INADI repudiated Miguel Angel Pichetto xenophobic statements - The agency published a statement and answered the former candidate for vice president of Cambiemos.

Through official accounts Victoria Donda, head of the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI), condemned the xenophobic sayings of Miguel Ángel Pichetto who reappeared on the political scene to criticize the “Argentina against hunger” plan .

The statement states that the country "is at a delicate time to be able to take as naive" referring to the former senator's sayings, and adds that in "The Argentina we are trying to re-build needs everyone to be able to move forward with policies of inclusion and not with racist statements that do not address the situation in a serious and sincere manner. In this context, these statements cannot be taken as naive, ”Donda said.

INADI repudiated Miguel Angel Pichetto xenophobic statements

We note that, in radio statements, Pichetto, in addition to attacking food cards, said that "Argentina became the social adjustment of Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela."

Given this, the text states that “political personalities that make assertions about ethnic groups of the population encourage social exclusion and unjustified violence; they cannot ignore its social and political impact ”, and that“ The Argentine soil has been inhabited by plural and multiethnic societies for tens of years and that is precisely what enriches our Nation, ”said the former deputy.

In addition, Dónda confirmed that "the investigation made by the observatory of violence and discrimination that depends on the Institute, the corresponding actions will begin."

Pichetto considered an exaggeration to speak of "hunger" in Argentina

The former Senator referred to the "Argentina Against Hunger" program as a "food voucher", and lashed out at the Church.

Miguel Ángel Pichetto criticized the implementation of the "Argentina against Hunger" plan of the national government and expressed doubts that "a food voucher can generate an economic recovery."

"I do not believe that a food voucher can generate an economic recovery. I do not know how the instrument is," he said in statements to Radio Con Vos.

In that sense, the former senator said that the Government is seeking to obtain political revenue by installing that in Argentina there is "famine starvation" with the help of the Church.

"The episcopal priests have exaggerated in Argentina and have put famine famine as a flag. A phenomenal defeat for this country. And then they want to do a mass overcoming the crack, when they were part of the crack," he said.

He added: "There are exaggerations in Argentina. I think there are problems, difficulties and structural poverty. Now, famine to go distributing vouchers and little tickets for everyone. Are those who receive the vouchers the same as the AUH and the plans? "It seems to me that we deserve an explanation. The effort is fine, let's make a Mass and give him a voucher."

"There are a lot of officials that still need to be appointed. There is no plan yet aimed at reviving, there is a plan in the framework of the emergency with measures that impacted the middle class."

Julio Zamora: "The Government of Vidal left a time bomb for Kicillof"

The mayor of Tigre considered that "there has to be a new negotiation to fulfill the commitments without affecting the situation of Buenos Aires."

The mayor of the Buenos Aires party of Tigre, Julio Zamora, said Wednesday that the former governor of the province of Buenos Aires, María Eugenia Vidal, left "a time bomb" in financial matters to the administration of Axel Kicillof.

"If we take into account that the Vidal government increased the debt with international organizations by 37% and more than 700% the debt in bonds, 80% in dollars, we see that it left a time bomb to the government of Axel Kicillof", The communal chief said in statements made to National radio.

Zamora stressed the need for a "re-adaptation of that international commitment due to the fact that this great debt is due this year", and considered that "there has to be a new negotiation to meet the commitments without affecting the situation of Buenos Aires."

"The position that the governor is taking is very brave," Zamora analyzed, and said: "We have to accompany him thinking that every decision he makes is to revive consumption, production and care for people."

The province of Buenos Aires proposed to the holders of its bonds USD 750 M 10,875% due in 2021 to postpone the payment of capital from January 26 for US $ 249,975,000 until May 1 of this year.