'There are people who want to see Argentina fail'

Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina asked for “responsibility” to safeguard “the present and the future of the Argentines and urged people to preserve the achievements of the Government, as he answered questions of the administration during a visit to the Lower House.

“The responsibility of all Government officials is to safeguard jobs and the development of all Argentines and thus look after the present and the future of Argentines,” Abal Medina said as he addressed lawmakers.

“There are some sectors that want Argentina to fail, they are minority sectors, but they are powerful. They are anti-democratic, because they dream with a different, democracy-free Argentina,” he added.

“Argentina keeps on growing amid the storm and is successfully facing the international economic crisis due to the effort of each Argentine,” the Cabinet Chief assured.

Abal Medina paid his first visit to the Lower House since he took office in December 2011. He answered the Upper House’s questions during a May 2012 visit.