Cristina Kirchner receives support before verdict in different mobilizations in Buenos Aires

Followers of the Argentine vice president, Cristina Kirchnerare mobilized this Tuesday towards the courts where the verdict will be read in the case in which she is accused along with 12 other accused of alleged corruption in her two terms as president (2007-2015).

Starting at 5:30 p.m. (20:30 GMT), the Federal Oral Court 2 will give its verdict, And although the ex-president’s entourage did not call for a massive mobilization, the federal forces reinforced security in Congress, since the vice president is the leader of the Senate, and in the courts, according to sources from the Buenos Aires Ministry of Security.

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The Miles party and the Tierra Vivienda y Habitat Federation led a mobilization this morning to the courts where the judges are who will pass sentence with the slogan of stopping “the coup” and freeing Cristina Kirchner.

A supporter of Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner stands in front of the Comodoro Py Palace of Justice in Buenos Aires December 6, 2022. On this day, a court will deliver a verdict in a divisive corruption trial against Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner, who is likely to avoid jail even if convicted due to immunity from Congress (Photo: Luis ROBAYO / AFP)

The leader of the summons, Luis D´Eliacalled for today to be “a new October 17”in reference to that of 1945, when Juan Domingo Peron He was released after being detained by military opponents after thousands of workers mobilized to demand his release.

Meanwhile, the delegation in Buenos Aires of the State Workers Association plans to hold a vigil to await the verdict and, in the face of a conviction, mobilize and declare an active strike guaranteeing all essential services.

The vice president will hear the verdict of the case that judges the alleged irregularities via telematics in the concession of 51 public works to firms of the businessman Lázaro Báez during his governments and those of her late husband Nestor Kirchner (2003-2007) in the southern province of Santa Cruz, the political cradle of Kirchnerism.

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Kirchner is accused of having committed crimes of illicit association and fraudulent administration of public funds, Therefore, on August 22, the Prosecutor’s Office requested a sentence of 12 years in prison and disqualification from holding public office forever.

In the middle of one of the demonstrations in his support was that, on September 1, Kirchner suffered an attack at the gates of her house, from which she emerged unharmed.

A supporter of Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner stands in front of the Comodoro Py Palace of Justice in Buenos Aires December 6, 2022. On this day, a court will deliver a verdict in a divisive corruption trial against Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner, who is likely to avoid jail even if convicted due to immunity from Congress (Photo: Luis ROBAYO / AFP)

Kirchner has denounced on numerous occasions that the sentence against her “was written”, as she already said on December 2, 2019 – days before taking office as vice president in the current Executive – when her statement was taken.

And if at that time he referred to the magistrates who were following the case as a “court of ‘lawfare’ (judicial harassment)”, last week, when he pronounced his last words, he said that it had “fallen short” and that it was “a firing squad”.

After reading the sentence, Cristina Kirchner will speak through her social networks, her spokespersons anticipated.

If a conviction is issued against Kirchner – who as vice president enjoys immunity from arrest – the ruling will have to go through a long process until it is endorsed or rejected by the Supreme Court.

Source: Elcomercio