The communicator did not hesitate to ask the husband of former mayor Cathy Barriga not to call the program to defend her, while they were talking about the irregularities detected during his administration in the Municipality of Maipú.
The morning entertainer Pleased to meet you, Jose Antonio Nemesent a strong message to the husband of the former mayor of Maipú, Cathy Barriga, Joaquin Lavin Jr.. It was after issuing a note about new data on irregularities detected during his administration that the communicator told him: “It is not necessary for the husband to call to defend her”.
This Thursday the Comptroller General of the Republic announced its decision object to payments made by the Municipality of Maipú during the management of former mayor Cathy Barriga, which are around $1,000 million pesos.
The Mega morning panel was talking about this topic, when before transmitting a note about it, José Antonio Neme said: “Maipú today has very serious management problems due to lack of money and frank ridiculousness, I say openly, it is not necessary for her husband to call to defend her”.
“She can defend herself. This has nothing to do with her status as a woman, but with her status as a former public authority”he claimed.
To which he added: “If the phone calls are going to start, I prefer not to”declared before introducing the panelists in charge of the debate.
José Antonio Neme’s comment is due to the repeated occasions in which deputy Joaquín Lavín Jr has called various television programs to defend his wife, Cathy Barriga, after they broadcast notes or information related to irregularities detected during his administration. as mayor of Maipú.
Comptroller’s objection
The Comptroller General of the Republic objected to payments made by the Municipality of Maipú during the management of former mayor Cathy Barriga, which amount to $1,000 million pesos. Therefore, he derived the antecedents to the Public Ministry.
The result was achieved after an audit for overtime expenses and contracts for fees of municipal officials or with their services transferred in the year 2020.
The review made it possible to determine that more than $872 million pesos were disbursed to pay 46 service providerswhere it was not possible to verify that the services were provided, since they were not supported.
In addition to this, it was verified that the municipality occupied more than $81 million gross to pay the “Golden Years Bonus” benefitdelivered to 14 honorary officials who in December 2019 were 75 years old or older and who were going to resign voluntarily.