National Deputy for La Libertad Avanza (LLA) Juliana Santillán was accused of abuse of authority and breach of her duties as a public official on Tuesday. The complaint was filed after a sound clip went viral on Monday in which she could be heard asking a board member of an Argentine football club to make a legal presentation in order to become a private sports corporation and receive foreign investment.

The audio clip, which was leaked by sports outlet Doble Amarilla, was sent to a member of the board of directors of Club Social y Deportivo Bancruz, a football club located in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz province that plays in the Southern Santa Cruz Football League.

Santillán can be heard telling this person to present a “consultation note” to the Judicial Inspection Board (IGJ, for its Spanish initials), the official government body that determines civil associations in Argentina. She added that the end goal was to have some institution that was either directly or........

© Buenos Aires Herald