translated from Spanish: Following the Court’s ruling, they call for a “solidarity hug” in support of Boudou

Social, political and human rights organizations will today hold a “solidarity embrace” in support of the former Vice-President of the Nation, Amado Boudou, after the Supreme Court of Justice stood firm for the sentence to 5 years in prison of the former official in the ciccone calcographic case.The meeting is convened by 13 o’o’o’o’o’am at the Porteño Courthouse of Justice , where the highest court operates, as it was convened by the Argentine League for Human Rights, ATE Capital and Curas en Option for the Poor. “We will not wait for the judge to refer you or not to house prison. The best way to support our national and popular government is to combat the lawfare that so damaging democracy,” the organizers said in a statement.

They adhered to the call Cures in Choice For the Poor, Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Founding Line, Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (APDH), Ecumenical Movement for HRDs and Relatives of Missing and Detained for political reasons, among other organizations. Yesterday, the five members of the high court declared Boudou’s defence “inadmissible” by refusing extraordinary recourse to the Court, the last instance of the justice system. The former Vice-President, along with other defendants, was tried by Federal Oral Court No. 4 for crimes of passive bribery and negotiations incompatible with the civil service. Boudou’s sentence to 5 years and 10 months in prison was upheld in September last year by the Federal Chamber of Criminal Appeal and it was then that the former minister of economy filed an appeal for the Court to overturn the ruling.

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