María Eugenia Vidal: “This Government does not have a plan or an economic program”

On a tour with a “productive profile” in the province of San Juan, the national deputy María Eugenia Vidal visited Cuyo territory where she met with leaders of Juntos for Change, who are involved in an internal dispute to see which sector prevails with a government candidacy. In this context, he took the opportunity to question sharply the official policies promoted to reduce inflation, which he predicted that “they have already shown their failure” and not “solve the underlying problem”.

“Inflation is not the product of war but of uncontrolled emission, this government does not have an economic plan or program,” he said in definitions during a tour of the Cuyo district. “We need a plan, an economic program that has steps, that tells us where we are going to go and how we are going to go. Argentina is no longer resistant to improvisation,” he added.

“Last year we closed with 51% inflation. Argentina has an average of 40% annual inflation since the return of democracy, regardless of the period of hyperinflation. Since 1970, 10 price freeze agreements have been signed by different governments. It is clear that it is not there, nor is it with more taxes, increasing withholdings,” he said at a press conference.

With a strong production-oriented profile, the former governor of Buenos Aires held a meeting during her visit with the Province's Chamber of Mining and toured a calera in Sarmiento. In addition, he met a venture that exports olive oil and talked with garlic and onion producers.

According to his collaborators, the intention of the trip is to explore what needs to be done for the province since Congress. “As a national deputy, in order to be able to represent better, you have to know, travel and understand, to do my job well,” she said.

Upon landing on San Juan soil, María Eugenia Vidal led a press conference with her colleague from the Juntos for Change block, Marcelo Orrego. Other referents from the space attended this table, such as Susana Laciar, Enzo Cornejo and Fabián Martín.

The national deputy arrived in the province at a tense moment in the opposition coalition, which seeks to settle their differences in order to present an eventual candidacy for provincial governor in 2023. Two leaders compete for that place: Marcelo Orrego and Fabián Martín. The repeal of local PASOs, promoted by the Peronist governor Sergio Uñac, complicated the internal picture.

“The best candidate will come from this team. It is not me who defines, but to respect the work. If this law is not amended, which we do not legally validate, and they do not agree on a single formula, people will be elected and I will be accompanying this team, which goes beyond whoever holds the position of candidate,” Vidal said equidistantly about the aspirations of the leaders of Together for Change.

On his second day of travel, Vidal continued the tour with a meeting with a teacher from the frontier school and visited Sarmiento's birthplace, while internalizing today and the problems facing the fruit-horticultural and dairy industry in the region. Shortly after, he participated in another meeting with leaders and leaders of Together for Change and closed his agenda on Tuesday with a dinner organized by young PRO.

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