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Until Thursday, the head of Banco Nación discovered that he would no longer be in charge of the body and would be replaced by Silvina Batakis via whatsapp. The news reached him minutes before giving a speech in the province of Catamarca and his surprised face was captured in a video.
“That’s the way it is,” they heard him say incredulously in front of the provincial authorities and guests of the event where he arrived as an official to present the Nation Mining Card together with provincial governor Raúl Jalil.
Surely the timing was not the best, as he introduced himself as the head of the BNA to take the stage, the video released by the media El Esquiú shows how Hecker receives a news on his mobile that leaves him surprised. In any case, almost on autopilot and without taking his eyes off the phone screen, he advances towards the stage.
Batakis’ departure from the Ministry of Economy and his arrival in the nation were surprising for several reasons: the minister had just left Washington where he met the authorities of the International Monetary Fund; he only lasted 20 days in office and his new position is far below the power he was given.
The whole announcement was a gathering of surprises. Former head of economics, Silvina Batakis, was surprised by her rumor that she would be replaced by Sergio Massa on her way home after her tour of Washington.
As she learned from Clarín, it was Batakis herself who asked Alberto Fernández for the presidency of the bank in exchange for his departure from the ministry.
Although at first he tried to avoid referring to the novelty, he could not help but express himself on it. “We tried to respect what I thought or thought about what the public function should be and what a public bank should look like,” she said.
“The truth is that that’s the way it is. I hope the bank that we leave today, or that I have to leave today, or leave me … I could find myself in one of these boxes, “he said.
Not forgetting his attitude of utter amazement, Hecker said: “This is a much better bank than the one we have received. It could be subjective assessments, but we have a lot of numbers to back it up,” he said and was captured on the camera’s camera. El Esquiu newspaper.
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Source: Clarin
