2023-09-15 05:46:00
After the controversy call for an ‘active stop’ of public works developed on Wednesday, September 13, the references of United RepublicansRoberto Garcia Moritan, Yamil Santoro, Jose Magioncalda and Juan Fazio, denounced the President of the Nation, Alberto Fernández and his Minister of Public Works, Gabriel Katopodisfor the crimes of “embezzlement of public funds” and “failure to fulfill the duties of a public official.”
In the judicial presentation it is stated that “the use of the public function, for an activity typical of the electoral campaign, involves the use, for the benefit of the accused, his party and the Minister Candidate Sergio Massa, of a service paid for by the administration public, For this reason, those accused would be involved in the crime of embezzlement of public funds.”.
“On September 13, the measure of force called by Minister Katopodis against the alleged proposals of “the opposition” was carried out, forcing the interruption of the public activity of the Ministry and contractors, in what was clearly a proselytizing strike“said the signatories of the complaint.
The court filing then mentions the participation of the President in the official call: “Of the aforementioned act of force, clearly contrary to the neutrality that the State must exhibit in electoral matters, The President of the Nation was also a participant.whose detachment from the norms that govern the Republic was published by various media.
According to the complainants, the behavior of the “President and other officials constituted a clear violation of the principles of the Law of Ethics in the Exercise of Public Function No. 25,188sanctioned by virtue of the constitutional mandate of Art. 36.
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They demand to investigate the possible violation of electoral rules
Furthermore, the signatories of the complaint understood that the conduct attributed to those accused “is contrary to republican austerity and good faith, to the principle that privileges public interest over private interestto the duty to use State assets for authorized purposes and not with purposes not related to official duties or for the benefit of private interests and, finally, the duty not to use State facilities and services for the benefit of relatives (read, Sergio Massa and other candidates).”
In that sense, it is required that Justice investigate the possible violation of electoral rules, while political parties are prohibited from “contributions from centralized or decentralized entities, national, provincial, interstate, binational or multilateral, municipal or the City of Buenos Aires; or permit holders, concessionaire companies or contractors of services or public works or suppliers of the Nation, the provinces, the municipalities or the City of Buenos Aires.”
The case, which bears the CFP number 3235/2023, was filed in the Criminal and Correctional Court No. 7 of Capital Federal, led by Dr. Julián Ercolini.
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