One of the observers appointed by the Ministry of Justice to intervene in the Argentine Football Association (AFA) resigned from office in the last few hours. It’s about the lawyer Agustín Ortiz de Marcowho had been elected before the change of authorities in the portfolio took place, last March.
As far as he could know THE NATIONOrtiz de Marco was summoned by the authorities to begin the task, as is usually done in these cases, and he resigned the appointment alleging that “I had a lot of work”. After learning of his resignation, the lawyer did not respond to calls from this medium.
His name had been given by Daniel Vitolothe former head of the General Inspection of Justice (IGJ), and remained with the new head of the organization, Alejandro Ramirez. Ortíz de Marco was recognized for his work in other interventions, such as the Argentine Confederation of Automotive Freight Transport (CATAC).
After the change of authorities in the Justice leadership, the current minister was Juan Bautista Mahiques, who appointed the accountant, the lawyer as observers Marco Ortiz and to the accountant Ruben Miguel Papacenain line with what had been decided when Vítolo was in charge of the IGJ. AND Mariano Cúneo Libarona and Sebastian Amerio They were numbers 1 and 2 in the portfolio.
Marco Ortiz He was indicated by two sources as Amerio’s man. One of them even assured that Ortíz de Marco “is very close and trusted by the person who served as Amerio’s chief advisor” and that “the proposal for his appointment came directly from the current Attorney,” who they stated would have sent it to him at the time through the Undersecretary of Registry Affairs. Carlos Medina, assured one of the sources.
When consulted by LA NACION, the current National Treasury Attorney denied the link with Ortiz de Marco. They pointed out that “Vítolo appointed him and Mahiques left him”and they said they did not know if he had resigned or not.
The name Papaccena, meanwhile, would have been a direct initiative of Vítolo. Now Mahiques You must choose a new lawyer for the place left by the lawyer’s departure.
Last March, the Government ordered a “intervention at the level of oversight” in the AFA by 180 dayswith the aim of investigating the accounts of the sports entity, its transfers and the role of the frustrated university that never saw the light of day.
Ortiz de Marco’s appointment dated from that moment and was given along with that of the accountant Pappacenawho remains in office. Both had the mission of preparing a report without intervening in the management of the head of local football. Pappacena remains firm and will wait for the appointment of the new lawyer.
The oversight was based on a request made by the IGJ, the body in charge of state control of this type of associations. The measure was based on a series of irregularities detected in the institutional and registry functioning of the entity, says the ministerial resolution.
The irregularities motivated the opening of administrative actions and the need to reinforce the legality control provided for by current regulations. That is why the Government appointed two observers in the AFA, one of whom He resigned this Thursday without much explanation.
