QUESTIONER: I would like to ask you about the meeting tomorrow. What should we expect? Are you going to release something? At more or less what time after the meeting? And, you know, several times the IMF considered the situation of the statistics in Argentina. It has been going on for the last year and a half. I would like to know what makes this meeting different from others, or if it is just one more?
MR. RICE: As you say, the Executive Board is scheduled to meet tomorrow to discuss the report sent by IMF Management on Argentina's response to the Fund's concerns regarding its official data. And you will understand, I'm sure, that I don't want to preempt what the Board might discuss at the meeting scheduled for tomorrow.
What I can tell you, though, is that there will be communication, there will be a press release announcing the decision at the time the Board discusses it. And I don't have further details on that at the moment.
QUESTIONER: The IMF said that this is the first time that it's confronting the possibility of a motion of censure in a country because of the Article VIII. I would like to ask you if this is a hard step for the IMF to take, considering the possibility, as Mrs. Lagarde said, to apply a red card to a country. And, in that eventuality, are you considering any reaction from Argentina? I mean, maybe if there is a red card, the country could become angry, I don't know. So, the first is: Is this a hard step to take? Is this uncomfortable, is this uneasy? And are you considering any reaction from Argentina?
MR. RICE: This is a matter for the Board to discuss. I cannot, I will not, try to preempt what their discussion might be. You are right, this is the first time that the Board has reached this point under the present legal framework. But I think we should wait for the Board discussion.
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http://www.imf.org/external/np/tr/2013/tr013113.htm
