The former Minister of Economy of Alberto Fernández and former candidate for president, Sergio Massa, will testify as a witness this Wednesday in the oral trial for the “Shared Dreams” case, the emblematic file that investigates the alleged diversion of public funds destined for the construction of social housing to through the Madres de Plaza de Mayo Foundation.
Massa's summons are explained by his leadership of the municipality of Tigre between 2007 and 2013, one of the districts where works related to the program were carried out. That same day, his wife, Malena Galmarini, must also appear, who during that period served in the municipal structure and today she is part of the list of political witnesses summoned in the process
. The Kirchner couple must testify as witnesses.
In the dock are the brothers Sergio and Pablo Schoklender, former Federal Planning Minister Julio De Vido, former Secretary of Public Works José López and other former officials identified for allegedly fraudulent administration to the detriment of the State. The cause revolves around the management of the resources that Cristina Kirchner's government transferred to the organization headed by Hebe de Bonafini to build social housing in different parts of
the country.
According to the accusation, between March 2008 and June 2011, the Fundación Madres de Plaza de Mayo received 748 million pesos, of which 206 million were diverted and not used in the construction of the houses in question. The case became one of the biggest corruption scandals associated with Kirchnerism, not only because of the volume of funds involved, but also because of the political use of a structure that was presented under a discourse of
social ends. The late Hebe de Bonafini.
The “Shared Dreams” program intervened in the city of Buenos Aires, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Misiones and in municipalities such as Almirante Brown, Tigre, Ezeiza, Bariloche and Rosario. For this reason, former intendents, former governors and other leaders who had an institutional relationship with the works were convened.
Some will testify at the hearing and others will do so in writing, such as Senators Gerardo Zamora and Jorge Capitanich, in addition to Deputy Miguel Ángel Pichetto.
Last week, Mauricio Macri said, who recalled that during his tenure as head of the Buenos Aires Government, there were objections for payments exceeding the degree of execution of the works. In parallel, Sergio Schoklender argued in his inquiry that, by order of Hebe de Bonafini, part of the funds were diverted to finance Kirchnerism's political campaigns
