Militants from various social, political and student organizations held a vigil this Tuesday, for the ninth consecutive day, in front of the home of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta.
The demonstration in support of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner continued this Tuesday morning at the Calle Juncal almost Uruguay, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta, without interruption of vehicular trafficsince the Kirchner supporters remained on the sidewalk.
“The idea is to continue with the vigil, and make a stronger presence at the times when she (Cristina) leaves and enters her house. But yes, the vigil in Juncal continues,” a young leader of a of the organizations that maintain street action.
This Monday night, shortly before 9:00 p.m., Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived at her home amid the euphoria of her followers who had gathered in large numbers in front of her home and where they waited for hours to see the leader of Peronism.
The former president greeted many of the people who demonstrated at the scene for several minutes and even signed some copies of her book “Sincerely” before entering her apartment.
“With militant passion and joy, we have spent another night in custody at the house of compañera Cristina. This custody that we do is going to be maintained,” Raúl Delgado, councilor of the Frente de Todos (FdT) and leader of the October Movements, in the Buenos Aires municipality of Florencio Varela.
The protesters’ vigil began on Monday the 22nd of this month, after the Prosecutor Diego Luciani requested in the allegation that he formulated in the trial of the public work in Santa Cruz a sentence of 12 years in prison and disqualification from holding public office for the Vice President.
On the other hand this Monday night, the Judge Roberto Gallardowith jurisdiction in the area of the Federal Capital ordered the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, to “immediately cease the execution of any police operation directly or indirectly linked to the custody” of the Vice President’s home, since that corresponds to federal security, judicial sources reported.
The head of the Court of First Instance in Contentious, Administrative and Tax Matters (CAYT) No. 2 of the City of Buenos Aires ordered the precautionary measure within the framework of the processing of a series of amparo appeals presented during the weekend by leaders linked to the Frente de Todos (FdT), in a ruling to which Télam had access.
Gallardo decided to “order the head of the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Lic. Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, through the Ministry of Security of the City, to immediately cease the execution of any police operation directly or indirectly linked to the custody of the person, family and/or domicile of the Vice President of the Nation”.
