He senator of Freedom Moves Forward (LLA) Bartolome Abdala He was reported to the courts for “misappropriation of public funds” after revealing that he has 13 senators working for his political campaign in San Luis.
According to reports, the complaint fell on the criminal and correctional court 12 and the complainant is Guillermo Tiscornia, a former federal judge who participated in various cases remembered in Argentine political history.
Abdala’s controversial revelations about his advisors
The senator’s confession occurred during an interview on the TN channel, when the host asked him about the number of collaborators. “I have more than 15. Many of them in San Luis. My desire is to be governor and for that I need to keep the territory alive,” he admitted.
The answer surprised journalists, who seemed to be in disbelief. Abdala even went further, saying: “They are my modules,” he said, referring to the money he receives from the Legislative Branch.
However, the host Jonathan Viale retorted: “You can’t use your modules to be governor. They are for you to pass laws. They are not for doing politics, that is wrong.” Meanwhile, a journalist clarified: “They are not your modules, they are our modules. We pay for them.”
Details of the complaint against Bartolomé Abdala
In his complaint, the judge clarifies that “it is not about improper use but about taking advantage – theft – of a service that the person providing those services is paid by the State, which is thus defrauded“.
And he adds: “This illicit act is diverted with the consummation and distorted use of these works or services, as is the case here, The National Senator has the status of public official (Article 77 of the Penal Code), even though he reached his senatorial seat by virtue of popular election.”
Along the same lines, he points out that “said illicit act is consumed from the diversion and use of such works and services outside the sphere for which they have been conceived. A public official employs works or services when they are removed from their specific purpose to another purpose outside his or her own activities.”
“There is no doubt that National Senator Abdala, in a fit of sincerity, admitted that some of his twenty advisors (see the official website of the Senate of the Nation); He has her working in San Luis because he aspires to be governor”he noted.
Government on Bartolomé Abdala’s revelation: “If someone wants to do politics, they have to do it with their own pocket”
He Government of Javier Milei, Through his presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni, he rejected the statements of the ruling party senator for San Juan Bartholomew Abdala, who said that he had 13 advisors dedicated to his campaign for provincial governor: “If someone wants to do politics, they have to do it with their own pocket.”
“The function of legislative advisors is to analyze, design, propose and carry out the legislative task. Any function outside of that is wrong.“If someone wants to do politics, they should do it out of their own pocket and not spend it that way. The money, which is the same for everyone, should be used to improve the laws and to make the Legislative Power work better,” said the official from La Libertad Avanza (LLA) in his usual press conference.
He added: “We have a very firm position. This goes beyond what is beyond Senator Abdala, this goes for all deputies and senators. It is a matter for the Legislative Branch and, in fact, Congress and both chambers are subject to access to public information that may be requested for the functioning of each of the senators, including that of Senator Abdala who will have to explain what the functions of his advisors were.”
Source: Ambito
