A scandal He lived on Monday The Senate of the Nation After Senator Kirchner from Tierra del Fuego Candida Lopez He publicly denounced that the Vice President and Chairman of the Commission, victoria Villarroel, commander Change the office lock Which she allegedly met with because of the man’s departure from Salta Joseph Levy.
Since November 15, 2023, Candida Cristina López has served as Senator for the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands. By Fuerza Patria. It was named after a death Matias Rodriguezwho was sworn in on December 7 of that year.
Rodriguez Police officers from the Patagonia province found him dead at his home in Ushuaia. The national legislator and leader of La Campora had committed suicide.
At the time, Lopez was an advisor to Ushuaia.The provincial capital, it was lower than Rodriguez on the 2023 list.
Indeed this year, in the October 26 elections, Lopez headed the Union por la Patria ticket and received 30.62%. Under the filter of La Libertad Avanza, Augustin CoutoWhich got 39.65%. In this way, the ruling National Party won two seats, and Lopez remained in the first minority position.
Before the Fuerza Patria coalition, he belonged to the Justice Party and Unidad Ciudadana. In the Senate, 14 people were appointed, according to the official website.
In addition, she is a member of the committees on General Legislation, Administrative and Municipal Affairs, Internal Security and Drug Trafficking, National Economy and Investment, Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing, Tourism, Women’s Banking, and the Joint Argentine-Chilean Parliamentary Chambers.
Last Friday, Lopez I swear Along with other senators who will take office next Wednesday, December 10. The regimental legislator is currently married to a Ushuaia council member. Juan Carlos Pino.
According to the scenes that spread in messages among Senate employees, Senator Lopez appeared in the office located on the fourth floor of the Senate, accompanied by her husband and a locksmith.
Lopez’s spokesmen noted Nation Which The desk was given to them by their colleague Levi Through the mediation of the Senator Carlos Linares (Chubut) which They have already occupied it for two weeks And that Villarroel was the one who went beyond her duties and broke into the offices by changing the lock.
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 was happening, Lopez told an associate, “Call Juliana,” also referring to Senator Kirchner. Juliana Di Tullio.
According to her press spokesmen, the senator went to a locksmith to try to recover her belongings, such as her personal computer, which she left in the office and which she was unable to access as a result of Villarroel changing the office lock last Friday.
After more than two hours of tension and discussions. Lopez, Pino and Di Tullio ended up leaving the office Without being able to keep it. Lopez confirms that his colleague, whose term ends on December 10, gave him his office.