Simon celebrated the New York court's decision: "Finish the problem"

Joint work between the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Government, the Office of the Attorney General and a US law firm has helped to defeat the claim of a millionaire creditor in the United States. After the decision of the New York Court of Appeal dismissing the investor's claim was heard, the state prosecutor, Fernando Simón, celebrated the novelty. "This is very good news, we won in the first place and this confirms that if we do not ask for time, Moshe Ajdler can not ask for capital or interest," he said. declared. MDZ.

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Simón said that they did not know Moshe Ajdler and that in 2016, he had introduced himself as a bondholder issued by the province in 1997 for $ 7,050,000. The investor claimed the payment of principal plus accrued interest. "The initial demand has grown to more than 20 million and from there it has been reduced," Simón said.

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The decision of the Court of Appeal was heard on Thursday and Moshe Ajdler has virtually no legal means to insist on his request. "You can try to go to the US Supreme Court, it's a difficult process and it's almost impossible for the court to admit you, even if you admit it, you can possibly get rid of it, "said the provincial official. On this basis, he argued that US justice "puts an end to the issue".

To do this, he recalled that joint work between the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Government and the Attorney General's Office was necessary. "Some time ago we went to New York and we interviewed various law firms until we hired one, and we were in constant contact with them, who organized the trial, "he added.

Finally, the head of the supervisory body felt that what had happened was a precedent likely to influence future claims against the province, other provinces or even the country. "In the various debt issues, it may happen that a sector does not show up to be renegotiated and that the conditions are met, this also happens with national or Buenos Aires bonds, but for ten times as much." # 39; money. " who does not claim in due time can not seem to claim later, "said the public prosecutor.

In this regard, he pointed out that Mendoza had always exchanged obligations and that the creditor had not appeared or had not initiated legal proceedings in time. "This is the last outstanding cause we have for debt," he concluded.