Macri Dealing Dirty? Argentine Ex-Minister Claims Vote Buying in Vulture Funds Plan

[Judi Lynn]

Macri Dealing Dirty? Argentine Ex-Minister Claims Vote Buying in Vulture Funds Plan


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Published 31 March 2016 (10 hours 20 minutes ago)
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Argentina's former Economy Minister Axel Kicillof accused the government of extorting support for a vote to approve paying off controversial vulture funds.


While Argentine President Mauricio Macri and U.S. creditors bask in the approval of a deal to pay back the country’s predatory vulture funds, former Economy Minister Axel Kicillof has slammed the process as a dirty vote and accused the government of buying off support with promises of public works, Argentina’s digital news outlet El Destape reported Thursday.

“Some members of Congress and senators received calls from their governors telling them that they had to go along with Macri’s project,” said Kicillof, current lawmaker and former minister of economy under former President Cristina Kirchner and outspoken critic of the vulture funds for worsening Argentina’s economic woes. “But not for conviction, but rather a condition to financially assist provinces and give them public works.”

“That is, the votes were bought with public works and assistance for the provinces,” Kicillof added, according to El Destape. The economist and politician argued that the process involved pressure and extortion and “was not a clean vote.”

The comments come after Argentina’s Senate passed a vote with ease on Wednesday to approve a package to pay off holdout creditors that have held the country’s debt hostage in U.S. courts for over a decade. Support to approve the measure came from across the political spectrum with a vote of 54 to 16.

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[forest444]

1. There have certainly been indications of that.

And considering the fact that we're dealing with Macri and Paul Singer, money launderer extraordinaire, the possibilities for bribery are nearly endless.

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