A group of opposition senators and lawmakers went ahead with an informal meeting in Congress, where prosecutor Alberto Nisman was expected to address today, and called for the official’s alleged evidence relating to the AMIA case to be protected from interference.
«This meeting was called so that prosecutor Alberto Nisman could come to speak. Last night we all found out about his death. We are all shaken up, anxious for the things happening in our country,» Penal Legislation Committee chairwoman Patricia Bullrich said.
«This is a case that has been going on for many year, just like the AMIA case, the collateral causes and those things that should have taken place today.
«We are not able to make sure the prosecutor is replaced, and that others who worked with him come to talk. We have decided to raise the meeting and read a document,» the legislator added, before calling for a minute’s silence in Nisman’s honour. The statement read out by Bullrich was signed by PRO, Union for Everybody, Federal Peronism, the Workers’ Party and CC-ARI, amongst other opposition blocs.
The text calls on the Executive to «protect» the evidence Nisman had in his possession before his death, and name a «suitable and independent» replacement to continue with the investigations.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald