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3. The "abandoned" have in fact spoken - and unanimously repudiated Nisman for 10 years of bad faith.
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 10:09 PM
Oct 2015

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Relatives of AMIA victims repudiated Nisman: "he's playing politics."

InfoNews. January 15, 2015.

Diana Malamud, Olga Degtiar, and Sergio Burstein (the heads of the three leading AMIA victims rights groups) rejected the complaint filed against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner by Alberto Nisman. "He wants to be fired in order to victimize himself" Burstein said.

Diana Malamud, director of Memoria Activa, accused the prosecutor of engaging in "domestic espionage" and said that her group made ​​numerous allegations against Nisman because his actions "never had anything to do with the investigation and clarification" but rather with "issues of power and politicians." "The last three years have been devoted to domestic espionage - but about AMIA, not a word," she said.

"We have been denouncing him systematically, and have asked to have him removed from his post. He does not represent the victims, or their families, and has used this solely for his own career. Nisman has never clarified anything, and we're still at square one," said the wife of one of the victims of the attack.

Malamud added that Memoria Activa supported the memorandum because "after so many years we've had nothing, and thought we had nothing to lose because no one had offered us no way out. This, moreover, would test Nisman."

Olga Degtiar, director of Family and Friends of the Victims of the AMIA bombing, said: "The accusation is not only against the national government; but it's hurting the 85 families who have been suffering and fighting for justice for 20 years. I think it's an attempt by Nisman to be taken off the case."

"I find it shameful that he's presenting this complaint in January - when most of the judiciary is on holiday - and at the beginning of an election year, which gives this a political connotation. Why did he not present this before?" asked Degtiar.

"We were confident that Nisman was on our side at first. But the years went by and his credibility was diluted because we've had no results. The AMIA case hasn't moved forward at all; his credibility was lost. I think the prosecutor wants to vacate the case. He should stay and finish his job," Degtiar said.

Sergio Burstein, director of 18-J said: "Nisman is playing politics. He wants to be fired in order to victimize himself."

Burstein asked: "Why file the complaint now if he's had that information for years. This is all gossip, bickering, and conjecture baked into a complaint. Nothing more."

"To be sure, I do not say that Iran has nothing to do with the bombing. I say that if he ever had the accused sitting in front of him for cross-examination, he's have no proof and the case would fall apart," said Burstein, referring to the fact that through the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, the Argentine judiciary could finally investigate the accused.

"This complaint is the consequence of the dismissal of the former SIDE Counterintelligence Director Antonio "Jaime" Stiuso," Burstein concluded.

"I sincerely hope that Nisman can prove everything he says (note: Interpol discredited the complaint within days). You cannot keep playing with the AMIA dead."

At: http://www.infonews.com/nota/181273/familiares-de-las-victimas-cruzaron-a-nisman-esta-haciendo-politica

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