Gabriel Rubinstein would be the next Deputy Minister of Economy.
Even if the appointment of the Deputy Minister of Economy remains unresolved, as he was able to discover Clarione it would be defined that, finally, the post will go to Gabriel Rubinstein, the specialist chosen by Sergio Massa, but who does not have the sympathy of the vice president Cristina Kirchner.
After two weeks of coming and going, the days and the office of Secretary of Economic Planning pass – the formal name of the office of Deputy Minister– still vacant.
Over the long weekend rumors have returned that in the next few hours it would be announced who will be the second in Massa. But once again, the question remains unresolved.
Yesterday the candidacy of Gabriel Rubinstein, which until last week was considered lapsed, regained strength. It is a specialist in Macroeconomics who was chosen by Massa two weeks ago.
But a few hours before making his appointment official, a series of tweets from the head of the consulting firm Gabriel Rubinstein y Asociados went viral in which strongly criticized the vice president Cristina Kirchner and the economic policies defended by Kirchnerism.
A timely trip by Rubinstein took him out of the limelight for nearly a week, during which time the economist did not answer questions and became unreachable.
Although never confirmed Cristina’s veto would have frozen the candidacyto that of Rubinstein. Other possible names emerged: Marina Dal Poggetto, head of the Eco Go consultancy firm, Emmanuel Alvarez Agis, who leads the PxQ team of economists, and Martín Rapetti, director of the consultancy firm Equilibra.
But everyone would have refused the invitation.
Now, as confirmed ClarioneMassa would have succeeded in imposing his candidate. The official announcement that Rubinstein will be Deputy Minister will arrive in the next few hours.
In any other management, the definition of who will be the deputy minister becomes relevant only to the world of economists. But this time, the topic moved on to television and social networks because the same team from Massa has put on the table that the minister wanted to add a prestigious figure to its management.
To this is added one more reason. Since Massa is not an economistbut a lawyer, having a specialist in Macroeconomics on the right was a strong signal to restore calm on the markets.
On the contrary, the difficulties in being able to close the issue have only reactivated the distrust of the markets e the question of the deputy minister becomes central to measuring what the real power of the fire isor what Sergio Massa has when it comes to defining which policies are implemented and who implements them.
Anyway, Mass. He is not the first lawyer to take up the post of Minister of Economya. Jorge Wehbe, Federico Pinedo, Eustaquio Méndez Delfino, José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Juan Carlos Pugliese and Hernán Lorenzino are included in that list.
In the last few hours, the versions that Rubinstein would have been appointed to this post have resumed, as this newspaper has been able to discover through various sources.
Despite this misstep of the tweets against Cristina, the economist has several scrolls that put him in a preferential position on the starting line to get the position. In addition to the prestige he enjoys among his colleagues, has an additional cucarda. GRA is the most successful consulting firm on the list of 40 analysts and economists participating in the Central Bank’s monthly Survey of Market Expectations (REM).
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Source: Clarin
