The deputy and former head of the La Libertad Avanza (LLA) bloc, Oscar Zago, assured this morning that the position as ambassador to UNESCO of the senator Lucila Crexell It was given in exchange for his support for the Base Law, although he explained that “politics is to sit down, agree and reach a consensus” and stated that “there was no corruption.”
“There is always a question of profit. In this case, it was the senator’s turn because she had been looking for him for a long time as well.. And that is part of the agreements. You have Deputy Iglesias who came from another political party. Should we buy it from Iglesias? No, they are agreements that are made and where he was looking for his position,” he added, in dialogue with Radio Splendid. He also exemplified with José Luis Esperttoday a deputy for La Libertad Avanza, but who had previously formed his own space Avanza Libertad and then joined Together for Change.
Along these lines, he opined that “there is no corruption“, and explained: “I see that they are agreements and consensus, not something that at some point can be said to be gifts. You know that if I have to say black or white I have no prejudices in saying it. There is no act of corruption in this case. It is a fact of seeking consensus and agreements.”
The Neuquén senator received criticism from the opposition since she had recently voted against DNU 70/23, and many accused her of changing her position after the Government’s diplomatic offer.
“Better than a governor, a senator wants to bring water for his mill, his province. These are things that are constantly being discussed. And you have to cover positions, places, positions.. If you don’t do it with one, you do it with another,” he added.
Furthermore, the legislator indicated that these are agreements that provide “governance.” “When a government has enough deputies or senators to pass a law, but they are fair and have nothing left over, it is valid to sit down and agree,” he added, although he warned that he does not like “to put the label that someone bought it.”
One day before the debate on the Base Law and the fiscal package began, a document in which the Foreign Ministry recommended Crexell as permanent delegate before UNESCO. From the senator’s entourage they explained that the change of the Senate for the embassy was an agreement that began in 2023, when Bullrich was a presidential candidate, and included the resignation of Crexell herself so that a radical legislator sympathetic to the LLA could take over.
Meanwhile, the rumor that she had negotiated her signature in exchange for the position abroad arose after it became known that the senator had met with the chief of staff, Guillermo Francosand that after the meeting he had decided to support the official project.
“The thing about Guillermo Francos when he came and spoke to each of those who were in doubt it was grotesque, scandalous. Everyone who entered that office left with something.. One can understand that someone would ask for something for their province, a work, a hospital, whatever. It is wrong, but it is understandable because he speaks on behalf of his governor, but in this it is a personal position, it is shameful,” a senator from Unión por la Patria had said about it.
