The Government decided it, after it was confirmed that Lionel Messi and his companions will celebrate at the Obelisk. Holiday in La Rioja and Catamarca.
The triumph of the Argentine National Team in the World Cup in Qatar 2022 The calendar of an already atypical December changed, with a World Cup that was played at the end of the year. After the massive festivities on Sunday, a similar -or even bigger- call is expected to accompany Lionel Messi’s National Team that will celebrate at the Obelisk this Tuesday.
With so much movement throughout the country, the version began to circulate that The Government could decree this Tuesday, December 20, a national holiday to continue with the celebrations and receive the champion team. That information was confirmed by Clarín in the afternoon of this Monday.
In the Government they had begun to analyze days ago if Alberto Fernández would receive the Selection in the Casa Rosada so that they can show the World Cup from the mythical balcony, as was done in 1978 and in 1986. But what was known is that The celebration this Tuesday will be at the Obelisk: this was reported by the AFA in the official account of the national team.
The President had analyzed the options on Saturday in Olivos with the Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández, the spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti and the Secretary General of the Presidency, Julio Vitobello. “The players will define it after the game”, had pointed out an official who participated in the meeting. That idea was losing strength with the hours and around noon this Monday seemed discardeda.
The squad has already begun its return to the country and many of the players uploaded photos of the privacy of the plane, who made a stop in Rome. Most posed with the Cup and Tagliafico showed one of the funniest images: the most precious trophy with a seat belt. It is logical: after waiting so long, you have to take good care of it.
In the comings and goings of the Government, the possibility of giving public administration a holiday had also been evaluated. On Monday, at least, it was not formally implemented.
For now, where they did declare public administration holiday for this Monday it was in the province of La Rioja and in Catamarca.
“The governor, @QuintelaRicardo arranged to grant holiday to the entire Provincial Public Administration on Monday, December 19, on the occasion of Argentina’s triumph in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar”, it was officially reported on the social networks of the La Rioja government.
Meanwhile, Governor Raúl Jalil announced the same decision for the province of Catamarca.
The antecedent of Diego Maradona’s wake
Nevertheless, the antecedent of Diego Maradona’s wake it is still fresh in the Government. That day, after being shoved by the fans who pressured to enter the Casa Rosada, the Patio de las Palmeras was literally taken over. There was tear gas from the Federal Police that got inside the Government House.
The President, megaphone in hand, also failed to calm the crowd. “We think of everything”, pointed out another of the officials who was meeting with Fernández in the last hours.
Doors inside the Government there are concern about possible riots on public roads. From accidents to looting of shops, all the scenarios are in the folder.
In the middle of the celebrations on Tuesday, a 50-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition after falling from the huge green initials of Buenos Aires, at the foot of the obelisk. Only fortunately, there were no more episodes of this caliber to regret.
The bad relationship with the AFA
The relationship between the Executive and the AFA authorities led by Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia is not good. The players did not want to meet with the President after the 2021 Copa América victory, in Brazil, which would originally be played in Argentina. Fernández, in the midst of the rise in Covid-19 cases, resigned from the locality. The rest is history.
“A visit from Alberto to Ezeiza would be the most decent thing to do”, suggested an official with an office in La Rosada. That option was the one chosen by then-president Cristina Kirchner in 2014, after the runner-up in Brazil.
In the Executive they also speak with mistrust of the City’s security operation, which they blamed for the slow lines to enter Maradona’s eventful wake.
They do not trust the management of the Buenos Aires minister Marcelo D`Alessandro, who concentrated all the criticism of the ruling party for his trip to Lago Escondido with judges and journalistic businessmen, which for Christians is complete proof of the alleged persecution against the vice president.
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