The presidents of Argentina, Alberto Fernández; Bolivia, Luis Arce; Colombia, Gustavo Petroand Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, supported the Argentine vice president this Wednesday Cristina Kirchneraccused of corruption and against whom the Prosecutor’s Office requested 12 years in prison and political disqualification.
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“We express our most absolute rejection of the unjustifiable judicial persecution that the current vice president Cristina Kirchner has been suffering,” said the leaders, asserting that they are seeking to remove her from “public, political and electoral life,” according to a statement read by the presidential spokeswoman. , Gabriela Ceruti.
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Kirchner, a 69-year-old center-left Peronist, is accused along with twelve other people for the crimes of illicit association and aggravated fraudulent administration in a case about alleged corruption in the bidding for public works when he was president, between 2007 and 2015 .
The process began in 2019 and it is estimated that the judges will issue a verdict before the end of the year. The vice president, who also chairs the Senate, enjoys parliamentary privileges that protect her both from being imprisoned and from being disqualified.
Only if it is ratified by the Supreme Court or if he loses his parliamentary immunity could a sentence against him become effective.
In the midst of growing political polarization, the request for jail and disqualification made on Monday by the Prosecutor’s Office has multiplied criticism of the court by Kirchner’s supporters and calls to demonstrate in defense of the vice president.
Kirchner has been dismissed in several cases for alleged crimes that occurred when she was president, but she still faces five trials.
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*With AFP
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