Vice President Cristina Kirchner echoed the words of the Federal Chamber of Criminal Appeal, who recounted the pressures received during the period in which Mauricio Macri, and noted against the current Attorney General of the City of Buenos Aires, Juan Bautista Mahiques.
I have just heard in @AM750 Judge Ana María Figueroa of the Federal Chamber of Criminal Appeal, telling how she was pressured by Juan Bautista Mahíques, former counsellor of the Magistracy by the Executive in the government of Mauricio Macri, as part of the Memo case of Iran.—Cristina Kirchner (@CFKArgentina)
May 2, 2020
“There is a real independence from the judiciary and we have moved a pre-government stage where there was great pressure, I have been a victim,” Figueroa said in dialogue with Radio 750. Referring promptly to the case for the Memorandum with Iran, where Cristina Kirchner was charged along with other officials, the former president recalled her former chancellor, Hector Timmerman.
“The first image that came to mind was that of Hector Timerman’s emaciated face, sick and imprisoned at his home. I believe that those who were illegitimately deprived of their freedom for months in that cause, other ghosts must have gone through their thoughts,” CFK wrote.
The first image that came to mind was that of Hector Timerman’s emaciated face, sick and imprisoned at his home. I believe that those who were illegitimately deprived of their freedom for months in that cause, other ghosts must have gone through their thoughts.—Cristina Kirchner (@CFKArgentina)
May 2, 2020
And then came the most controversial part, where he pointed to Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, who appointed Mahiques as Attorney General: “What image… What thoughts will go through Horacio Rodríguez Larreta’s head, learning that Mahiques squeezes judges and judges to get a la carte ruling?” Since the coronavirus crisis, the head of government of the City of Buenos Aires forged an important relationship with the administration of Alberto Fernández.
Will we see tomorrow, in the main tapas on Sunday, this very serious and unprecedented complaint? You say that’s a lot of questions? Well… I confess that quarantine has made me a little existential… Equally, I’ll bet a thousand to one that doesn’t.—Cristina Kirchner (@CFKArgentina)
May 2, 2020
“Will we see tomorrow, in the main tapas on Sunday, this very serious and unprecedented denunciation? You say that’s a lot of questions? Well… I confess that quarantine has made me a little existential… Equally, I’ll bet a thousand to one I don’t,” the vice president concluded.
