On August 22, an Argentine prosecutor requested 12 years in prison against Cristina Kirchner. The former president is accused, along with twelve other people, for the crimes of illicit association and aggravated fraudulent administration. The Prosecutor’s Office also requested, in the last hearing of her allegations, her political disqualification for life.
At least seven injured and four detainees were registered this Saturday the 27th during the protests in support of former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner in the La Recoleta area, an exclusive neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The clashes between the Police and the demonstrators began when they knocked down the fence that the municipal administration ordered to be put up in the area.
The head of government of the city of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, met with the ministers of his administration to monitor the situation in the area. Among the detainees are three leaders of La Cámpora, while seven police officers were injured.
The provincial deputy of the Frente de Todos Matías Molle, the political leader Fabian “Conu” Rodríguez and the former provincial deputy Facundo Tinganelli, were released after the demonstration, according to what they told the newspaper The nation.
The Buenos Aires government justified the decision to deploy the police operation, in the block where Vice President Cristina Kirchner lives, due “to the claims and complaints of the neighbors against the people who were in the street.”
“The only response from the security forces to the great violence unleashed against them was through the hydrant truck, using only water,” sources close to the Ministry of the Interior reported. And they justified the arrests for resistance and attack on authority.
On August 22, an Argentine prosecutor requested 12 years in prison against Cristina Kirchner. The former president is accused, along with twelve other people, for the crimes of illicit association and aggravated fraudulent administration. The The prosecution also requestedin his last pleadings hearing, his political disqualification for life.
“They want to take revenge, this disciplines the political class so that no one dares to do the same thing twice,” Kirchner affirmedafter also assuring that it was a trial “to Peronism.”
The verdict is expected to be known by the end of the year. In case of conviction, Kirchner can appeal. Until there is a final ruling from the Supreme Court and due to her political immunity as vice president and president of the Senate, she would not be imprisoned nor would she be disqualified.
With information from All News Y The nation
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