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Court says CFK must be tried for corruption and jailed preemptively
An Argentine appeals court Thursday upheld the September decision by judge Claudio Bonadio whereby Former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) must stand trial and be preemptively imprisoned throughout the proceedings for having allegedly received millionaire bribes from businessmen in the Kirchnerist governments (2003-2015). Read full article
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Dec 23rd, 2018 - 12:00 am - Link - Report abuse -1https://panampost.com/marcelo-duclos/2018/12/21/argentina-cristina-kirchner-and-cronies-face-real-world-slew-of-criminal-charges/
A government incapable -- or rather unwilling -- to show any positive economic news results after three years at the helm must at all prices keep the public focused on something else, i.e., the battered “K” corruption topic.
Dec 23rd, 2018 - 09:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0That way, a sector of the Argentine society may conclude that the Macri government, while transferring its key sovereign economic decisions to the IMF and its recessive recipes, has, at least, “fought corruption.”
But wait a minute. Did I say “K” corruption?
What about the well-known CorreoGate affair that involves an attempt to erase a 70 billion ARS ($1.8 billion USD) debt owed by the Macri group to the government now presided by Mauricio Macri? (This matter is before the courts).
What about the “aportantes truchos” affair, by which thousands of persons in welfare rolls were registered as contributors to the Cambiemos election in 2015 -- persons who flatly denied having ever contributed a single dime? (The matter is before the courts).
It is entirely possible that corruption existed under the Kirchners, and serious judicial investigations are welcome. However, attempts to somehow link CFK to stealing public money by inferring that “she must've known and she must've been the head of an illegal association” is a stretch and an attempt to discredit the opposition member with the highest vote intentions for 2019.
Lawfare at its best.
Macri's response to a serious opposition Presidential candidacy. And look where a similar response to the strongest candidate got Brazil...
Dec 26th, 2018 - 01:00 pm - Link - Report abuse -2Meanwhile, La Campora, Maximo Gordo's “private army” of “militants,” is revealed to be a “sexist power structure” with widespread abuse. Just like I would expect...
Dec 26th, 2018 - 03:05 pm - Link - Report abuse -2https://www.thebubble.com/argentina-me-too-moment-reaches-politics-world/
Nice touch by Macri to hit her with this one week before Christmas btw, how very capitalist...
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