Vice President Amado Boudou arrived at Court this morning to face Judge Ariel Lijo’s questioning regarding accusations of having inappropriately helped Ciccone printing company lift its bankruptcy when he was Economy Minister in 2010. «I am very calmed,» he said before entering the courts. «Beyond all the political causes, the truth is in the judicial file.»
Arriving at Comodoro Py courthouse, the vice-president expressed his optimism for being able to «tell the truth» and «unravel all this fabrication».
“It is very sad when they attack permanently without real arguments,” Boudou has said earlier today in reference to the media treatment his case has received.
In a radio interview with Buenos Aires province deputy governor Gabriel Mariotto, the Vice-President said “what is on stake [in his questioning by Judge Ariel Lijo] -especially since Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived- is whether power rests in the people or in the hands of a few who make decisions.”
Minutes before arriving at Court to face Lijo’s questioning regarding his role in the Ciccone case, in which secret partners allegedly benefited from tax exemptions after buying the bankrupt Ciccone printing company, Boudou said he felt “giving this fight” was “worthy”.
Judge Lijo rejected Boudou’s petition to film the questioning, after having dismissed the vice-president’s request to broadcast his Court appearance on TV “to shed light” on the case.
“This is focused on me and I have the truth,” he said about the accusations he faces of having inappropriately helped Ciccone lift its bankruptcy when he was Economy Minister in 2010.
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