Argentina
The opposition will add a complaint against Caputo and Bausili over the handling of the Central Bank’s gold
Peronist lawmakers will move forward this Monday with a judicial expansion and will also seek the summons of officials in Congress. The move comes after conflicting reports about the fate of the gold reserves.
The opposition plans to expand the complaint this Monday against Economy Minister Luis Caputo and Central Bank President Santiago Bausili, amid the controversy over the fate of the reserve gold, according to C5N.
According to that outlet, the filing will be accompanied by a request to summon officials in Congress and will be based on an alleged failure to perform the duties of a public official. The focus is on Bausili’s statements before the Senate about the transfer of bullion to Switzerland.
Still according to C5N, that version was later questioned by the Auditor General’s Office, which said it was unable to complete the audit of the shipments because the Central Bank did not provide the necessary documentation. The channel also said that the failure to comply with a court order requiring answers about the transfers of the bullion abroad was added to the case.
The president of the AGN, Juan Manuel Olmos, told C5N that the agency is auditing the gold operation and said that process should not be confused with the audit of balance sheets and financial statements mentioned by Bausili in the Senate. He also stated that the Central Bank refused for months to provide the information required to carry out that work.
For her part, Senator Florencia López questioned the official explanations before C5N and accused Bausili of having given a false account in the upper chamber. The lawmaker said the opposition has been demanding information since last year and asserted that, according to the AGN, the gold would be in England and not in Switzerland.
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