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They declare a national holiday in Argentina on Tuesday for the celebrations with the team for the World Cup

Government Argentinian declared tomorrow a national holiday for the celebrations of the World Cup achieved in Qatar by the Argentine soccer team, which this Tuesday at noon will celebrate the victory in front of the Obelisk, after a caravan that will begin at the property that the AFA has in Ezeiza.

“Tomorrow there is a national holiday”They confirmed this afternoon in the Government. In the morning, the Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández, had said that the idea was “In analysis”, when asked about the possibility of a holiday, although he said he was not “very sure” that this would finally happen. The administrative holiday only impacts the national public administration, unlike a holiday, which reaches the private sector. The Government finally favored the national holiday.

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In the Casa Rosada they confirmed that, on the occasion of the holiday, the banking entities and the AFIP will provide services tomorrow until noon.

Yesterday, Alberto Fernández decided that this Monday there would be no holiday, despite the rumors that had been installed on Sunday to the contrary, when the President entered the Casa Rosada, after 6:30 p.m., in the midst of the celebrations for the triumph of Argentina. This decision was made because the players would only arrive on Tuesday at dawn.

Between 2 and 3 in the morning this Tuesday the plane of the Argentine soccer team will land in Ezeiza. This was reported to THE NATION Government sources, who monitor the travel of the players and await a response: Alberto Fernández invited them to celebrate the World Cup at the Casa Rosada. For now, the most consistent versions indicate that the team led by Lionel Messi will not attend the meeting. Nor to the Bicentennial Museum, another of the alternatives that were being considered.

For now, the Argentine team only confirmed, through a tweet, that “the world champion squad will leave Tuesday at noon for the Obelisk to celebrate the world title with the fans.”

Hannibal Fernandez said this morning to CNN Radio: “The President offered the players the Casa Rosada. We offered them to do the same as in 1986. At that moment they were received, congratulated, recognized and the team went to the balcony”. He clarified that they have not yet received any response from the Argentine Football Association (AFA). “The president has every vocation to do what they want to do. There is no political speculation,” the official said.

Meanwhile, the Pink House prepare to receive them. “The operation is planned and coordinated with the security forces, but we depend on the decision of the players, to come here or go to the Obelisk,” said an official who works at the government house. But everything indicates that the selection will not go to the Casa Rosada.

Among the factors that determined the measure was the concern to guarantee the security of the return of the selection. In this sense, in the Government they emphasized that it has not yet been defined when the meeting of the players with whom they wish to approach to celebrate will be.

Everything indicates that the two flights of Aerolíneas Argentinas that will bring the players and their families, according to what happened on previous occasions, will land in the area of ​​private flights at the Ezeiza airport. All the players will migrate internally and then leave together in a bus from the track.

Source: Elcomercio

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