Three national deputies of the UCR criminally denounced President Javier Milei, and the Secretary of Worship, Francisco Sánchez, for the trip to Spainwhich they considered “private” but paid for with public funds.
The deputies Fernando Carbajal, from Formosa; Pedro Galimberti, from Entre Ríos; and Manuel Aguirre, from Corrientes, made the presentation, which was filed before the federal court in charge of Ariel Lijo. The complaint points to the crimes of embezzlement of public funds, fraud and fraud against the public administration.
Damage to the State
After describing the characteristics of the trip, the meeting of the Spanish political group VOX and the characteristics of Milei’s exhibition, The legislators affirmed that the trip was not official.
However, they added, “the Government, through his ineffable spokesperson Manuel Adornihas attempted to give ‘official’ status to the trip made for a very modest meeting with businessmen that he would have held on Saturday with a small group of businessmen.”
“There is no doubt that this small, hurried meeting constituted only a crude attempt to provide some kind of legal justification for the President’s private tripin order to justify the hundreds of thousands of dollars owned by the national State spent to attend acts of a strictly personal nature and for their exclusive benefit,” they stated in another passage, while highlighting that “the damage caused to the State is more than relevant”.
Based on an article published in The nationthe complaint asserts that “Just the use of the presidential plane was around 200 thousand dollars”.
“The delegation stayed in a 5-star hotel on Gran Vía in Madrid, with suites offered on the Internet for a price range of 900 to 1400 euros per night. To this must be added the travel expenses, both for the President and the rest of the delegation, whose integration has not yet been duly informed, nor the total expenses incurred, despite the information having been requested from the Presidential spokesperson,” the presentation underlines.
Sánchez, who is not Pedro but Francisco
As for the Secretary of Worship, the complaint maintains that “he did not travel by private plane, but he did a first class ticket was paid for with public fundsand the corresponding generous per diems were granted.” They also said that “an Executive ticket was authorized by Aerolíneas Argentinas, which according to the company’s pages It costs between 4 thousand and 6 thousand dollars. Later, travel expenses of 3,120 euros for six days of ‘mission’ were authorized.”
The complaint proposed as a measure of proof that “through the corresponding diplomatic channel the Kingdom of Spain be required to send a copy of the information provided by the Argentine Republic.” regarding the nature of President Milei’s visit to that country between May 17 and 19, 2024″.
