The Argentine Prosecutor’s Office requested a twelve-year prison sentence and permanent disqualification of the vice president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Continuing public office as he considers him responsible for an alleged illegal scheme to defraud the State through the concession of public works in Santa Cruz.
The Public Ministry estimates it at 5,231 million pesos (more than 39 million euros) Amount disappoint By a net that also spread to the late husband of the vice president, Former officials such as Nestor Kirchner and former Minister Julio de Vido.
Prosecutor Diego Luciani, apart from businessman Lázaro Báez, All defendants will be asked to “impossibility of public service”, Including Fernández, who has always argued that many of the cases brought against him are part of political persecution.
“His status as head of the nation at the time of the events means that he defrauded the state and its constituents.” said the prosecutor. According to the newspaper ‘La Nación’, Luciani said, “He put his personal interest before the public interest.”
The vice president is not present at this part of the process as he has been exempted from his current position, but he made the surprise announcement on Twitter.and asked to be re-announced this Wednesday, because prosecutors “placed issues that never came up in their indictments”.
Support from the President and the Government
Following the prosecution’s request for punishment, president Alberto Fernández said in a statement: “Today is a very unpleasant day” for someone like him, who has experience in Law and has conveyed his “love and solidarity” to Fernández.
The government as a whole is a vice-president “judicial and media persecution” against him, He claimed that “none of the acts have been proven” and that Justice was being put “at the service of the forces”.
is planned the closing arguments of the defenses begin on September 5 and that the penalty was already known in December. However, a hypothetical conviction would predictably lead to a chain of resources, and the sentence may not be final for several years, suspending both disqualification and possible prison entry.