Journalist María Antonia Pardo (Nany) was unseen one of the protagonists of one of the so-called ‘Petrovideos’. It was leaked in the final episode of the Presidential campaign, where candidate Gustavo Petro reunited with his closest circle of advisers.
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At one of these meetings, the leak of which was investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office, it is said that a change will be made in the communication team. your candidate, because it was not yielding results. However, it is also stated that this team was financed by businessman Christian Daes.
“It’s supposed to be a man who has daes and pays for communications equipment. So, if it’s a María Antonia team and she’s paying the rest, what I understand so far is we need to get Daes to do it with another person and another team.”, assured the Catalan politician Xavier Vendrell.
The latter, a former militant of the former terrorist group Terra Lliure, was arrested in 2020, supposedly due to the Voloh case, So-called influence trading and diversion of funds in the process of domination of Catalonia are investigated.
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Petro’s wife, Verónica Alcocer, at the virtual meeting where they discussed the Daes payment; Ecuadorian Vinicio Alvarado, former advisor to Rafael Correa; campaign manager Eduardo Ávila; Senator Armando Benedetti and Gloria Flórez are senators of the Pact. The latter, after firing the journalist, suggested that he be “tongued” because he knew confidential information.
Daes refused to make any contribution to this campaign, and these alleged aids do not appear in official records submitted to the National Electoral Council.
This Friday night, journalist Pardo decided to give her own version of what’s going on from her social networks.
He began by saying that the candidate was invited to be a part of the campaign by his wife, Verónica Alcocer, who has been seen in several videos.
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“It was his wife, Verónica Alcocer, who invited me to work for Gustavo Petro. I DID NOT TAX. I received the invitation by phone, a call made in April 2021 from Europe. He said he liked my writing and analysis.‘, says Brown.
And his version is like this: “I said I would think about it, because I was surprised to think that I am not Petrista or a leftist (although I had announced from the first round that I would vote for Petro). Then Mr. Eduardo Ávila called again from Europe to persuade me.“.
After giving some more information, the journalist starts talking about his departure from the campaign, the payments he received and his team.
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“First, a publisher, Mr. Vinicio Alvarado, designer of the graphic line of the Historical Pact (he was the one who made the TV commercials for the 2nd round in 2018). Second, Mr. Daniel Eskibel, who is an expert in analyzing voters from a psychological perspective.“, Explain.
Alvarado is a former adviser to President Rafael Correa, who was sentenced in Ecuador.
Although the Petro campaign generated more than 18,000 million pesos, the journalist says he had to seek financing.
“I sought funding to be able to work. Not only my friend, but also the entrepreneur Chris Daes, with whom I have been in business for 10 years, was the person I went to. I sold him the idea: “I want to build bridges between center and left.Pardo explains.
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And he points out that he took money from Daes: “He has made it clear that he doesn’t want to do anything with the campaigns. I explained in the previous section that we are not in the campaign. And it was perfectly legal. In any case, he told me: FINANCE YOU. And so he did. Funding awarded between June and December 2021“.
And here’s his description of the source of those payments: “I donated my white silver work to Petro and subcontracted a team from an agency to do the job well. My right hand in this study (who fell ill in September of last year and died in February of this year) was Mr. Jorge Muñoz. we were eight“.
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The campaign has yet to refer to the content of the video discussing the Daes payments or to journalist Pardo’s response. But he denounced the leak of content from their meetings.
The prosecution will investigate both the leaks of the videos and some of their content, including a possible violation of funding regulations. Including the Daes division and a supposed first-round help to Supergiros, according to Senator Roy Barreras.
Like Daes, the company has denied this.
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