Jared Laurels
Newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, November 17, 2022, p. 13
Five of the nine members of the National Committee of the Union of Radio, Television, Telecommunications, Similar and Related Workers of the Mexican Republic (STIRTT) denounced its general secretary, Ricardo Acedo Samaniego, for the alleged crime of generic fraud.
Silvino Fernández López, labor secretary of that organization, pointed out that after reviewing the financial statements of STIRTT, movements were detected that are not accounting acceptable
based on an opinion prepared by experts in the field, although he omitted to specify the amount so as not to affect due process.
We reported the facts and a number of people have been summoned to testify who may have information about the acts of probable irregular conduct, which the Secretary General is accused of. It will be the competent authorities who investigate and determine (responsibilities)
indicated.
In a press conference –in which he was accompanied by the secretaries of the finance, social communication, statistics and union promotion, and education and training portfolios–, Fernández López added that Acedo Samaniego has refused to render accounts of the administration of the union’s assets, which must include income from union dues and other assets.
For this reason, he added, they also filed a complaint with the Federal Labor Center, which made a request to the general secretary to report on STIRTT’s finances.
According to the secretary of labor, surprisingly
the union leader Acedo requested a 90-day leave from November 9 to separate from his position, for which these are the facts that make us think that things are not correct
.
