‘Kirchnerism’ goes head-to-head with justice in Argentina

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The vice president attributes her conviction for corruption to a “parastatal judicial mafia”, applauded by her followers and the country’s president.

A day before she learned of the sentence that sentenced her to six years in prison and life imprisonment from holding public office, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina’s Vice President, stated in the first interview she had in the last five years given to the Brazilian newspaper ‘Folha de Sao Paulo’ that “persecuted justice leaders” like her and Lula. He was referring, he said, “to the judicial power formerly exercised by the military that seeks to control the will of the people and thwart governments that promote social inclusion and the defense of national heritage.” Nothing to do, according to her, with the crime of defrauding the state for which she was finally convicted, committed during her two terms in office between 2007 and 2015 and the amount of which amounts to 953 million euros. The verdict points to a rampant spiral of corruption, bribery and distribution of public works contracts that has seriously affected the public treasury.

Argentina, which is currently experiencing an economic situation suffering from an annual inflation rate of 90% and there are signs of poverty among 30% of the population, seems united only with its team, which played this Friday to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup from Qatar. The battle between a government in dispute with the judiciary faded into the background for a while. Everything gets harder if Messi’s Argentina don’t win the World Cup.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (69 years old) is a real personality in her country and has been through all phases of politics. She was a two-time deputy, senator, first lady and president of the country and is now vice president in the government of Alberto Fernández. The conviction, which finds her guilty of fraud and corruption when she was Argentina’s head of state, has had a strong impact on the nation, and the climate of tension between “Kirchnerism” and the judiciary, which has received serious charges, has increased. of alleged collusion with other actors in the political, economic and even media systems.

Last Thursday, the National Police went to the Palace of Justice, which houses the offices of the Supreme Court, which has been the target of repeated attacks by the Executive, and to Comodoro Py, which houses the headquarters of the Federal Justice and the Oral Kirchner was convicted of anonymous phone calls threatening the presence of bombs at both locations. However, the agents found no artifacts.

The vice president’s supporters soon equated Cristina Fernández’s situation with that of Juan Domingo Perón when he was arrested by military opponents. The Public Prosecution Service had demanded a sentence of more than 12 years. However, the three judges who decided the sentence sentenced her in half and acquitted her of the crime of illicit contact, of which she was also charged. The historic verdict is subject to appeal and until the Supreme Court rules, the former left-wing president could run for president next year. At this point, however, and after being sentenced, she has made it clear that she will not run: “I will not run for anything, neither for senator, nor for deputy, nor for president of the nation.” she emphasized through their social networks.

In this sense, the Justicialista party, led by the country’s president Alberto Fernández, immediately expressed support for the vice president on his Twitter account. “Peronism does not abandon those who play it for the people,” he said in capital letters, later expressing his strongest rejection “of the prosecution and attempted exile suffered by Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.”

It is not a novelty that in Argentina, since the return to democracy in 1983, a president of the country has been tried on these characteristics. For the widow of former president Néstor Kirchner, Carlos Menem sat on the bench five times, and Fernando De la Rúa, who was eventually acquitted. Another vice president also convicted was Amado Boudou, Cristina Fernández’s deputy between 2011 and 2015, and in 2018 he was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison for the illegal purchase of a money printing press in 2010 when he was minister of Economy wash. . .

The prosecution based its charges against the vice president on the fraudulent award of public works contracts between 2007 and 2015 in Santa Cruz province during the 12 years of the Kirchners’ rule. Cristina Fernández almost sees the ruling as a prosecution against her. He has denied everything, he has pleaded not guilty, but on the other hand he has accused a so-called “parastatal judicial mafia” of being behind everything. “The idea was to sentence me as they ended up doing” and hinted that the sentence was written in advance. He denied all allegations. He pointed out that he was not responsible for fraud against public administration because, as president, he did not administer or execute those budgets. “This is a parallel state and mafia, judicial mafia and the confirmation of a parastatal system, where decisions are made about the life, patrimony and freedom of all Argentines,” said the former head of the Argentine state.

The Puebla Group meeting to be held in Buenos Aires next Monday in support of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been postponed to December 19 after the former president tested positive for Covid-19 today. This was announced on Friday by the vice president’s press office, which stated that she is “in good health” and suffering from the disease in El Calafate, a city in southern Argentina where she has a home.

The political debate group had christened their meeting under the title ‘Popular Will and Democracy. From the military party to the judicial party, threats to democracy and the government’s second vice president, Yolanda Díaz, and former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero were expected to participate on the Spanish side. The forum also brings together Evo Morales (Bolivia), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), José Mujica (Uruguay) and Ernesto Samper (Colombia) and has been promoted by the Argentine President, Alberto Fernández.

The basis of the meeting of the Puebla group consists of expressing “solidarity” towards the former Argentine president following her conviction for defrauding state funds, along with “reporting that she has been the victim of a political process that orchestrated by the right with Justice and media operators to remove it from the democratic debate.

Source: La Verdad

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