Argentine cbank chief testifies, quotes Kafka

Argentina's embattled central bank president Pedro Pou testified before a congressional commission on Mar 14 to defend himself from allegations he turned a blind eye to money laundering.

After quoting from Franz Kafka's bureaucratic nightmare novel "The Trial," Pou attacked the validity of the bicameral commission, saying it had been formed unconstitutionally and said he had not been allowed to properly defend himself.

Reading from a prepared speech, Pou also said he was the victim of a media

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