The former private secretary of Alberto Fernández, María Cantero, and the broker Hector Martinez Sosa will declare this Thursday at the cause insurance after the former president did so on Wednesday.
About Cantero, the judge Julian Ercolini pointed out that “had a privileged place” because she was “the historical secretary” of the former president, “later becoming presidential secretary and without any selection processes.”
Meanwhile, Martínez Sosa, Cantero’s husband, is the one who received 366,635,744 pesos in commissions during the Fernández government and had contracts with 19 public organizations, according to an audit by Nación Seguros.
The broker’s defense lawyers announced that they could present briefs to defend themselves against the accusations, while Pablo Torres García and Oscar Castello are also summoned to the investigation.
The accused are charged “have intervened jointly in a coordinated and functional manner, approximately between the month of December 2019 and the month of December 2023in a scheme for the collection and distribution of public funds through irregular direction in the contracting and intermediation of insurance taken by different public departments in ‘NACIÓN SEGUROS SA'”.
Alberto Fernández declared insurance for the case: he denied the accusations and delivered a document
On Wednesday, Fernández agreed to answer questions from his defense attorney, Mariana Barbitta, and presented a brief, while he refused to answer questions from prosecutor Carlos Rívolo and federal judge Julián Ercolini.
The former president arrived in Comodoro Py in the morning minutes after they entered the Secretariat of Federal Court 11 where the procedure was completed, Ercolini and Rívolo.
The former president entered the judicial headquarters in the midst of a strict security operation that included federal police distributed throughout the fourth floor.
On the eve Federal judge Julián Ercolini rejected “in limine” the annulment request made by the former president’s defense against the summons. Fernández had demanded that the “absolute nullity” of the summons for an investigative statement and that it be suspended until a decision on the proposal was final, but Judge Ercolini rejected the presentation and ratified the call.
Fernández had his first investigative statement in a criminal case since he left the government and tried provide explanations about contracting insurance policies for public organizations through his friend, the broker Héctor Martínez Sosa, whom he defined as one of the most important insurance intermediaries in the country.
The former president assured that his intention was to “avoid cartelization” of the sector. When his defense asked him if he showed interest in the appointment of an insurance producer, Fernández responded: “Absolutely not. And I want to clarify that no one ever consulted me about the contracting of state insurance. It is a minor issue. The presidents do not intervene, “Since they do not participate in public tenders, I have nothing to resolve in this regard.”
Furthermore, his lawyer asked him if he wanted this statement to be integrated with his defense of August 28, 2024, the former president replied: “Yes, and I would also like you to read it in addition to keeping it in mind.” To this, his honor asked him if he understood that the court did not read, to which Fernández responded yes.
The Justice ratified that Alberto Fernández will have to pay 30% of his retirement for the support of his son
The National Court of Civil Appeals confirmed that the former president Alberto Fernandez you will have to continue paying 30 percent of your retirement of privilege in concept of “provisional food” for Franciscothe son he had with former first lady Fabiola Yañez. In this way, you must deposit $5,100,000 per month for the support of the minor.
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The court rejected the appeal that the former president had presented, considering that 30% of a total of $17 million was excessive. His proposal to set deadlines for the measure also did not prosper and he maintained it for an indefinite period of time. The minor, who is two years and eight months old, currently lives with his mother, Fabiola Yañez, in Spain.
As argued by room E of the Civil Chamber, “it does not seem foreseeable that it could be consecrated” a “situation of abuse that would justify setting the requested period. To do so, it is enough to note the age of the minor beneficiary of the quota.”
At the same time, he stressed that a mediation process prior to the start of the food trialwhere a definitive fee will be set in case an agreement is not reached.
In that sense, they added, regarding provisional food, that “the wait until completion of trialno matter how brief, can deprive you of the essential aspects of your life“.
Source: Ambito
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