During these hours, the Senate revived scenes that seemed forgotten by time, with senators trying to usurp the offices of legislators who had finished their terms, accompanied by locksmiths hired for the occasion, in order to penetrate them by breaking the office locks.
The accident that occurred this afternoon was the hero of a Kirchnerista from Fujian Candida Lopez. It’s about to He is the same senator who was sworn in last Friday, accompanied by nine people The complaint is motivated by that of libertarianism Patricia Bullrich It can’t be done in the building because the vice president Victoria Villarroel And he denied the word.
According to the scenes that spread in messages among Senate employees, the senator appeared in the office located on the fourth floor of the Senate, accompanied by her husband, Ushuaia Council member Juan Carlos Pino, and a locksmith.
The background to the scandal is Decree No. 488/25, With which Villarroel established an organizational process through which the Presidency of the Chamber was responsible for the distribution of offices These include senators who have completed their terms.
The problem began when the locksmith tried to break the lock, which led to the intervention of Senate security personnel to prevent him and support the decision of the Senate presidency.
He was Lopez and Pino paid security personnelWho sought to prevent the locksmith from performing the task assigned to him by the Senator.
In one video, you can see Pino shouting, “Don’t touch the senator,” and House officials replying, “No one touches the senator.” While this is happening, Lopez tells a collaborator, “Call Juliana,” also referring to Senator Kirchner. Juliana Di Tullio.
In the video, you can see how a security guard tries to remove the locksmith and the senator from the scene, telling them: “You are not letting anyone out,” while the legislator’s husband appears at the scene carrying the locksmith’s tool box.
The accident forced intervention Doctor on duty in the Senate officewhich was his presence Lopez and Di Tullio asked To “validate” an alleged attack on the senator during debate. The doctor found a small bruise on one of the Regimental woman’s ankles, but explained that he could not prove that some kind of assault had occurred, which was the responsibility of the coroner.
Finally, after more than two hours of tension and discussions, Lopez, Pino and Di Tullio ended up leaving the office Without being able to achieve the goal of preserving it.
Battles for office in every legislative change are common in December of every odd-numbered year, but it has been a long time since any senator took his claim to office to the extreme of a regimental woman.
As much as he could know Nation From various legislative sources, Lopez confirms that his colleague in the bloc Joseph Levy (Celta), whose term ends on December 10, handed him his position.
However, other legislative sources deny that this was the case and assert that Levy wanted to give his position to his colleague Flavia Ruyon, but she actually had another position, given to her by Juan Carlos Romero.
A person familiar with the dispute told this newspaper: “Then, (Anabel) Fernandez Sagasti and Di Tulio showed up to tell her she had to leave the office for Lopez, but Levy barely knows Lopez; she doesn’t even like her.”
This is Lopez’s second attempt to occupy the office located on the fourth floor of the Legislative Palace.
On Friday of last week, after the swearing-in ceremony for the new senators – Lopez won re-election and will serve another six years in office – the regiment tried to occupy Levy’s office in a move that also ended in scandal, fights with security personnel and with the intervention of Di Tullio and Kirchnerist chief Jose Mainz (Formosa).
After this afternoon’s incident, Senate officials were waiting for one of Levy’s collaborators to appear to certify the presence of Lopez’s belongings in the office, as the senator claims, to justify the transfer of offices to her.