The same day that Marcela Pagano He appeared in the federal courts of Comodoro Py to expand his complaint for illicit enrichment against the Chief of Staff Manuel Adornififteen deputies from Freedom Advances He hit back with a criminal complaint against him for the same crimes. The synchronicity was hardly coincidental.
The presentation was filed before the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 1by the judge Maria Servini. The legislators accuse Pagano of “malicious omission of data in the sworn declaration of assets, fraudulent administration, negotiations incompatible with public office and illicit enrichment of a public official.” The letter also points against his partner, the lawyer Franco Bindiwhom they point out as “instigator and necessary accomplice” in the crimes of fraudulent administration and incompatible negotiations.
Among the signatories are Lilia Lemoine, Maria Celeste Ponce, Carlos Zapata, Jairo Guzman, Sergio Figliuolo, Eliana Bruno and nine other legislators from the ruling bloc. The axis of the proposal focuses on an alleged lack of correspondence between the declared assets and the patrimonial evolution of the deputy.which would also enable the figure of malicious omission and expand the scope of the eventual investigation towards possible maneuvers on State resources.
Pagano was not in Congress during Adorni’s briefing and responded to the accusation with a legal argument: “As a national representative I do not manage public funds, nor budget, nor do I sign tenders, nor any other activity that is related to the administration of State assets”. The ex-libertarian, who has been in conflict with the leadership of the bloc for months, interprets the maneuver as a direct retaliation for her active role in the case against the chief of staff.
