They denounce Alberto Fernández for managing a grant for a foundation from his hairdresser

Amid the controversy over the celebration in the pandemic Quinta de Olivos, another complaint points to the president Alberto Fernández. Two leaders of Juntos por el Cambio denounced him for having managed a grant of 600 thousand dollars for a foundation of his hairdresser Marcelo Cuggini. However, the government assured that the aid program for which it had been granted had been canceled and that the money had not been collected.

The complaint was lodged by Ricardo Benedetti and Jimena Castiñeira Arce of the Equipo Banquemos group, a member of Juntos por el Cambio. In the letter, they accuse him of the offenses of “trading in influence”, “illegal abuses” and “negotiations incompatible with the public service”, as detailed Bugle. For the leaders, “this is a negotiation incompatible with the exercise of their functions”.

The grant in question was for $ 599,869, and had been assigned to the Marcelo Cuggini Foundation, Alberto Fernández’s personal hairdresser for six years. This money, according to the resolution they aired on the channel LN+, was intended for the realization of “work orientation workshops and vocational orientation courses”.

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It was the stylist who reported a few days ago that after talking to the Head of State about the possibility of granting scholarships for learning the trade in his hairdressing schools, he told him said to meet with the Minister of Labor, Claudio Moroni.

“I received many requests to know if there were scholarships. I told Alberto about it and he told me to create a foundation for me and that he would help me. He told me. that he wanted to get people out of the plans and into the job market. He told me that I had spoken with Moroni. Later I could not continue with her because I cracked, I melted “, he detailed in dialogue with TN.

Although the resolution to grant the grant was managed in July 2020, the Government assured that the payment of all beneficiaries of the program was not effective.

This was assured by Minister Claudio Moroni, who explained that the program was disarmed. “There were about 200 registered and about 30 accepted. We canceled everyone and the program was gone. That money didn’t go to the barber or any of the other 30 because we disarmed the program,” he said in statements to Radio with you.

Visit of Marcelo Cuggini to Olivos

The hairdresser was in the news a few days ago when the list of people who entered the presidential palace during compulsory isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic was known.

“Isolation was compulsory but I went because he called me”, assured the stylist, and explained that he had gone to cut his hair before Alberto Fernández’s trip to Mexico. “I was only once in Olivos. I only entered quarantine once. Unfortunately the hairdressers were closed but our employees were present at home,” he said.

Regarding the costs of his service, he assured: “I invoice him like everyone else and he pays me more. I charge $ 2000 at home.

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