Argentine President Alberto Fernández said today that Vice-President Cristina Fernández’s sentencing is the result of a sham trial that violated due process.
Photo: taken from PL
The Federal Court of Justice 2 today sentenced the Senate chairman to six years in prison and permanent disqualification from office for alleged administrative fraud to the detriment of public administration.
This ruling corresponds to the so-called road cause for alleged irregularities in the awarding of 51 works in the province of Santa Cruz between 2003 and 2015, facts the vice president has denied and denied during three years of hearings.
An innocent person was sentenced today in Argentina, someone whom those in power tried to stigmatize through the media and who was being hounded by smug judges who fly around in private planes and go to luxury villas at the weekend, the president said.
I can’t help but be moved by the sentence. It was the result of a judicial proceeding that failed to observe the minimum forms of due process, he added.
The president also criticized the violation of the principle of not attempting the same act twice.
It is not explained how someone who is not available and unable to make decisions in public tenders can operate fraudulently. When politics goes to court, justice disappears. That’s what happened in this case, he said.
The die was cast from the start and all that was needed was an exercise initiated by one of the judges who was enjoying a trip paid for by Grupo Clarín (Julián Ercolini), he pointed out.
The head of state expressed his solidarity with the vice president and assured her that she was the victim of an absolutely unfair persecution.
I know your innocence. All good men and women who love democracy and the rule of law must stand by her, he said.
(Taken from Latin Press)