The former Uruguayan president Jose Mujica He spoke with the Argentine channel C5N about the judicial situation that Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) is going through, who is accused of corruption in public works.
Mujica said that “of course” he is “supporting Cristina” because in her opinion “she is a victim“. He also added that the situation is “curious” for him, since he conceives of “a right that does not learn the historical lesson.”
“What are they up to, building another myth? After everything they did with Evita, it is difficult to understand that dose of hatred that is expressed in Argentine politics. For this reason, I am in solidarity with Cristina,” the former president compared.
The Federal Oral Court 2 investigates the role of the vice president regarding the alleged direction of public road works in Santa Cruz between 2003 and 2015. Last week, the prosecutor asked for 12 years in prison for Cristina Kirchner and perpetual disqualification from holding public office for the crime of corruption. Given this, the vice president asked to expand her investigation, which was rejected by the Oral Court.
“I don’t want to make the mistake of putting the whole package together. But I think that there is a part of justice that is acting with a defined political criterion and with a political purpose and not imparting justice with neutrality,” Mujica questioned.
Mujica, who in 2013 had said “This old woman is worse than the one-eyed man” In reference to the behavior of Cristina Fernández and former President Néstor Kirchner, he explained that his relationship with the former Argentine president has a long history and that he thinks she is “a brilliant woman.”
The statements of the former Uruguayan president come a day after there was tension in the street where Fernández lives. In the midst of chants protesters threw fences and the police of the City of Buenos Aires repressed.
