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As Cristina Fernandez evolves favourably, debate targets acting-president Boudou
While Argentine presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro confirmed that President Cristina Fernández “evolves favourably” and is “in good spirits”, the political debate on Wednesday has centred on Vice-president and acting president Amado Boudou whom the opposition argue should not lead the country given his questionable credentials and mounting legal problems Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesYeah well Boudou will have a protocol roll from now on. It seems he is only interested in being a little poodle of CFK and sucking up to her, it seems he doesn’t realize that after CFK is gone he is facing court. If I was him I would decree something at least to show some sort of independence or political asset.
Oct 10th, 2013 - 03:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0After threats to key witnesses willing to testify on Ciccone have being failing to appear on court. http://www.urgente24.com/219614-%C2%BFque-paso-con-el-testigo-que-complicaria-al-presidente-boudou
Sooner or later he is going down for sure
He’s got no moral authority to be the president??.... Well neither she does. She chose him, her problem, the governments problem.
CFK is “evolving”?
Oct 10th, 2013 - 07:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0What did the surgery do? Attach an opposable thumb?
Next stop, a brain transplant to “evolve” her from Australopithecus!
Evolution! Is that where nature is taking us? Shock horror!
Oct 10th, 2013 - 08:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0Perhaps CFK is evolving into the next president of argentina as someone else..lol.
Oct 10th, 2013 - 09:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Devolution” would be a more accurate term.
Oct 10th, 2013 - 09:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is what happens with demagoguery...you appoint a puppet who becomes President. Poor, poor Argentina, is there no end to your misery.
Oct 10th, 2013 - 11:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS ABOUT MORAL STANDING.
Oct 10th, 2013 - 11:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0Anybody can agree or not on boudous's ideas, but beyond some hypocritical and mischievous lectures by some of our opponent politicians, and by corporate press, there is not any doubt that he has full legitimacy in order to exercise the presidency during c. f. k.'s licence.
However, i think it's interesting to discuss about the so called moral standing, because this is evident that some people make a different interpretation of what moral standing is, in fact according to under secretary gonzales, boudou lacks of moral standing to exercise the presidency, because he's being investigated by justice, in a cause where he wasn't even called by it, in order to give explanations, beside, he is not going through under any legal process, but, i would like to know whether gonzales thinks that his politic leader, mauricio macri, who has two legal processes in justice, lacks of moral standing to rule autonoums city from buenos aires.
Depsite all these hypocritical arguments by those people, although they don't accep it, boudou is just being investigated, and if justice finally determines that he's reponsabe for some corruption delit, he will have to be submitted to justice, but if still there is not any solid proof against him, like them or not, they will have to respect him as a vicepresdent, who exercises the presidency in temporal terms.
That must bge correct, innocent until proven guilty, even in Argentina.
Oct 10th, 2013 - 12:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#7 Good points. As for the 2015 elections though, who do you think should run for Pres? Zanini sounds good on the other thread (even if it was meant to attack him!) and I've always been very impressed with Timmerman; I'm not so convinced about Boudou as he was a conservative and banker in his youth, so I don't know if he's had a genuine change of heart post-crash or just opportunistically changed sides, and the investigation even if he is innocent could help the opposition if he's the candidate.
Oct 10th, 2013 - 12:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And of course I'd back Cristinita if she runs again, but maybe Think is right about this... George Galloway is strongly hinting that he might run for Mayor of London, so maybe she could run for Mayor of Buenos Aires; imagine that, from Boris and Macri to George and Cristina, our two great capitals could finally have the leadership they deserve =)
Axel Interesting your analysis. Can you inform me which Argentine politicians are NOT under some sort of judicial investigation?
Oct 10th, 2013 - 12:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I agree with BK, Timmerman would be a lovely choice to run Argentina. He is stupider than CFK and more bumbling and ignored on the world stage.
Oct 10th, 2013 - 12:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Perfect.
9) BritishKirchnerist====> Crackpot
Oct 10th, 2013 - 12:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0There is no such thing as kirchnerism after 2015 (if it gets there)
@11 ... second that; he's comedy gold.
Oct 10th, 2013 - 01:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@11, @12 ... so after Kirchnerism we could have Timerism. Sounds like an illness. Which would be accurate.
Hell yeah!
Oct 10th, 2013 - 01:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Timmerman for President.
I think the Falkland Islands would LOVE that. Indeed how can many on here donate to his campaign?
British_Kirchnerist I think that is a wonderful idea. Just the person needed to carry Kirchnerism onwards and upwards.
Consistency is exactly what the UK and FIG need from Argentina. And we can almost guarantee Timmerman will bring that consistency that we have come to expect.
14 ) Timerman President? In your dreams
Oct 10th, 2013 - 02:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0BK and Timerman do have dreams. Bks probably wet. Wouldnt hazard a guess on Timermans
Oct 10th, 2013 - 02:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0there is not any doubt that he has full legitimacy in order to exercise the presidency during c. f. k.'s licence
Oct 10th, 2013 - 06:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0just out of interest then.
could he thus sack her as unfit for office..
Finally somebody “normal” ruling Argentina! Sure he is not perfect, but neither the weirdo kind we are used to. Welcome Boudou!
Oct 10th, 2013 - 08:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@17 VPs dont always do what they are told. On 17th July 2008 CFKs VP Julio Cobos as president of the Senate voted down one of her laws by his casting vote
Oct 11th, 2013 - 12:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0#16 I often wonder if BK's finger's every stick to the keyboard.
Oct 11th, 2013 - 03:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Axel grease.....legitimacy and competence are dichotomous polar opposites in the case of bobo the clown and kirchner. What effing country would brag that the unelected son of the president has a say in the countries affairs????
cheers...
Oct 11th, 2013 - 06:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@14
Oct 12th, 2013 - 10:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'll go for Timmerman-he provides the world so much pleasure with his monologue, 'we demand' form of dialogue.
The best chance for Falkland Islands autonomy after CFK.
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