Wado de Pedro, the minister who is seen by businessmen as the “A” side of Cristina

It was difficult for Martín Cabrales to get Wado de Pedro to agree to be the keynote speaker at the Cicyp, an entity that brings together the stock exchange, banks, chambers of commerce and construction and preaches economic liberalism. The Interior Minister apologized that next week would be calmer. He couldn’t extend the date any further.

He obviously prepared for the occasion. And yesterday he said he devoted Wednesday afternoon to speech therapist. Entrepreneurs knew how to pay him back. The Minister of the Interior was received by a large delegation who took him to a special room for a more intimate meeting, before the next dining room.

In that type of vip it was Eduardo Eurnekian’s turn to scold him the push and pull of politics that feeds the climate of uncertainty. “I disagree, this is everyone’s problem,” was De Pedro’s response in what became a slogan of his presentation. Already in the room, Daniel Funes de Rioja, president of Cicyp, accompanied him from table to table and the minister took pictures and greeted with effusion without losing his smile. like in the countryside.

“The tribune is yours”, Funes de Rioja invited him to speak after praising his youth, placing him as a new exponent of politics and warning him: “It doesn’t scare us.” Yesterday’s lunch closed the cycle of Funes de Rioja at the helm of Cicyp, the presidency that now passes to Macros Pereda, in the name of La Rural. Pereda owns the powerful Grupo Bermejo, strong in livestock, beekeeping and forestry.

Thus, the almost four hours that Pedro shared with the leading figures of the business community they sounded like a melody while the minister outlined in his speech all the possibilities of regional economies, of Vaca Muerta gas, of exports through the Pacific in coordination with Chile, just to name a few. Furthermore, he admitted that due to the plans there are no workers in many businessesA definition unthinkable on the mouth of a member of La Cámpora.

But among the 208 diners, record in the calls of the Cicyp, there was a different atmosphere. There was concern for all kinds of versions. The price of the Cash with Liquidation dollar took the pulse, which was close to $ 300 at the time.

From the beginning, the Alvear Icon in Puerto Madero has been full of CEOs full of “uncertainty”, while they almost held in chorus. Eurnekian, together with Adelmo Gabbi, of the stock exchange, showed their distrust of the public sector. The airport owner has felt firm since he got in avalanche of offers for NGOs linked to the dollar that do not pay interest.

The bankers explained that the system is solid and that there are many pesos looking for a destination in dollarized goods.

“Demand flies”, retained a carmaker owner who requested anonymity, complaining that he had to shut down a production line for a truck that didn’t arrive with parts when it ran out of diesel. “In the industry we are getting used to the worldwide lack of chips that goes with it, the problems with ships, but not because the truck can’t load fuel. “

“Everything stopped”, surprised the always optimist Miguel Rodríguez, of Sinteplast, in a clear allusion to the volatility of the dollar. “We are with the rope around our necksbut the activity did not stop ”, clarified Gustavo Weiss of the Chamber of Construction. Eduardo Franciosi, from Cilfa, which brings together the national laboratories, remarked that many suppliers in the sector it cannot import “indispensable” supplies. for the manufacture of medicines.

At coffee time, the entrepreneurs did not hesitate to ask De Pedro about internal politics, what he thinks of the campaign and the single vote. De Pedro was not surprised by his responses. They viewed him as the “A side” of Cristina. Eurnekian in the toast and by way of farewell, told him: “We know that it is not easy to change course, but you have the youth and the wisdom to do so”, he invited him.