Friday, July 28, 2017 2015 presidential election balance sheets rejectedFederal Judge María Servini de Cubría has ruled that the 2015 presidential campaigns of Sergio Massa (UNA), Margarita Stolbizer (Progressives), Nicolás del Caño (Leftist Workers’ Front), Mauricio Macri (Let’s Change), Daniel Scioli (Victory Front) and Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (Federal Commitment) violated financing rules and suspended public funds to those parties for the upcoming legislative elections. However, that ruling is subject to confirmation by a higher court and will not likely come into effect for this year’s elections. Servini de Cubría ruled after Prosecutor Jorge Di Lello had found inconsistencies in the sworn statements of revenue and spending in the elections for the candidates and audits by the National Electoral Court also detected anomalies. The FIT and Progressives were judged to have committed administrative infractions but nonetheless had their balance sheets rejected. Herald staff

Source: Bueno Aires Herald July 28, 2017 16:18 UTC