Parlasur deputies are set to discuss whether to accept López’s resignation at their next session on August 12. José López, the former Kirchnerite Public Works Secretary discovered trying to hide roughly US $9 million in a convent back in June, today formally resigned from his post as a deputy in Parlasur, the Mercosur trade bloc parliament. “On August 12 we will say the resignation is irrelevant and doesn’t exempt him [López] from the impeachment process, which has already been initiated. After the José López scandal, as it is now known as, broke out, López was kicked out of the Victory Front (FpV) caucus — by caucus we mean a group of lawmakers who vote along the same lines — in Parlasur. Regardless of the outcome — which seems pretty obvious — López will be removed from Parlasur one way or another.

Source: The Bubble July 29, 2016 18:10 UTC