The Vice President of the Nation, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, arrived at her apartment in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta, where Hundreds of Kirchnerist militants have held a vigil in support of the former president since Monday night.
The head of the Senate arrived at her residence at the corner of Uruguay and Juncal around 9:00 p.m., where she was received by protesters, with chants of “Cristina presidenta”, flags and posters.
Getting out of the car, Fernández de Kirchner He approached to shake hands with those who were nearby, next to his custody, thanking the accompaniment and with visible emotion.
Later, he approached a woman who handed him a poster that recalled the disappearance of the student Miguel Bru, and then Fernández de Kirchner got on one of the cars to make a general greeting to the militancy.
Moments before entering the building where she lives, the vice president once again waved with one hand, while in the other arm she held a bouquet of orange flowers that were given to her.
with the slogan “Cristina is defended by the people”the Buenos Aires PJ made an open town hall at the headquarters of San José 181 which was headed by the head of the council, Mariano Recalde, and the president of the party congress, Víctor Santa María, among other leaders.
At the end of the meeting, the assembled militants moved to the vicinity of Fernández de Kirchner’s house to receive her, among whom was Recalde.
“They pressured, attacked, attacked, violated so much that finally the people reacted. There is a need to be on the street, to defend Cristina,” said the head of PJ Buenos Aires in dialogue with C5N.
And he added: “This is unfair, it is illegal, it is an embarrassment, it is an attack on democracy. There is a people who do not want judges to get involved in politics, to attack popular leaders, for the media to repeat barbarities baseless.”
In the morning, the head of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo also approached the corner of Uruguay and Juncal. Hebe de Bonafiniwhich was received with the song of “they have not defeated us”.
Militants from various social, political and student organizations held a vigil today, for the fourth consecutive day, in front of the vice president’s home, in support of Fernández de Kirchner, as a result of the request for a twelve-year prison sentence and disqualification from holding public office. formulated against him by the prosecution in the oral trial for the alleged management of public works in Santa Cruz.
Spokesmen for the demonstration told Télam that the vigil “in principle will continue until next Monday and, then, how it continues will be discussed among the organizations.”
