CFK flies to El Calafate for New Year

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner left to El Calafate around midday to spend the New Year celebrations with her son Máximo, daughter Florencia, her mother-in-law María Ostoic and other family members. The head of state will be spending the weekend at her home in El Calafate. The visit had been postponed due to the conflicts within Daniel Peralta’s government. 

Yesterday, the President maintained a tight schedule, meeting with government ministers such as Boudou -whom will assume the presidential role in Fernández de Kirchner’s stead while she undergoes surgery next week-  Julio De Vido, Arturo Puricelli as well as secretaries José López (Public Works), Juan Pablo Schiavi (Transport) and Oscar Parrilli.

The President is expected to return to the Capital by Monday. Upon her return, the head of state will officially begin her leave of absence to undergo surgery on Wednesday at Austral Hospital in Pilar for the cancerous tumour that was found in the area of her thyroid gland.

The surgeon who will be operating on Fernández de Kirchner next week, Pedro Saco, assured that it is “an honour” for him to be able to assist the President and stated that he will carry out “normal procedures, as with all cases.” He went on to say that, “doctors are very professional, and in fact the most important thing to us professionalism.”