Tombolini will seek agreements to relaunch a “light” version of Prices Care

Although he had already been appointed new Secretary of Commerce, Matías Tombolini awaiting official appointment before convening the main business chambers linked to the mass consumer market. The intention is to relaunch, once again, the Care Prices program in a lighter version to which it was applied, between 45 and 60 days approximately

Without too many details, the official announced that he will agree a basket with producers and supermarkets to establish price references. “There will be no checks or anything like that. Agreements will be sought and consumers themselves will monitor compliance, “he promised. He alluded without mentioning the multiple inspections initiated by his predecessor in charge, Martín Pollera.

Tombolini poses back to Prices Initial assistance, whose objective was to establish reference prices on the basis of a list of 302 products of leading brands. The scheme was first launched in 2014 and designed by then Secretary of Commerce Augusto Costa, who entered into voluntary agreementss with suppliers and retail chains to combat rising prices. that year, inflation rose to 38.5%.

In these 8 years, Price Cares has undergone numerous changes and it almost never gave good results. However, Tombolini believes that in the current scenario, where there is huge price dispersion, the program can establish maximum guidelines for each product category. The official plans to convene the business chambers in the coming days to start talks.

In the radio press releases Tombolini stated that “prices must be recovered as a unit of information useful for deciding at the time of purchase” and that this “is very important. because we have lost count of what things are worth“. She said “we need to look for agreements that are reasonable, but that protect employees“and also that we must” try to slow down this dynamic that in July and even in August it is hot in terms of prices“This week, Indec will release last month’s figures, which for consultants will be between 7 and 8%.

Tombolini awaits the formalization of his appointment and that of his undersecretaries to begin rearming his cabinet. “For now he has no signature“, they justify in their environment. In addition to controlling prices, the official will have Foreign Trade under his orbitthe office that oversees SIMI, a task that had been carried out by the Secretariat of Industry, which reports to the Ministry of Productive Development.

Tombolini’s precautions are logical. The Secretary of Commerce it is the most unstable position so far of the current government and the axis of many controversial measures, including a price freeze for 90 days. He is the 5th officer from the administration of Alberto Fernández who holds the post, after Paula Español (moved in October due to the PASO), the Christinist Roberto Feletti (resigned), Guillermo Hang (who replied to Martín Guzmán) and Martín Pollera, who came from the hand by Silvia Batakis.

Tombolini is a member of the Renewal Front and has a direct line with Sergio Massa, the new Superminister of the Economy. Previously he had been a member of the Banco Nación board of directors until his appointment as head of Arsat. He is 48 years old and was a candidate for national deputy in the capital in the last legislative elections for the Frente de Todos.