“The members of the Interblock Union for the Homeland of the Senate of the Nation we require from this body the expulsion of Senator Edgardo Darío Kueider in the terms of article 66 of the National Constitution by moral inability supervening given by the severity of the facts of public knowledge”, They stated through a statement posted on the block’s social networks.
He peronism denounced that it is “a fact of extreme gravity “which not only damages the image of this legislative body, but also that of Argentina at an international level.” The bloc expressed that Kueider’s actions represent “a direct attack on the ethics, transparency and honor of the Senate of the Nation.”
UP requested the expulsion of Edgardo Kueider from the Senate
“These facts are not isolatedbut the reflection of systematic behavior based on personal interests and spurious negotiations as occurred with the approval of the ‘Bases Law,'” the UP senators continued and added that it is “of public knowledge” that for his support of the law “he received positions in the Mixed Technical Commission of Salto Grande and has been proposed to occupy the presidency of the Bicameral Intelligence Commission, promoted by officials close to the President of the Nation.” Currently, Kueider presides over the Constitutional Affairs Commission.
The bloc mentioned that the arrest in Paraguay also adds to the judicial investigations by alleged illicit enrichment against him and his negotiations with the national government to obtain a diplomatic position in the Argentine embassy in Uruguay. “They are sufficient examples of Senator Kueider’s moral inability to be part of this Senate of the Nation,” they pointed out.
“In the face of this institutional and moral crisis, we urgently demand the application of article 66 of the National Constitution, for the immediate expulsion of Senator Kueider due to supervening moral inability. The Senate of the Nation cannot and should not tolerate this level of discredit. Our democracy requires upright representatives who act in favor of the people and not their own interests. Acting forcefully is not only a legal obligation, but an ethical imperative to regain citizen trust,” they concluded.
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Senator Edgardo Kueider was arrested in Paraguay with US$200,000 without declaring
They stopped in Ciudad del Este, Paraguayto the national senator Edgardo Kueider with US$200,000. The official clarified that it was a “routine check” on the International Friendship Bridge.
“A vehicle was verified entering Paraguayan territory. The vehicle was opened and the person reported that he had dollars, more than US$200,000 dollars that were not declared and more than 600,000 Argentine pesos. The procedure was carried out, the intervening prosecutor was notified,” the Paraguayan authorities reported.
The senator Oscar Parrilli had anticipated earlier that the UP bloc was evaluating “call for the dismissal” of Kueider. “We are analyzing the possibility of requesting the dismissal of Kueider so that he can be investigated without jurisdiction, like any other citizen,” he said in radio statements.
The Kirchnerist legislator expressed his “outrage” at the situation in which Kueider found himself involvedalthough he recalled that “he entered the Chamber (of Deputies) for Peronism and became a libertarian.”
In addition, Parrilli recalled that, in 2023, Kueider and other senators put together a bloc that “prevented the Frente de Todos (FdT) from having the Peronist majority.”“Since (Javier) Milei won, they were a sector that was organized with La Libertad Avanza (LLA),” said the Peronist senator.
And he maintained that the legislator “You will have to explain the origin of that money and we will have to see if you have made other trips before. “He clearly intended to hide that money.”considered.
Source: Ambito
