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Cristina Fernandez' petition for an immediate oral trial rejected
Argentine federal judge Claudio Bonadío rejected as “inappropriate” and described as “impertinent, untimely and out of style” the petition from ex president Cristina Fernandez for an immediate oral trial in the dollar futures case, emerging from an investigation into the last months of her administration. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI would imagine she is worried the longer it goes on the more they will find and the more of her former associates will tell tales.
Nov 19th, 2016 - 01:05 pm - Link - Report abuse +4There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.
Nov 19th, 2016 - 01:13 pm - Link - Report abuse +3Bonadio knows that a trial on the dollar futures would set a precedent of judicialization of acts of government.
Nov 19th, 2016 - 07:58 pm - Link - Report abuse -5The judge also knows that a trial would need to take a look at the beneficiaries of the dollar future operation, which would uncover the group Clarin and several members of the current government as beneficiaries of the operation.
In addition, the plan could only yield benefits if the Macri government devaluated the peso as it happened.
Because of those reasons, Bonadio wants to keep the trial open so that it can be used as a tool at any time, depending on the government's needs. The government is monitoring the possibility of CFK running for the Senate and wants to have cards in its sleeve.
In a broader sense, the government is using the judiciary to go after members of the previous government in a bid to keep the public eye focused on the past, while the economy crumbles and the current process of concentration of wealth on the upper layers of society is finalized.
“....would set a precedent of judicialization of acts of government....”
Nov 20th, 2016 - 12:06 am - Link - Report abuse +4---- No, only the criminal actions, as noted in the complaint
“....The judge also knows that a trial would need to take a look at the beneficiaries of the dollar future ....”
------ Under the law there is no obligation to consider for prosecution those who may have coincidentally benefited, but rather the criminal intent of the accused to cause harm.
“....Bonadio wants to keep the trial open so that it can be used as a tool at any time, depending on the government's needs....”
------This is not a matter of the executive branch but rather the judiciary.
“.....keep the public eye focused on the past,....”
----- For crimes committed in the past. Duh.
Marti:
Nov 20th, 2016 - 01:44 am - Link - Report abuse -5“This is not a matter of the executive branch but rather the judiciary.”
In Macri's Argentina?
Ha!
So Reekie, tell us who appointed the judges in the present judiciary. Tell us how those judges were confirmed. Then we will explain to you the separation of powers under the constitution here.
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