The Argentine Justice took an unexpected turn in one of the most emblematic files of recent years: the road cause. The federal civil and commercial judge, Marcelo Bruno Dos Santos, signed the expiration of the civil process that claimed the former president Cristina Kirchner OTHERS CONDENDED A compensation of $ 22.3 billion for public works awarded to businessman Lázaro Báez that were not completed.
This judicial decision in favor of Cristina Kirchner He unleashed a strong reaction from the national government, which already announced that he will appeal the ruling before the corresponding chamber. The expiration of instance is a legal figure that is applied when a judicial case is not driven by the parties during a given period.
In this case, Judge Dos Santos considered that the National Road Directorate, which had initiated civil demand in 2018 during the Government of Mauricio Macri, did not promote the file for six months, which enabled the request for expiration presented by the defense of the defense of Cristina Kirchner.
The magistrate explained that expiration does not seek to punish the negligence of the parties, but to avoid the indefinite prolongation of judicial processes, in the protection of legal certainty and good administration of justice.
In its resolution, Dos Santos declared that “the period of six months has been prescribed by article 310 of the Nation Civil and Commercial Procedural Code”, and ordered the closure of the file, with coasts to the defeated plaintiff.
The defense of the ex -president, in charge of the lawyer Luis Goldin, argued that there was no procedural advances since October 19, 2023, and that the National Road Directorate did not comply with the digitalization of the demand brief, an indispensable requirement to continue with the procedure.
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In addition, he argued that the file was locked for conflicts of competence between civil and criminal jurisdiction, which contributed to inactivity. Goldin presented two requests for expiration: one in September 2023 and another in April 2025. The judge evaluated both proposals and concluded that, discounting the Winter Judicial Fair, the inactivity period had been fulfilled, which justified the closure of the process.
Civil demand initiated by the State claimed Cristina Kirchner Already others convicted 50% of the value of the works awarded to Lázaro Báez that were not completed, which represented an economic damage of $ 22.3 billion. This figure was calculated based on official expertise that detected overpricing and unfinished works in at least three of five routes awarded in the province of Santa Cruz.
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