After the $ LIBRA crypto scandal, President Javier Milei was awarded by the Order of Economists from Brazil as the “economist of the year.” However, the holder of said organization, Manuel Enriquez García – Who held an encounter with the President -, was disabled in 2019 by the Brazil Court of Accounts (TCU).
The sanction against Enriquez García He forbids public office for five years. The cause details that the Brazilian economist made improper use of his position to obtain personal benefits while directed by the Sao Paulo Regional Economic Council (Corecon).
Javier Milei received the “economist of the year” award from a person disabled by fraud
In detail, Enriquez García He is the president in exercise of the OEB And one of the economists who met with Milei to grant him the distinction. However, little hours later, it was known that Brazilian is currently disabled – Since 2019 – to exercise public positions by the Brazilian Court of Accounts (TCU).
According to the resolution of the Brazilian Court of Accounts, Enriquez García He was penalized for having used his position at the head of the Regional Economic Council of Sao Paulo (Corecon) To obtain personal benefits. The complaint details that the economist used resources from the state agency to finance activities of the Order of Economists of Brazil.
Regarding this, the funds would have been used for the financing of private events, the coercion of employees and the diversion of resources towards private accounts or entities without official control.
The 2019 sentence establishes that the economist was disabled for five years to exercise public office, based on article 60 of Law 8.443/1992 of Brazil.
Despite these background, Enriquez García was received in the presidential office and gave Milei the recognition in his role as head of the Order of economists from Brazil. “The most interesting lesson and that I have to learn is that I assumed the presidency and I continued being Javier Milei The usual, and those who know me know that it was accessed in the same way as when I was president, “explained the libertarian president.
The Federal Council of Economy of Brazil does not recognize the award awarded to Javier Milei
After the delivery of the distinction, The Federal Council of Economics (Cofecon) He manifested against the OEB decision to distinguish Milei and referred to the $ Libra scandal that involves the libertarian leader. “The Argentine president faces a scandal of economic nature in his own country, being accused of Participate in an illegal association that caused harm to more than 40 thousand people. The complaint arose after a dissemination in its social networks, on February 14, of the $ LIBRA cryptocurrency, which subsequently revealed a fraud of the ‘rug pull’ type (‘throw the carpet’) “
Cofecon also stressed that OEB is a private entity and, therefore, “It does not have any normative, inspection, or representative attribution of the economist profession”. In that sense, they pointed out that the current president, “meets his RProfessional egistro suspended due to ethical-disciplinary process which reinforces the absence of legitimacy of this entity to pronounce on behalf of the category. “
Source: Ambito
