Héctor 'Toty' Flores confirmed that Elisa Carrió never offered Facundo Manes to be his vice candidate

08/04/2021 19:08

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Updated 08/04/2021 20:27

Elisa Carrió's offensive against Facundo Manes

added a new chapter

. After calling him a

"mythomaniac

", the deputy of his space, Hector "Toty" Flores,

gave a statement

before a notary public to record that he was present at the meeting that the leader of the Civic Coalition and the neuroscientist shared in 2015 and that "

at no time "did they offer him a run for vice president

, as the doctor pointed out.

"It was an informal dinner, where various current affairs were discussed, but

at no time was said candidacy offered

, it was even clarified that Mr. Flores attended that dinner as a pre-candidate for vice president of Mrs.

Elisa Carrió

" , points out in the notarial deed.

It also ratifies part of a dialogue that Carrió had related in radio statements.

"Mrs. Carrió recommended Mr.

Facundo Manes

not to appear as the first candidate for Deputy on one of the lists, so that his name is not used by

'the old politics'

in a negative way," he adds.

Facundo Manes, candidate for deputy.

From the Civic Coalition they assured that this

does not mean

that Carrió is actually going to ratify a complaint against Manes.

"He has three years to do it if he wanted to," they

clarify.

But they assure that the objective of the statement was to establish, and not simply in statements, that she did not offer him the vice presidency.

"In honor of the word of Elisa Carrió, the testimony of Toty Flores before a notary.

Issue finished,

" said the party when disseminating the notarial act on networks.

In honor of the word of @elisacarrio, the testimony of @TotyFlores before a notary public.

Finished theme.

pic.twitter.com/mzSatvobaM

- ARI Civic Coalition (@ccari_ok) August 4, 2021

Last Saturday Carrió had declared that he was going to denounce Manes.

"I am going to report it and I have already instructed my lawyers.

I am not going to tolerate it anymore," he said.

That same day, via Twitter, he had ratified: "Facundo Manes did not rectify his sayings, the only thing I am going to do is a lawsuit for moral damage and academic prestige, so that society does not think that I have such a degree of intellectual limitation when choosing a stranger (Manes) as a candidate for vice president ".

Tension in the opposition

His words generated such a stir that the president of the UCR, Alfredo Cornejo, requested a meeting of the National Board of Together for Change.

The meeting took place on Monday and the three parties that make up the coalition pledged to lower the foam.

But this episode generates confusion again.

The climate of the opposition alliance is heated.

The missiles began as a result of a phrase from Manes.

"I hope that the taxes of the porteños are not spent on the campaign," he

assured and aroused the ire of heavyweights from the PRO and the Civic Coalition, who support their competitor -

Diego Santilli

- and came out to criticize the neuroscientist.

But Manes also assured that Carrió had offered him the vice presidency.

"

Dr. Carrió came to offer me to be a candidate for her vice president

in 2015. I did not change anything from 2015 until now," the radical had pointed out in an interview with La Nación.

But the former deputy crossed it: "In Juntos por el Cambio we have the rule of not lying to each other.

Manes lies blatantly

, I never went to offer her a vice presidency to her house. Toty Flores, who was always my candidate for vice president, took me." he pointed.

The tension continued to rise and Carrió threatened to report him.

Although he has not yet made a presentation to Justice.

Look also

Elections 2021: why Elisa Carrió is so angry with Facundo Manes

Facundo Manes: "The opposition cannot say that nothing happened here between 2015 and 2019"