Yesterday, an explosive and unprecedented allegation was made against the Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega. We can say his name, because he has responded in a statement which will air tonight on 7News.
The statement says, quote, "I continue to sympathize with the tragedy of the Cervantes family. But their grief cannot entitle them to seek to wreck now me and my family. I was not and could not have been involved in any way with Mr Cervantes's death. All who know me know that I would be utterly incapable of such a horrible thing. It hurts and angers me that a recording from the person the police have stated to be the principal murderer, and who ran away to avoid justice, should be used now to endanger me and my family."
He goes unto say, quote, "I cannot understand how anyone could seek to place any reliance on what this Castillo supposedly says."
He concludes, quote,
"The fact is that as the murder mastermind, Castillo can have no credibility. This is also underlined by the huge holes and obvious lies in the story he tells on the recording.
At the end of it all, therefore, I have to feel that politics is involved here. It is a terrifying thought, but the facts are clear and I condemn what is being done." End quote. The text of that message is just in, and the full video statement will air as an ad later on in the news.
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