Carrió will denounce Minister Lugones for abuse of authority

Carrió will denounce Minister Lugones for abuse of authority
Carrió will denounce Minister Lugones for abuse of authority

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The leader of the Civic Coalition, Elisa Carriótogether with the deputy Marcela Campagnoli will criminally denounce the Minister of , Mario Lugones, for abuse of authority for changing the Board of Directors of the Garrahan Hospital. The presentation will be made this Wednesday in federal courts.

The complaint is in line with the questions to the government of Javier Milei that the leader of the CC expressed this Tuesday after the head of the health portfolio asked the administrative authorities of the pediatric health center to resign for granting a $500,000 bonus “without consulting” to all the staff of the prestigious institution.

In the text they suggest that “the only reason why this decision was made, clearly arbitrary and contrary to the regulations that allow it to discretionally allocate these funds without consultation to the council” has to do with “personal rancor on the part of the minister and the Executive authorities.” that could be motivated”in avoiding a contagion effect in salary claims by the remaining hospitals since the Health budget has been cut”.

“Having become aware of the possible perpetuation of illegal acts, we have come to file a criminal complaint in order to investigate the possible commission of an abuse of power (art. 248 of the CPN) by Mario Iván Lugones and those responsible for the facts that are detailed below”, indicates the text that already has the signature of its two authors.

In that sense, they mention that “By virtue of the publicly known events that occurred on October 2 of this year, Lugones, in his capacity as Minister of Health of the Nation, would have requested the resignation of the entire board of directors of the “Profesor Dr. Juan Garrahan” Hospital.” which would be due to the delivery of a “bonus” to the staff. Said order would have been issued directly by Lugones – in agreement with his superiors – because said bonus (which is a discretionary power of the board of directors) would not have been consulted with him in his capacity as the highest authority of the portfolio.

Among the arguments of the accusation against the replacement of Mario RussoCarrió and Campagnoli specified that The bonus in question “would correspond to a sum that is usually given to health professionals who provide functions” in that medical institution which, in turn, “would be due to the excessive work and low salaries that they charge for their functions.”

In this vein, they emphasize that this sum derives from a fund that the Council manages “and from which it can decide at its discretion and without the need to consult with the Ministry of Health, as has historically been done.” Meanwhile, they clarify that these resources “do not correspond to the salary guideline, which is negotiated together with the rest of the organizations and hospitals that depend on the national Health portfolio.”

In this way, they affirm that “The sole purpose of the directive given is to intimidate any administrative authority into submitting to the criteria of the Ministry of Health of the Nation, even when they act against the legally current regulations.”.

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