The defense of the Vice President of the Republic, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchnerasked the Justice to be removed from the trial of the Vialidad case, the prosecutor Diego Luciani and the judge of the oral court, Rodrigo Giménez Uriburu.
The request on behalf of the official It arrives hours after Página 12 published an article entitled “Comrades, we were always companions”, in which photographs were published that prove the friendly relationship between those involved. “This personal relationship, which was kept confidential at all times, should have been formally communicated to the defenses”warned the defense Cristina Kirchner.
The disclosure of the two photographs is of institutional relevance and media importance, according to the request for recusal of the lawyers of Cristina KirchnerCarlos Beraldi and Ari Llernovoy.
“The serious omission incurred by Judge Giménez Uriburu had the explicit endorsement of Prosecutor Luciani, an extreme that denotes a serious violation of the duties of safeguarding legality and objectivity that weigh on all members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office,” the document says.
The request adds that promote a case in which a judge with whom you have a personal relationship will decide, is not ethical behavior legally and even more so if it is a process that involves matters of national interest.
Mauricio Macri, friend of those involved
According to the evidence collected by the defense of former Argentine presidentthe prosecutor and the judge in the case carried out their social activities in Quinta Los Abrojos, as the property of former President Mauricio Macri is known, which reinforces the theory of conflict of interest.
The lawyers now want the nullity of the procedural acts that were developed by the questioned magistrates to be declared. “Under normal circumstances, data in the processes that follow Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is never verified, Judge Giménez Uriburu should have complied with the legal obligation to excuse himself,” the letter adds.
