The Menemist Claudia Bello was appointed as director of ARSAT

The former official of the government of Carlos Menem, who was prosecuted for irregularities in the management of funds to prevent damage to computers, will take over as Director of the state telecommunications company

The Chief of Staff , headed by Juan Manzur, today presented the appointment of Claudia Elena Bello , a former official during the presidency of Carlos Menem , as National Director of the Argentine Satellite Solutions Company, known as ARSAT .

During her time in public management, where she held various positions, Bello was prosecuted for irregular hiring in the “Y2K effect” , that is, for having directly awarded, without bidding , contracts for nine million dollars for the prevention campaign to possible damage to the computers due to the arrival of the year 2000. The crimes he was charged with were breach of the duties of a public official and negotiations incompatible with the function. After 12 years, the Justice decided to acquit her , by prescription of the cause.

The 2000 effect threatened that once the year began, by having the dates registered with two figures, the computers would interpret 00 as 1900. Consequently, the banks would lose the information of their clients, and the telephone companies and essential services would suffer. serious problems of interpretation of information. Therefore, Bello was appointed in charge of the prevention advertising campaign to alert companies and the media.

Claudia Bello carried out the campaign to prevent the alleged effects of the change of the millennium on computers, where she incurred irregularities in hiring

In her defense, the former Menemist official said that she had not had time to call a public tender . Together with Bello, after 12 years of processing the case, the former Undersecretary of Public Function Alejandro Val and the former directors of the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP), Víctor Hugo Cantero, Angela Rigón and Héctor Guroto , came to trial. who were also acquitted.

His career in public office
Claudia Bello was federal comptroller of the province of Corrientes between August 1992 and February 1993. During her administration, she called provincial elections for governor that suffered irregularities in the procedure and ended up being annulled. Shortly after, she was succeeded in her position by the radical Ideler Tonelli, who reformed the provincial constitution and called for new elections.

She then took over as Secretary of the Civil Service , during the presidency of Carlos Menem , and remained close to Gustavo Béliz , who was Minister of Justice at the time and is currently Secretary of Strategic Affairs. With the end of Menemism, he remained in the PJ, but always on the opposite side of Kirchnerism.

She settled in Mar del Plata , where she organized a political group in support of the presidency of Eduardo Duhalde in 2011, accompanied by the trade unionist Gerónimo Venegas. He also militated with businessman Francisco De Narváez.