Buenos Aires, March 25 (NA) – Former Peronism presidential candidate Sergio Massa declared this Wednesday in the case investigating irregularities in the 'Shared Dreams' housing program, promoted by the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo during the Kirchnerism era, and admitted that 'there were failures' in the delivery of the units in the Tigre district, of which he was mayor. Massa appeared before the Federal Oral Court 5 in Comodoro Py and stated that the housing program, whose head was Sergio Schoklender, recorded 'failures, and that is why the municipality decided to discontinue the works.' In the case, accused of irregularities, in addition to Sergio Schoklender, are his brother Pablo Schoklender, former Federal Planning Minister Julio De Vido, and former Public Works Secretary José López. According to what the Argentine News Agency was able to learn, the former official declared for about half an hour and made no statements to the press either on entry or exit from the court, where he testified about the neighborhoods where 'Shared Dreams' had to be built in that Tigre municipality: San Pablo, Garrote, and Cina-Cina. However, despite assuring that the works 'had a positive impact,' he could not confirm if the contracts were awarded to the program promoted by the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo because, when he took over as mayor of the district, 'they were already signed,' as he explained. After mentioning the failure in the delivery of the works, he pointed out that they were completed 'by the municipality with its own funds' because the Nation, which was financing them, 'discontinued the payments.' The 'Shared Dreams' case signed contracts to build popular housing in different parts of the country, such as the Federal Capital and the provinces of Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Misiones, and in the municipalities of Almirante Brown, Tigre, Ezeiza, Bariloche, and Rosario. In the courts, the possible 'fraudulent administration' towards the national state is being investigated for the funds that Cristina Kirchner's government provided to the program. State funding provided funds to build for the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, an entity chaired at that time by Hebe de Bonafini, who was also sent to trial but died in 2022.
