2023-10-02 18:15:00
The scandal that broke out this Saturday when images and videos of the luxurious trip made by the (now former) Buenos Aires Chief of Staff became known Martin Insaurralde and the star Sofia Clerici continues to generate repercussions in the political world. After the mayor of Lomas de Zamora on leave confirmed his resignation from the executive, he also agreed to the request for Sergio Massa y Axel Kicillof to lower his candidacy as first councilor on the Unión por la Patria list in Lomas, accompanying one of his trusted men, Federico Oterminfavorite to replace him as district head.
And a few hours later, explicit images were revealed that confirm what happened: a video in the same block of the municipality of Lomas de Zamora, on Yrigoyen Street, shows how they take out a giant poster with the faces of Otermin and Insaurralde. Although the candidate for mayor remains, the ruling party must look for a replacement for the candidate for first councilor.
Although the Insaurralde environment confirmed that the appropriate protocols for this are being activated, the National Electoral Chamber might not confirm PROFILE that there is a process initiated for that. Even sources from the Buenos Aires party claimed that “it is quite late, there were already printed ballots.” Everything would indicate that despite the bad timing, the ruling party will manage to make the corresponding replacement, 20 days before the elections.
The government of Axel Kicillof wants to close the Insaurralde Case: “There is no evidence that there was a crime”
Insaurralde did not resign as mayor of Lomas de Zamora
Another of the requests that they might not confirm from those around Kicillof’s former Chief of Staff is whether or not he would resign from the mayor of Lomas de Zamora, where he currently has a request for leave and is supplanted by Marina Lesci since 2021.
The candidate for mayor of Lomas de Zamora for Together for Change, Guillermo Viñualesdemanded that Insaurralde also resign from his position as head of the communal executive.
“He should resign from the position of mayor, which is the one with which he was honored by the residents of Lomas de Zamora. The other is an administrative position. His political strength will have to define what to do with his candidacy for first councilor,” said Viñuales. Viñuales revealed that he has “indignation and sorrow” for these events and considered that “it is a chronicle of an announced end.” “Insaurralde has pending his resignation from the position of mayor of Lomas de Zamora and he must do so today,” he stressed.
More fuel to the fire: Mayra Mendoza and Di Tullio questioned Kicillof’s idea of ”composing a new song”
What the Kicillof government said regarding the Insaurralde scandal
Meanwhile, the Buenos Aires government, at the explicit request of Kicillof, will send to the provincial Legislature a project to eliminate the chief of staff, and for it to be absorbed by other ministries.
The same day that the scandal became known, Kicillof accepted the resignation of Insaurralde, who had come to the executive in 2021 at the request of Maximo Kirchner, to monitor the functions of the governor, who maintains a distance and short circuit with La Cámpora. Weeks ago, he even asked Kirchnerism for a “reinvention,” a “new song” to “stop living from Perón, Evita, Néstor and Cristina”. Instantly, officials like Máximo Kirchner and those close to him like Mayra Mendoza y Juliana Di Tullio They came out to mark the field for him.
Although Insaurralde has already received at least some eight different complaints for alleged money laundering and/or illicit enrichmentwhere Clerici is also noted in five of them, and in three, his ex-wife Jesica Cirio for possible cover-upKicillof’s management seeks to end the scandal as soon as possible.
The head of advisors to the Buenos Aires Government, Carlos Biancoexpressed that “there is no evidence” that a crime has been committed. “For the purposes of the provincial Executive, it’s a closed case“, the man of confidence of the Buenos Aires president began by saying. Furthermore, he highlighted: “I don’t remember there having been such a quick response of a governor who has removed an official in such a short time.”
“It seems to us an ethical failure, more than a crime, that is why the governor made the decision he made,” he stated, at the same time that he told how they became aware of what happened. “We found out regarding Insaurralde’s trip through the media, we were with the governor in San Vicente. That attitude was not appropriate for a public official.“, said.
JD CP
1696270806
#resignation #posters #Martín #Insaurralde #candidate #councilor #Lomas #Zamora
