Villa Huidobro, in Córdoba, was the first municipality to use a popular referendum. In 1994, 63% of the town voted to revoke the mandate of two councilors.

30 years later, one of those thrown out speaks and remembers those travel expenses that hid an inmate for the intendancy. The story of the popular consultation over a "lead chicken" on the Costanera of Buenos Aires and the cleaning of a backpack in a dry cleaner hides a fierce Peronist internal conflict.