Liberal representative Lorena Villaverde finally He withdrew his resignation from his seat in the House of Representatives after He could not hold office in the Senate Because of his alleged links to drug trafficking.
In this way, the Río Negro representative will continue as a member of the National Congress for at least two additional years, until her term ends in 2027, unless the House of Representatives determines the expulsion by a vote of two-thirds of its members.
Villaverde was cornered after the Senate Committee on Constitutional Affairs He will reject his testimony For the complaints filed against her because of her relationship with him Fred Machadoby Real estate fraud And for the sake of existence Trafficked cocaine In the United States, for which she was arrested in 2002 in Florida.
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23 senators were sworn in, but Lorena Villaverde took a seat and became uncomfortable for the ruling party
Although important figures within the ruling party, such as Patricia Bullrich, Defend her The committee claimed that there was “no cause” against the actress, and the committee’s position was strong: 12 out of 19 senators refused to take her testimony.
Even Saltino who Juan Carlos Romerowhich accompanied many LLA initiatives, rejected the entry of Río Negro into the Senate. “We all have contacts in different sectors, but Villaverde has contacts Many relationships with these strange people Who goes with medicineQ. He has charges of fraud in the real estate system and befriending people who worked with Machado. “In Argentina there is no reason, but if we agreed to a clean slate, these people would not be here.”
Given this scenario, Villaverde was unable to be sworn in last Friday to take over the bench and thus return to his first position. “I hereby request the withdrawal of the memorandum under which I resigned from my position as national representative,” she said on Monday in the application she submitted to: Martin Menem Through official channels of Congress.
He will not have an easy time in the House of Representatives either, as in that place, in the March 12 session of this year, where the Peronist MP… Marine Syria He convicted her of committing numerous crimes. Among them, he mentioned the arrest in the United States for carrying 400 grams of cocaine, the search of his home in 2017 on charges of money laundering, and complaints regarding the fraudulent sale of land in the resort of Las Grutas, on the Rio Negro.
“The representative of Rio Negro, who took office and came to live in Tigray, in a country, is not a representative like all of us. Villaverde is also involved in drug trafficking cases,” Soria said at that session.
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