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Cristina Fernandez' most hated Justice resigns, but effective the day after she steps down from office
The oldest Justice on the Argentine Supreme Court, Carlos Fayt, 97, on Tuesday presented his resignation, which will take effect on Dec. 11, after President Cristina Fernandez's successor is scheduled to take office, judicial officials said. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“he has been a brilliant minister and of a superlative stature, but at 97 years of age he was submitted to a job that no man of 97 years old is in conditions to do”, concluded the cabinet chief.”
Sep 17th, 2015 - 11:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0REALLY?
He has outsmarted you and TMBOA, that's for sure!
Ha, ha, ha, ha.
You have to love this guy, he stood up to The Bitch and made her look what she is, a lunatic without any concern for the citizens.
I salute you. Sir. Have a happy retirement.
Common practise to abuse the elderly in this country. Thieves kill old people at will for a couple of pesos. Then there is the requirement that over-65s have a medical and take a “drivers test” to renew their licenses every two years. And who causes most of the accidents?...people between the ages of 25 and 35. Older people understand only too well the dangers of speeding, dui, and disobeying traffic laws.
Sep 17th, 2015 - 11:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0Love his timing.
Sep 17th, 2015 - 01:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#1 ChrisR
Sep 17th, 2015 - 05:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hey Chris: So Carlos Fayt has been exempted from being just another “argie” and he has become “Sir?” now?
Too bad in your enthusiasm you missed the occasion of complimenting Anibal Fernandez on his well balanced statement: The man is brilliant--he is just too old for the heavy-weight duties of a Supreme Court judge.
That is why the rule--from which Fayt had been excepted--is retirement at 75.
I beat if some of us lived to 97 we'll probably won't be sticking to ANY job; let alone judge and even less Supreme Court judge!
@ 4 Kiki MPH
Sep 17th, 2015 - 05:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I watched the clip of him on El Pais and he seemed to have a greater grasp of reality than you anyway.
I cannot believe you read my posts otherwise you would know that there are many Argentines that I count as my friends though none of them are Peronistas, so that lets you out!
@4. Who takes note of what Anibal the Animal comes out with? How long has he been lying with a straight face now?
Sep 17th, 2015 - 08:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Let's see now. Falsification of a public document in 1994. How about the pressure he reportedly exerted on the judge investigating the Scanska corruption case? Sued by the Labor Party in 2008 for “slander, libel, moral damage and impact on the party's image.”
“Aníbal Fernández was accused in 2015 of being the mastermind of the 2008 triple crime”. Remember the “triple crime”? The murders of Sebastián Forza, Damián Ferrón and Leopoldo Bina after torture. Remember how “La Morsa” (Spanish: the walrus) was implicated.
Journalist Jorge Lanata interviewed Salerno and Martín Lanatta in 2015. They claimed that Aníbal Fernández (minister of Justice at the time) was “La Morsa”, the mastermind of the crime. They claimed that Fernández ordered the killing of Forza, Ferrón and Bina because they may have attempted to secure the illegal drug trade operation for themselves. The house of Jorge Lanata was attacked with stones two days later, and several .38 caliber bullet casings were found after the attack.
Fernandez is tied to far too many questionable activities and events. What's he even doing in a “government”? Just goes to show what Kirchner's mob is like. And how stupid the people are!
#6 Conqueror
Sep 18th, 2015 - 05:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Aníbal Fernández was accused in 2015 of being the mastermind of...the murders of Sebastián Forza, Damián Ferrón and Leopoldo Bina after torture.”
Well. You are in need of an update, Conqueror.
Witness No. 1: former cop José Luis Salerno. He gave his famous interview to Jorge Lanata in what was later discovered was the living room of Elisa Carrió, member of the opposition to the Kirchner government. But that's a sideline. When Salerno went before a judge, he could not confirm his allegations related to Fernández. He said he had spoken about Fernández 'to obtain favours.'
Witness No. 2: Martín Lanatta. He is serving a life term for his involvement in the triple murder.
The whole affair was but a media operation concocted by Jorge Lanata and the Clarin Group to make weaken Aníbal Fernández, one week before the PASO (preliminary) election in the Buenos Aires Province. It did not work. Argentines now take with a grain of salt any story coming from the Clarín group or Jorge Lanata.
So it's old news Conqueror, the story was shelved as soon as the election took place. Best luck next time.
4 Enrique M.
Sep 18th, 2015 - 06:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0“.... Anibal Fernandez on his well balanced statement: The man is brilliant--he is just too old for the heavy-weight duties of a Supreme Court judge.”
Do you agree with this?
“the man is brilliant--he is just too old...”
What does that mean?
Sounds like ageism - if he is brilliant, what does age have to do with it?
#8 Troy Tempest
Sep 20th, 2015 - 12:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0OK. Here comes Troy, a white knight bent on protecting an Argentine senior--very senior indeed--jurist.
Would you stand on the way of a car being driven by a 97-year-old grandpa trusting his reflexes will allow him to see you and apply the brakes in time?
I didn't think so.
That is why the Argentine Constitution establishes now 75 years as the age limit for Supreme Court judges. How's that for ageism?
I know the rule grandfathered Fayt. However, it just stands to common sense that staying till complete disintegration would be a stretch.
Now, we all know very well that the opposition would not let Fayt go. They need to prevent the President from appointing someone else.
The gesture of having Fayt resigning Dec. 11 may have seemed a good joke on CFK--instead, it shows the low level of those individuals articulating the actions of the venerable judge.
Those are the actions--adding the latest disclosures about 192 direct contracts of the Ciudad de Buenos Aires, of which Mauricio Macri is ultimately responsible--that keep the opposition in a permanent state of desperation. Problem is, desperate people may become dangerous.
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