They confirm the appointment of a man close to Sergio Massa in the Central Bank list

Twenty-five days after the announcement of its incorporation into the Central Bank, this noon Lisandro Cleri will officially occupy his presidency in the weekly meeting of the Agency’s Board of Directors.

However, he will not yet do so as second to Miguel Ángel Pesce, a post for which he was appointed by Sergio Massa, but rather he will become administrator and could be appointed “Second Vice President”.

Since before his arrival in Reconquista 266, the former head of the Anses Sustainability Guarantee Fund (FGS) continues to quarrel with the president of the plant. A trusted man of Sergio Massa, the incorporation of Cleri at the helm of the BCRA necessarily implied some rearrangements within its directory.

That was necessaryEconomist Arnaldo Bocco will submit his resignation to the body, to leave an empty chair to allow the changes promoted by the Minister of Economy to be made at the beginning of the month. As soon as Massa’s appointments became known, Bocco resigned, but these were only accepted on Tuesday last week.

As published in the Official Gazette this Thursday, in a decree signed by President Alberto Fernández and Sergio Massa, Cleri was appointed director “in commission”, with mandate that will be valid until 23 September 2025. It is that due to the official nature of his position in the vice-presidency of the Central, there are still some arrocchi.

To date, the vice-presidency of the organization is occupied by Sergio Woyecheszen, whose term expires on 23 September. Sources close to the Central have explained that as long as Woyecheszen will remain in his postCleri can occupy the second vice-presidency of the organization, a position where Jorge Carrera now holds, a longtime director within the agency.

Behind these castles there is a real political tug of war. Questioned by different sectors of the government, Miguel Pesce resists his position, with the support of President Alberto Fernández. On Wednesday, the president ratified his intention to keep Pesce at the helm of the plant after his mandate expires on 23 September.

The president’s public ratification is a boost for Pesceafter weeks of repeated rumors about his possible departure from the Central.

The truth is that with the latest changes within the board of the monetary authority, he was left with almost no men reporting directly to him. Only Claudio Golonbek, who in addition to chairman of the board is head of the Superintendency of Financial and Exchange Bodies and with whom Pesce shared his studies and worked at Banco de Tierra del Fuego.

Now, the arm wrestling is with massism: at the ministry of economy expect clergy to manage the Central operational areaa task that, due to the uses and customs of the Central, is usually carried out only by the President.

At the same time, the question of the incorporation of the former president of Banco Nación, Eduardo Hecker, into the Board of Directors, promoted by Alberto Fernández himself, remains to be resolved. After his “sloppy” exit from the BNAreplaced by the former Minister of Economy, Silvina Batakis, Fernandez promised Hecker a seat at Central.

The mandates of other directors expire in less than a month, such as Claudio Golonbek, Betina Stein and Claudia Berger. If any of them did not last in office, space could be created for the entry of the former president of the Nation.

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