Despite the controversy, there is business support to the landing of Melconian in the Ieral

La designación del conocido economista Carlos Melconian al frente del Ieral, el instituto de análisis económico de la Fundación Mediterránea, continúa en el centro del debate del empresariado cordobés.

Sin embargo, de acuerdo con los resultados de una consulta informal realizada por La Voz, hay apoyo empresarial a la elección.

As already known, the arrival of Melconian was a true surprise for not a few companies associated with the entity and was preceded by the impulse given by two large national companies.

But that landing involves moving to the capital of the country the geographical axis with which the entity founded by Piero Astori has been operating together with a group of 34 companies, including Arcor and Agrometal.

Melconian arrived at the place also occupied by the economist Marcelo Capello backed by the head of the Macro Bank, Jorge Brito (H), and with the support of Sebastián Bagó (of the homonymous medicinal laboratory).

In the local business, which was out of the move, it is mentioned that although the objective of those who promoted it goes through the elaboration of an economic program to make available to the government that assumes in 2023, others see a clearly political action.

Make Minister to Melconian in a future administration of together for the change is the next step and should generate more consensus around the figure of the former president of the Bank of the Nation during the management of Mauricio Macri.Especially in the industrial sectors that make up the Foundation.

Known

What chance is there finally to happen?"It is purely political, it would be easier if the opposition wins, but it could also be proposed to a Peronist president, except Cristina, because Peronism never assembles teams," said a source with knowledge of the facts.

At the time, the Foundation took Nestor Kirchner an economic program.Beyond the ideological issues, the former president knew about the FM.No less than Domingo Cavallo as a minister, he maintained a direct relationship with him when he was Santa Cruz governor.The "father" of convertibility always comments on those conversations and how refined Nestor with the numbers.

In recent months, the Ieral had been working with the IEE economists team of the trade stock market in an economic plan. Esta entidad, según pudo conocer La Voz, tiene interés de que ese trabajo que se realizaba “entre pares” continúe.

"It is difficult for Melconian to sit at that table, but maybe a representative," they said in that environment.His second would be Enrique Szewach, another economist who has spent on the FM carried by Brito.But it also works near the Obelisk.Will there be a third party there?

This topic follows in the stock market."We agree with Melconian, as long as that joint work is respected," a source from the institution of Rosario de Santa Fe street told this media.

Disarticulate that work would have a second message: that the Ieral left Córdoba.Is what you want to avoid.How does institutional life follow?"Have patience that step by step we will officially communicate, as we have done in these 44 years," they said in the FM before the question of this medium.

At least unpleasant

The head of an associated industry considered that the change was "at least unpleasant"."They can't spot us from Buenos Aires, a banker and a pharmacist, which armed the manufacturing industry of Córdoba," he explained.

At that point there was an Achaque A Capello: "I should have had a greater political voracity and exposure," he said.The former president could continue as chief economist of the fiscal and federal area, two issues that he manages with solvency.

"Capello has nothing to do, if they want to put an economy minister, it is very difficult to boost someone here," add other interlocutors.Although Capello closed the phones since the changes were known, relatives claim that it is necessary that the Ieral adapts to the new vision of the Foundation.

Visibility and volume

Mientras tanto, La Voz consultó vía WhatsApp a 330 empresarios y altos ejecutivos de firmas familiares y de corporaciones cuál era su opinión sobre la renovación del Ieral.

At the slogan Carlos Melconian is the new president of the Ieral and will be in charge of coordinating the elaboration of an economic plan three response options were presented.

On 114 responses, 56.1 percent chose “it seems positive to me, it will give greater visibility at the national level and volume in the economic debate”.33.3 percent leaned because with this incorporation the Foundation "loses much of its reason for being, since it was always expressed with Cordoba economists".And 10.5 percent said he was not informed about the entity's activities and preferred not to comment.