"Shame": the common reaction among the deputies for the sexual scandal of Juan Ameri in full session

09/24/2020 - 19:38

• Clarín.com

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The virtual session in Deputies was shaken this Thursday after the legislator

was captured by his camera in the middle of a sexual act with his partner.

The images of the deputy of the Frente de Todos por Salta with his wife on his legs and giving her kisses on her breast quickly became viral, to the point that the president of the Lower House, Sergio Massa, decided to suspend them in an express procedure.

The swift punishment of the national deputy and the formation of a commission to investigate him and determine whether he should be expelled had the support of the ruling party and the opposition, who agreed to describe the episode with one word:

.

"I feel enormous shame for what has just happened in the Chamber of Deputies, I am rethinking what I am going to do with my life," said Graciela Camano, from Federal Peronism.

In the same vein, Mario Negri, head of the Juntos por el Cambio bench, said that, in addition to being ashamed, said he felt "outraged as a citizen."

"There have been antecedents and even expulsions, but in this case it was surprising because the president of the Chamber entered, stated what had happened and then we learned about it," he said in statements to

“We are going to ask that the commission be done urgently, if possible guaranteeing the right to defense, but that it be resolved before the next session if possible.

I believe that letting time pass in these cases aggravates the situation, without over-acting but with the firmness that we must act, "he added.

The radical clarified that, in case of being expelled, Ameri

“That ended a long time ago.

To collect a retirement as a deputy, you must have 35 years of contribution like any citizen, "he explained.

Meanwhile, his benchmate, Cristian Ritondo, referred to the event as "a very difficult situation."

“Article 188 has been used very few times, it will come into operation with a commission of 5, in the JXC interblock we will have two representatives and what is provided for in Article 66 of the Constitution, as Mario Negri has already said, will be the one who acts and foresees from the suspension to the expulsion of a deputy, "he said.

Graciela Ocaña, also from Together for Change, pointed to

Ameri's

“

.

"It is shameful that citizens have to witness these images of a Deputy of the Nation," he said.

A total lack of decorum about Deputy Ameri.

It is shameful that citizens have to witness these images of a Deputy of the Nation.

- Graciela Ocaña (@gracielaocana) September 24, 2020

For his part, Fernando Iglesias (Together for Change) wrote in networks: "The lack of respect of Kirchnerist Peronism for Congress and the institutions has just set new records."

Paula Oliveto, from the Civic Coalition, also spoke on Twitter, calling Ameri a

and calling for his expulsion.

What happened in deputies shows that virtuality is not the path of debate and that the values ​​of deputies are important.

This disgusting deputy of Kirchnerism must be expelled from the Chamber.

If you resign there is no penalty.

Must be expelled

- Paula Oliveto (@pau_oliveto) September 24, 2020

On the part of the ruling party,

said that "a situation of this type" never happened.

"The president of the block Máximo Kirchner and the president of the Chamber decided to ask the body to suspend Deputy Ameri and the application of article 188 of the regulation that creates a commission that will take action on what happened," he closed.

Later, in a press conference, Massa expressed his pain "because Argentine society has a hard time and situations like this all they do is divorce politics from the whole of Argentine society."