The Transparency and Public Ethics Board will evaluate the defenses presented by the senator of the Juan Sartori National Partyand could sanction him for not submitting the sworn declaration with his wife’s assets despite the legislator’s insistence that it is a “cruelty” against his person.
The novel around Sartori’s sworn statement is approaching the beginning—or ending, after almost four years—of a chapter while the deadline granted by Jutep to regularize the situation that they consider as a failure to fulfill his obligations as a public official: the presentation of the sworn declaration that includes the assets of your wife Yekaterina Rybolovleva —daughter of Russian tycoon Dimitri Rybolovlev.
Yesterday, the nationalist senator presented a defense before the board, ensuring that they cannot sanction him for an issue that does not depend on him – he insists that they are his wife’s issues, and that their marriage is governed by Separation of Property— ; and reaffirming that there is “viciousness” against him since there are dozens of omissions in the current political system that are not reported.
In this sense, Satori insists that he married his wife, not his heritage, Therefore, your situation does not constitute an omission. From his defense it is clear that he does not intend to present the sworn statement—despite the fact that it was also requested by his own party—and Jutep understands that his claims do not change the substance of the matter.
Therefore, Monday will be a key day when the 15 business day period granted to the senator expires. If the required documentation does not arrive, the office Declared jurisdictions will send the file to the board, which will meet next Thursday. If the omission is approved, the sanction that will be evaluated will be publication on the Jutep website and notification to the Parliament so that it is retain 50% of your salary.
In parallel, Satori could also have a problem with Jutep due to the equity increase of 39 million dollars which it had between 2020 and 2022, when it went from 100 million to 139 million dollars. On the subject, the Senate was also notified and the deadline to present the requested information is next October 30.
In this case, the legislator would present the documentation that justifies the increase in his assets due to the increase in the value of Actions that he already had in his possession.
The request of the National Party
On Thursday, the president of the National Party, Pablo Iturralde, asked the senator to comply with the law and present all documentation to the board.
This happened during a meeting that the two nationalist leaders held to finish defining the issue. There, Sartori again insisted that the request for the affidavit is out of place, since his marriage was in Swiss under other laws. Likewise, he pointed out that his heritage It did not grow due to new purchases but due to the valuation of Actions that I already had.
Iturralde, for his part, asked him to “be consistent” with the party’s motto, “defenders of the laws”. “There is a law that has to be followed. He promised that he was going to do it. For us, the most important thing is that as a member of the party you participate in the organization and comply with the rules“, expressed the white leader.
Source: Ambito
