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Cristina Herrero will be the next president of the Independent Authority of Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF). She was the candidate proposed by the Government and the person who guaranteed continuity in the body since it had been number two of José Luis Escrivá, and her appointment has been approved unanimously , something that will hardly be repeated in any other position given the fragmentation politics. But even so, the process has shown that the passage of Escrivá to the Government has had consequences.

The most obvious and expressed are the doubts that the right has expressed about the independence of the AIReF, a point that is basic for the agency and that, according to the spokesmen of PP, Vox and Citizens in the Treasury commission, has been in question with the appointment of Escrivá.

" We have certain doubts because the Government is supervised by Airef and its former president has changed in a matter of minutes from being president of the supervisor to being a socialist minister ," said the popular Javier Bas, who has also given the following warning to Blacksmith: "I must notify you of situations in which you are going to find yourself because a threat that has already discredited other public bodies will weigh on you and the institution: the unlimited effort of Pedro Sánchez and his team to control all the institutions independent of this country. "

In a similar vein, Rodrigo Jiménez, of Vox, who has advanced the " interference " that the coalition government will attempt to commit, while Citizens has stated that there is a certain " uncertainty " given that the "former boss" of Herrero be in front of one of the main objects of study of the AIReF.

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On the contrary, he has defended We could, in fact, say that he has made the opposite path to that of the PP: to doubt the capacity and independence of AIReF, to fully trust the agency. And so Txema Guijarro, spokesman for the training, has recognized him.

"We had distrust of the independence of the institution since its president was appointed by the former Minister of Finance, Cristóbal Montoro, so we have always had certain suspicions . But in the last six years, the development of his work and some of their reports have made us clarify our position. So against our suspicion they have shown independence, "he said.

The party led by Pablo Iglesias and part of the Coalition Executive has not raised, on the other hand, any problem due to the fact that Escrivá is integrated in that same Executive, as neither has the PSOE.

And before all these positions, Herrero wanted to settle any hint of doubt by stating that independence "is guaranteed", that the rigor of the AIReF will continue to be demonstrated in the reports it makes, and that the relevance of the still young body "remains intact. go the president or anyone, whatever destination you go to. "

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