Ex Ciccone take over bill cleared for debate

The bill to take over the currency printing South American Values Company, formerly known as Ciccone, was cleared for debate by the Constitutional Affairs, Budget and General Legislation Committes, and will debated at the Lower House of Congress tomorrow.

The government-sponsored bill has been preliminary approved by the Upper House of Congress last week.

During the debate, there was a tense moment in which the pro-government and opposition lawmakers crossedfire after PRO lawmaker Laura Alonso accused Vice-President Amado Boudou of "corruption."

"He is a corrupt official, and the President (Cristina Fernández de Kirchner) calls the parlamentarian majority to cover him up, instead of proving his innocence," Alonso assured.

Victory Front lawmaker Roberto Feletti answered she should not "prejudge, because you have a city Mayor (Mauricio Macri) who has been indicted and should have left his post."