On the 6th of this month, the Federal Court of Justice 2 sentenced the Vice President to six years in prison and permanent removal from office for alleged administrative fraud against the public administration.
After learning of the verdict, the former head of state pointed to the existence of a parallel state, a mafia and a judicial party prosecuting her for crimes she did not commit, and ruled out running for the 2023 elections.
The only resignation that Peronism had was that of Eva Perón (1919-1952). Here, too, there is no self-exclusion, but prohibitions. This strategy is not new. The first thing they did was put together a process with precision and an almost surgical chronology, as this day emphasized.
They decided to put me on the defendant’s bench on May 21, 2019, 15 days before the deadlines for setting up the electoral fronts that would contest the presidency of the nation. I dismantled that maneuver when I announced an alliance with Alberto Fernández, he added.
He also stated that the trial against him has been extended until the arrival of the next voting shift and the reasoning behind his sentence will be read out on March 9, 2023.
That day, but in 1956, Decree 4161 was published in the Official Gazette, forbidding saying the words Perón (Juan Domingo, 1895-1974) and Evita and singing Our March, he recalled.
Likewise, he claimed the ban was an act to discipline Argentina’s political leadership and ensure that no one dared to take any action for the good of the citizens.
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