First Lady’s alleged European bank account spurs media frenzy

Santo Domingo. – An allegation by a Santiago TV program that the vice presidential candidate of the ruling PLD party and First Lady Margarita Cedeño has more than 43 million Euros in an European account has sparked a media frenzy Friday.

The flap over an allegation by Marcos Martinez, host of the program Diario 55 that Cedeño has that account the Denmark Bank Danske is today’s headline in very major newspaper and the buzz in social networks.

The First Lady yesterday, who announced that she’ll take Martinez to court, called the allegation a “great infamy” that will not continue and “is willing to clarify with all consequences.”

She said she expects Martinez to prove “in good faith” and in court, what he said “on television, radio and in the social networks.”