The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation has confirmed that the former president and current vice president Cristina Kirchner He must face an oral and public trial for the pact with Iran, a case that was denounced by the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman.
This decision has generated a great stir in the political and judicial sphere of Argentina, since it is one of the most emblematic and controversial cases of recent years. The case dates back to 2013, when the government of Cristina Kirchner signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran.
This agreement had the objective of establishing a Truth Commission to investigate the attack on the AMIA, which occurred in 1994 and left 85 dead. However, the prosecutor Alberto Nisman He denounced that the pact was actually a maneuver to cover up the Iranians accused of being the intellectual authors of the attack, lifting the Interpol red alerts that were weighing on them.
Alberto Nisman filed his complaint in January 2015, accusing Cristina Kirchner and several of its officials for aggravated cover-up. Four days after making his complaint public, Nisman was found dead in his apartment with a gunshot wound to the head, in circumstances that have not yet been completely clarified.
His death generated a great commotion and fueled conspiracy theories about a possible murder linked to his complaint. In 2018, the case was brought to oral trial and was filed in the Federal Oral Court 8 (TOF 8). However, in October 2021, the court decided to dismiss Cristina Kirchner and to the other accused, arguing that there were not sufficient elements to support the accusation.
This decision was appealed and, in September 2023, the Federal Court of Criminal Cassation ordered the case to be reopened and taken to trial, annulling the dismissal. On December 5, 2024, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation unanimously rejected the appeals presented by the defense of Cristina Kirchner and other defendants, thus clearing the way for the oral and public trial to be held.
Implications
Judges Horacio Rosatti, Juan Carlos Maqueda, Carlos Rosenkrantz and Ricardo Lorenzetti signed the ruling, arguing that the accusations should be debated within the framework of an oral trial to determine whether there was a cover-up. The confirmation of the oral trial against Cristina Kirchner It has profound political and judicial implications.
From a political point of view, the former president and current vice president faces a new challenge that could affect her career and public image. The cause of the pact with Iran is one of the most sensitive and controversial, since it involves the attack on the AMIA, one of the most tragic episodes in the recent history of Argentina.
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