President Mejia rejected two rather negative recent reports yesterday, including that by JP Morgan reported here on Monday. The President first dismissed the poll published in Uruguay and conducted by the Cima Institute, which called his government the “worst-rated” in Latin America and awarded a ranking of “poor performance” to his administration. In reference to the Spanish polling firm, Mejia spoke to reporters. “Don’t you remember that these are the same people that said that Medina [his PLD opponent] would get 50% of the vote in 2000? And he got 24%,” said Mejia.
Mejia next moved on to the JP Morgan report that said the government was giving more importance to the Mejia’s re-election than to the IMF agreement. The President responded by saying that the two things were interlinked and that if that was not JP Morgan’s interpretation then “so be it.” Mejia reminded JP Morgan that in this country, sovereignty is his, not theirs.