BY JIM WYSS
  Special to The Herald

  MANAGUA - Nicaragua's attorney general will present a list of corruption allegations against Arnoldo Alemán, the former president and current head of the National
  Assembly, tonight that could prompt legislators to strip him of his parliamentary immunity and set the stage for sending him to jail, a spokesman for President Enrique
  Bolaños said Tuesday.

  ''The president expects both Liberal and Sandinista congressmen to vote with their conscience after seeing the magnitude of the evidence,'' said presidential press
  secretary Joel Gutiérrez. ``We think there is sufficient evidence to bar him from playing a role in public life.''

  The move comes after Bolaños announced last week that the government had found a stash of Alemán's loot large enough to cover part of the national budget deficit.

  While Gutiérrez would not give details about today's indictment, he said it would confirm that Alemán stole ``millions of dollars.''

  Alemán has routinely denied any wrongdoing and asserts he is the victim of a political witch-hunt by his former ally. He told supporters over the weekend that he was
  innocent and would not flee the country even if it meant spending time in jail.

  Taking office early this year after serving as Alemán's vice president, Bolaños launched the aggressive anti-corruption campaign that has slowly been closing in on his
  former boss. The attacks have led to jail terms for some of Alemán's closest political cronies and caused a split in the Liberal Party, of which both Alemán and Bolaños
  are members.

  But despite almost daily revelations of corruption under the Alemán administration, the government has failed to produce any concrete charges or to find the 47 votes
  needed to lift Alemán's parliamentary immunity.

  Today's indictment is the result of months of investigation and will prove Alemán's involvement in corruption ''beyond any reasonable doubt,'' Gutiérrez said.