The spokesperson for the Presidency, Gabriela Cerruti, affirmed this Thursday that President Alberto Fernández intends that “the times are as short as possible” in relation to the process of the request for impeachment of the members of the Supreme Court of Justice that he promotes together with a group of provincial leaders, and confirmed that the Executive will convene extraordinary sessions of Congress with this point on the agenda for “the second half of February.”
“The President wants the times to be as short as possible“, indicated Cerruti in his usual press conference on Thursdays at the Casa Rosada, in which, in addition, he stressed that “the majority of the provincial leaders” support this initiative sent to Congress.
Secondly, The official remarked that “the need is, now, to gather wills” in the Chamber of Deputies to advance with this process of impeachment of the president of the highest courtHoracio Rosatti, and the other ministers, which requires the support of a special majority of two-thirds of those present in the body for it to prosper.
“The President and the governors made a historic decision that is to request the impeachment of the Supreme Court of Justice and has to do with the seriousness of the situation we are going through where the Court intervenes on the actions of the other powers, clearly violating the Constitution “She remarked when asked about the issue at the press conference.
In addition, he explained that the request “is based above all on two issues in which the Court clearly, breaking the division of powers, intervenes in the Legislative Branch,” referring to the actions of the highest court in relation to the Council of the Magistracy and to the claim of the city of Buenos Aires for the co-participation funds.
As regards the Council of the MagistracyCerruti recalled the decision with which the highest court “decided to enforce a law that was repealed, in an unusual event”in relation to the composition and functioning of the body.
“This is a question that must be resolved in the National Congress or the Executive Power because it is something that involves all the provinces”
Meanwhile, on the other hand, he referred to the precautionary measure that recently established an increase in the percentage of federal co-participation funds that the city of Buenos Aires must receivewith which -Cerruti indicated- the Court “violated the division of powers”.
“This is a question that must be resolved in the National Congress or the Executive Power because it is something that involves all the provinces,” insisted the spokeswoman.
The official remarked that The political trial “has to be very clear and very accurate in showing the responsibility of the head of the Court, Horacio Rosatti, who “proclaimed himself president of the Council of the Magistracy”.
On the other hand, Cerruti anticipated that “next week there will be a call” from the Executive Branch for extraordinary sessions in Congress for the “second half of January.”
“The issues are obviously impeachment and other issues that are economic, and they are being defined”complete.
In turn, he stated that the president Alberto Fernández handed over to the authorities of the Political Judgment Commission of the Chamber of Deputies and the leadership of the official bloc in the body the request for impeachment of the members of the Court, agreed with provincial leaders.
The spokesperson left open the “possibility that other governors” join the drive for the initiative, while the request is being processed in the Political Judgment Commission, and also evaluated that “other actors from civil, political, and union society can express themselves.” on the subject in the framework of the process.
Cerruti said that Bordet “changed his position”
The presidential spokesperson explained that the governor of Entre Ríos had anticipated “his support” for the request for impeachment against the members of the Supreme Court of Justice presented by President Alberto Fernández, however the provincial president “changed his position” later.
“Governor Gustavo Bordet participated in the meeting (last Tuesday) and anticipated his support for the impeachment request, which is why he was included in the statement. He later repented and changed his position. Most of the governors share the concern by the actions of the Court”, Cerruti assured in the framework of the press conference offered this morning at Casa Rosada.
The President and several governors agreed to jointly promote the impeachment of the four members of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rozenkrantz, Ricardo Lorenzetti and Juan Carlos Maqueda) accusing them of “poor performance of their duties” and “manifests partiality” when issuing rulings.
The dissemination of D’Alessandro’s chats “are part of the internal” of JxC
Cerruti asked Rodríguez Larreta to explain his relationship with businessman Marcelo Violante
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Cerruti assured that the dissemination of the chats involving the Buenos Aires Minister of Security and Justice, Marcelo D’Alessandro, who requested a leave from his position, “has to do with an inmate” of Together for Change (JxC).
“This government ended with the basements of democracy and does not spy. The macrismo created a monster and now uses it in its internal“Cerruti remarked this morning at his usual Thursday press conference at the Casa Rosada, referring to illegal espionage.
The official referred in this way to the leaking of chat messages attributed to the Buenos Aires Minister and to the conversations that he would have had with businessman Marcelo Violante, who in those exchanges asked to be favored in the concession of the car haulage service that he manages in the Buenos aires city.
“It’s been a long time since Political leaders have been denouncing Violante, including the Buenos Aires Audit Office. This businessman received an unusual amount of money directly in cash that was transferred to him by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, at that time in charge of Mauricio Macri“, recalled the spokesperson, a former legislator from Buenos Aires.
“The whole system of cranes and hauling had a collection effect and they collected fortunes and we have always denounced that this was the box of the macrismo policy, the box of (the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez) Larreta and that is what now It is important that I explain. It does not matter if there are chats or no chats,” he stressed.
In parallel, Cerruti said that Probably that money has gone to the system set up by Rodríguez Larreta to “have impunity through the silence of many journalists and many media”.
In another section of the conference, he explained that the head of state “believes that these 40 years of democracy”, which will be celebrated this year, “is an opportunity to agree on issues that are still pending and that have to be policies of Condition”.
“We are going to 2023 for the objective of lowering inflation and raising wages”
The spokeswoman highlighted “the drop in unemployment, the drop in inflation and record exports” as achievements made by economic management in 2022.
“There was no adjustment, employment grew and we are going in 2023 for the objective of lowering inflation and raising wages,” he said.
