translated from Spanish: Lagarde referred to Cristina Kirchner: “People change if they are campaigning”

As part of an election year, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde referred to Cristina Kirchner, one of the leading candidates to be presented as vice president of Alberto Fernandez. People change over time depending on whether they are campaigning or are in office, “said Lagarde, speaking to CNN Spanish when she was consulted by the former president. Then the French official underlined: “We are not here to support, anticipate or fear any political change. We’re here to help the economy and help people. ” 

Finally, he added: “Those are the guiding principles we have. We do have to take into account the political responsibility of the programme because that is the condition for its success. But apart from that, it’s up to the people of any country to decide their future. ” With regard to the operation of the IMF, he said that it depends on each country and on the decisions that are taken in the future. In addition, he said: “We increase the amount of funding needed to deal with debt and we made a tighter monetary policy, which is the anchor of the program.” In this note:

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