news agency, Chodos described the situation as “sad” and pointed at three economists, all former government officials, who spoke to IMF members “to ask that they not give Argentina an advance load (advances) or disbursements, with the argument that if they wait, they will negotiate a new program with them.”
Chodos did not provide names, although he said: “one who has his director’s wife trading, one who is suspected of money laundering and one who defaulted under a flirtatious name called various IMF officials to ask them to don’t give money to Argentina in this government.”
Guido Sandleris, former head of the central bank, and Hernán Lacunza, former finance minister, have been appointed to the Ministry of Economy, as reported by La Nación.
“Sad because the debt we have was taken by them and the anti-patrias because the debt belongs to Argentina because of them and it was taken out to bail out private debt holders in many related cases and to finance asset flight” Chodos said.
The official said that “it is sad and unpatriotic even considering that the whole framework of relations with the IMF has begun to be discussed in front of society, having passed through the congress, and not closed behind the backs of the people and against their interests . “
Finally, Chodos recalled that there were “internal irregularities” when the agreement was signed “behind the backs of Congress and society” during the administration of Mauricio Macri.
“This conduct is also refreshing and can be linked to the opinion of the General Audit of the Nation which marks the internal irregularities of the agreement that the 2018 government signed behind the backs of Congress and society,” he concluded.
The reaction of the opposition was not long in coming. The elliptical answer and without quoting Chodos’ statements came from the former finance minister, Hernán Lacunza, who ensured on Twitter that “a conspiracy theory is always useful to explain one’s shortcomings”.
And he connected the possible short circuits with the IMF with economic policy: “So, the exchange rate risk depends on market rumours; the disbursement of the IMF from what the opposition says. program and guaranteed delivery”.
The clashes with the opposition come after a fateful week for the government. The Central Bank raised rates to 81% per annum and tightened the block on imports after the surge in parallel dollars (the CCL reached $455 and the Blue $442).
The exchange rate race was unleashed amid difficulties in accumulating reserves through the soy dollar and rumors of a devaluation, which ended with the displacement of Antonio Aracre and the resignation of Alberto Fernández from the presidential candidacy.
Source: Clarin
