translated from Spanish: After control of the accounts, the IMF mission meets with opponents

on Monday arrived in the country the third technical mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This time, after the meeting with the Government and the revision of the macroeconomic variables present in the public accounts, they will decide according to what was agreed, the disbursement of $ 10 billion, oriented to the repayment of debts owed by the current Administration. Thus, prior to deciding if, since 10 December of this year, there will be a new political picture, indeed that the ruling party will have received almost all of the 57,100 million dollars agreed upon with the IMF. As has become common is this kind of meetings, the Mission of the Fund met first with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nicolás Dujovne, as well as the President of the Central Bank, Guido Sandleris.

“In turn, and considering that we are coming to start an election year from the multilateral agency accepted the possibility to hold meetings with the main opposition parties.” We try to meet with a wide range of sectors, with officials, representatives of the private sector and civil society, and sometimes also with opposition leaders. I don’t have specific details about if they will meet representatives of the opposition”, confirmed last week the IMF, Gerry Rice spokesman.

On the day of yesterday, although still not confirmed his candidacy, former Minister of economy and production, Roberto Lavagna, said that he was contacted by the IMF for a follow-up of the Argentine economic plan. From 12 o’clock, at the home of Salta, the head of the procession Roberto Cardarelli, will meet the Governor of Salta and presidential candidate, Juan Manuel Urtubey.En this sense, the meeting was “ordered by the representatives of the IMF, as part of a series of” meetings that have ruled with the candidates of the opposition, Juan Manuel will be the first, but not the only one.” In this note:

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