Public Hearing to Set in Motion the Commission for the Investigation of the Debt
Buenos Aires, 14/10/14 - In a Public Hearing today in the Chamber of Deputies , popular organizations and representatives from around the country demanded from Congress the immediate suspension of payments on the public debt, and the commencement of the Parliamentary Investigative Commission, created a month ago with the sanctioning of the deceptively titled Law of "Sovereign Payment". Convened by the Assembly for the Suspension of Payments and Investigation of the Debt and for the Defense of National Patrimony and Public Goods , the Hearing saw the participation of National Deputies Víctor de Gennaro for the Bloque Unidad Popular (Popular Unity Block), Pablo López and Néstor Pitrola for the Partido Obrero (Workers' Party), Bloque FIT, and Pablo Bergel and Gustavo Vera , lawmakers from the City of Buenos Aires, Bloque Bien Común (Block for the Common Good). During the course of the Hearing, presentations were given by the Belgian Eric Toussaint , former ...