Cristina will go for corruption “,” Cristina convicted of corruption “, were the heads of the main Argentine television channels who interrupted their schedules on Tuesday, June 10 to account for something that seemed impossible years ago. The Supreme Court of Justice confirmed the sentence for corruption against the former president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the road perpetual.
The Supreme Court granted five business days for the former president to appear before the courts to be arrested. The prosecutors of the case have requested their immediate arrest and that their assets are confiscated. There is the possibility that when being 72 years old, Fernández can carry the conviction in house arrest or request a political asylum to evade prison.
It was a unanimous failure. The three judges Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosencratz and Ricardo Lorenzetti issued a joint vote in which each of Fernández’s defense arguments rejected.
The former president had been convicted in December 2022 for the crime of fraudulent administration in the grievance of the public administration for her action at the time in which Argentina ruled. The road case refers to 51 road public works overvalued in the province of Santa Cruz that the government of then President Cristina Kirchner granted the businessman Lázaro Báez. Prosecutor Diego Luciano accused Cristina Fernández, president between 2007 and 2015 and other public officials, to redirect the works in favor of Baéz, who acted as her trial to benefit her, and to the detriment of the public administration.
At some point since this cause began in 2016, prosecutor Luciano said: “It is justice or corruption.” Since then it seemed impossible to reach the point of a sentence ultimately against the former president and Peronist leader.
The news of her conviction, Cristina Kirchner received her at the headquarters of her justicialist party, where she met from early hours with Peronist leaders, senators and referents of her party. As soon as the ruling left around 18 hours to give a 25 -minute speech, in which he launched diatribas against Javier Milei, whom he called a monigote and directly held him responsible for his sentence. “Surely this court already had the written conviction, but I am not interested. I have chosen the story, I already acquitted the story and you will surely condemn them the story,” he said referring to the three judges who also called monigotes.
“The paradox is that they will remain free and starve to the people and I will go prey,” he said at another time in his speech where he looked excited and at some point he was heard in a broken voice.
After the ruling, at the close of this edition, a series of mobilizations began to be given in different parts of the country in support of the Peronist former president. One of the most numerous was in the city of Mar del Plata where more than thirty blocks were flooded by people carrying flags and banners with phrases in defense of Fernández. “It is a black day for democracy, that the people take to the streets and do not allow this outrage,” said a young manager to march.
“We stay here, we do not utter, being prey is a certificate of dignity. We will see when this monigote falls, when this collapses, tell me if it is not paradoxical that they continue to make the Argentine people suffer and they want me prey,” said Cristina Kirchner before a multitude of Argentines who defeated themselves in front of the headquarters of the Justicialist Party and who cheered their name. Around 7 pm he left there, escorted by his family nucleus, including his son Máximo Kirchner, and headed heavily guarded towards the department of his daughter Florence in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Constitution. There Fernández, who a few days ago had announced his candidacy for deputy, gave a “balconazo” and greeted supporters who approached to accompany her in this judicial setback that prevents her from being a candidate and could take her to prison in the next few days. Vigilias are announced throughout the country.
Meanwhile, President Javier Milei tweeted a brief: “Justice. End.”
The road cause is only one of the many complaints that Fernández must face for acts of corruption.
Having a firm sentence character, you cannot switch or modify the conviction, some political analysts said.
If you do not stop immediately, as prosecutors have requested, the former president has 5 days to define her place of detention and to deposit the 84 billion pesos (70 million dollars)
Cristina’s support politicians said that this sentence modifies the electoral schedule and takes the main opposition leader.