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Ex-collaborator of María Alejandra Vicuña rendered version in case of “tithes”
Posted On 09 Jan 2019
Ecuadornews:
Little more than an hour lasted the version that gave this Tuesday in the State Attorney General Karla Obando, Ex-collaborator who worked with the former Vice President of the Republic María Alejandra Vicuña when he was Assemblyman and ensures that she gave money from her salary to the then legislator. Obando was not seen by journalists or when arriving or leaving that institution.
Who did answer questions from the press was Ana María Ontaneda, lawyer of the former vice president. According to her, Obando did not come to give her version as a whistleblower in the case by concussion opened by the Prosecutor’s Office, but she came as a third person who provided information to continue the investigations.
“It has been important the version (of Obando) to add elements to ratify that the complaint and the sworn statement against my client has no support, has no attachment to reality, and therefore we continue with this defense,” Ontaneda said. , who preferred to issue details of the version due to being in reserve phase.
Vicuña on Monday gave her first version in this case, which lasted more than five hours. The ex-vice president of Lenin Moreno is waiting for the National Court of Justice to define a date and time for a hearing to formulate charges for the crime of concussion. (I)
