BUENOS AIRES, Feb 9 (Reuters) – An Argentine prosecutor’s mysterious death days after he made criminal charges against President Cristina Fernandez is part of an attempt to unseat her and bring neoliberals back to power, a senior government official said on Monday.
The comments by Gustavo Lopez, an undersecretary in the presidency, follow the death of Alberto Nisman on Jan. 18 after he accused the president of derailing his investigation into a 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center.
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Fernandez has lambasted Nisman’s accusations as ridiculous, while the judge in charge of the bombing case has said his evidence was “flawed.”
“Nisman’s weak charges, which would not pass the exam of the first year of university study, were not enough to maintain the scandal,” Lopez wrote. “Their policy is to sustain the scandal, hence the death.” (Editing by Andrew Hay)
