Buenaventura speaks: part 2

Rafael Buenaventura talks about curing the deficit problem, Napocor and the borrowing requirement.

There has been a lot of speculation about the government deficit, and about potential downgrades. Can you clarify your position on this issue

Moody's and the other agencies have downgraded the outlook from stable to negative as a wake up call to us. They are saying you cannot forever be in a borrowing situation, as at a certain point your debt will be unsustainable, and I agree with that.

That's why in the president's speech the other day, and in the legislative agenda a couple of days ago she asked for eight priority legislative measures to be passed. Many of them are revenue-related.

The economic managers - the department...

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