Secretary of Intelligence Oscar Parrilli announced that ex Intelligence Secretariat Operations chief Antonio “Jaime” Stiusso will no longer be obliged to keep confidentiality over his actions from 1972 to January 2015, as prosecutor Viviana Fein’s awaits to hear testimony from the former spymaster in the investigation of Alberto Nisman’s death.
“President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wants great transparency for the investigation,” Parrilli said to reporters after meeting with the Congress’ Bicameral Intelligence Oversight Committee. “We will release Stiusso from his obligations of confidentiality from 1972 to January 5, 2015, when he was removed from office” he announced.
“The president wants the truth to come out and she wants Stiusso to tell everything,” the official added.
Parrilli defended the Executive’s decision to reform the Intelligence Secretariat, “We believe that we are doing things in the right time. We have done many things in the past 12 years and there is still a lot to do,” he said.
He addressed critics who question their decision to move forward with such a critical reform only 9 months away from the presidential elections. “To the opposition lawmakers and senators I say this: We do not have nine months in government, we have 4 more years because we are certain that we will continue to govern.”
Even though Stiusso will no longer be obliged to keep confidentiality, Prosecutor Fein will wait for the Intelligence Secretariat to officially recognize the measure in order to call the former spy for inquiry in the Nisman case.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald