The sudden resignation of the attorney of the Foundation Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Sergio Schoklender, the two opposition MPs have called for a formal investigation for possible irregularities in handling public funds, has resulted in a sharp scandal in Argentina. The NGO, headed Hebe de Bonafini, issued a statement saying that there is no irregularity and Schoklender leaves the association to "pursue a personal project," version that keeps the subject.
However, the radical group's parliamentary speaker, Ricardo Gil Lavedra, said that "there is a strong suspicion and opacity in the use of public resources." The chief of staff Cristina Fernandez, who acts as his spokesman, said the president "does not have to worry about that issue." "If there is something to investigate, it will do justice," said Anibal Fernandez.
The President, like her husband Nestor Kirchner, has been characterized by his strong support for the Mothers and Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, so far as to include in the national budget items to fund their activities and projects. The first reports in the press in Argentina talking about a heated argument Sergio Schoklender body and his brother Paul, who also has an office in the Madres de Mayo Foundation.
The two have maintained a close relationship, almost family, with Hebe de Bonafini, welcomed and supported them when they left prison after being charged and convicted for the murder of his parents in 1981. Mauricio Schoklender engineer related to arms sales, and his wife Cristina, both of the haute bourgeoisie of Buenos Aires, appeared in the trunk of a car, beaten with an iron bar.
The position of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo is especially delicate because Sergio and his brother, Paul Schoklender, are the creators and promoters of one of the biggest projects of the foundation, Dreams Shared Mission, which is responsible for housing inclusion social, both in Buenos Aires and other provinces of Argentina.
According to data from the Foundation, Shared Dreams has built 4,800 homes, 6 hospitals, two health centers and a kindergarten. Therefore, it has received strong financial support from successive governments of Nestor and Cristina Kirchner, Buenos Aires daily number estimated at more than $ 300 million.
The opposition wants to investigate the relationship between these works and a construction company called Meldorek SA, who said the same fiscal domicile Sergio Schoklender. The complaint filed last month to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) also warns about illegal real estate transactions, especially the purchase of land and buildings in the locality of Joseph C.
Peace, conducted by Sergio Schoklender and formalized in February this year. The opposition complains that, despite all the data collected, the prosecution still has not opened a formal investigation. The movement Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo was born during the dictatorship to demand information about thousands of missing and picture (women with white scarves hanging around outside the presidential palace) aroused a deep admiration and respect, as a symbol of resistance against the regime Military and defense of human rights.
With the advent of democracy was divided into two branches, the one chaired by Hebe de Bonafini, very close to Kirchner and the called line Founders who run Taty Almeida and Nora Curtis. There is also a branch of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Estela de Carlotto presiding, also very close to Kirchner, dedicated specifically to locate the missing babies of militants, who were given illegally for adoption, and make their appropriators are tried and convicted. 
However, the radical group's parliamentary speaker, Ricardo Gil Lavedra, said that "there is a strong suspicion and opacity in the use of public resources." The chief of staff Cristina Fernandez, who acts as his spokesman, said the president "does not have to worry about that issue." "If there is something to investigate, it will do justice," said Anibal Fernandez.
The President, like her husband Nestor Kirchner, has been characterized by his strong support for the Mothers and Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, so far as to include in the national budget items to fund their activities and projects. The first reports in the press in Argentina talking about a heated argument Sergio Schoklender body and his brother Paul, who also has an office in the Madres de Mayo Foundation.
The two have maintained a close relationship, almost family, with Hebe de Bonafini, welcomed and supported them when they left prison after being charged and convicted for the murder of his parents in 1981. Mauricio Schoklender engineer related to arms sales, and his wife Cristina, both of the haute bourgeoisie of Buenos Aires, appeared in the trunk of a car, beaten with an iron bar.
The position of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo is especially delicate because Sergio and his brother, Paul Schoklender, are the creators and promoters of one of the biggest projects of the foundation, Dreams Shared Mission, which is responsible for housing inclusion social, both in Buenos Aires and other provinces of Argentina.
According to data from the Foundation, Shared Dreams has built 4,800 homes, 6 hospitals, two health centers and a kindergarten. Therefore, it has received strong financial support from successive governments of Nestor and Cristina Kirchner, Buenos Aires daily number estimated at more than $ 300 million.
The opposition wants to investigate the relationship between these works and a construction company called Meldorek SA, who said the same fiscal domicile Sergio Schoklender. The complaint filed last month to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) also warns about illegal real estate transactions, especially the purchase of land and buildings in the locality of Joseph C.
Peace, conducted by Sergio Schoklender and formalized in February this year. The opposition complains that, despite all the data collected, the prosecution still has not opened a formal investigation. The movement Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo was born during the dictatorship to demand information about thousands of missing and picture (women with white scarves hanging around outside the presidential palace) aroused a deep admiration and respect, as a symbol of resistance against the regime Military and defense of human rights.
With the advent of democracy was divided into two branches, the one chaired by Hebe de Bonafini, very close to Kirchner and the called line Founders who run Taty Almeida and Nora Curtis. There is also a branch of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Estela de Carlotto presiding, also very close to Kirchner, dedicated specifically to locate the missing babies of militants, who were given illegally for adoption, and make their appropriators are tried and convicted.
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