Argentina’s Mauricio Macri accused of abuse of power over $50bn IMF loan
Buenos Aires — Argentina’s attorney-general is looking into an accusation of "abuse of power" against President Mauricio Macri after he agreed to a $50bn loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), his office said on Wednesday. Attorney-general Jorge Di Lello has also asked that Argentina’s IMF agreement be suspended until a decision is made whether to proceed with a case against Macri. "There’s a formal accusation because there’s an attribution problem and it’s possible that the president and his ministers did not have the right to sign such an accord," Javier Delio, the attorney-general’s secretary, told AFP. The case comes from a complaint made by former deputy Claudio Lozano and the city rights observatory, who accuse members of the executive of "abuse of power and violation of public duties in bypassing congress to sign an accord with the IMF". The plaintiffs claim that Argentina’s 2018 budget law does not authorise the executive to sign agreements with the IMF. The case h...
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