The former president, protected by parliamentary immunity, was found guilty on Tuesday from “fraudulent administration” to the damage of the State.
Mo12345lemonde with AFP
The Argentine vice-president, Cristina Kirchner, was sentenced Tuesday December 6 to six years in prison, even if her parliamentary immunity preserves her, and to life ineligibility, after a fraud and fraud trial and corruption. The alleged facts went back to its presidential mandates, between 2007 and 2015.
Cristina Kirchner, 69, was found guilty of “fraudulent administration” in the prejudice of the State, in this trial relating to public contracts in her political stronghold of Santa Cruz (South), while She herself headed the country.
Twelve years in prison had been required in August against the senator, who has always denied any embezzlement, and denounced a political trial led according to her by judges instrumentalized by the right -wing opposition, in particular the “macriste” camp, In reference to his successor to the presidency (2015-2019), the Liberal Mauricio Macri.
attempted assassination in August
Her post as president of the Senate, synonymous with parliamentary immunity, will avoid Cristina Kirchner the prison. Immunity would continue if it found a mandate thanks to the general elections of October 2023. Her sentence could not be effective until the end of several appeals, of which possibly before the Supreme Court, which could take several years.
In August, the indictment had sparked large demonstrations of support for M Me Kirchner, in several cities of Argentina, and several evenings under the windows of his home in Buenos Aires, giving rise to clashes with the police. It is in this context that, the 1 er September, a shooter emerged from the crowd to try to assassinate the ex-president, pointing his weapon a few centimeters from his face and shooting on Relaxation, without however no ball to come out.
Eight of the twelve coaccusted trials, including a building entrepreneur, ex-responsible for the road construction site, were sentenced to sentences of three and a half to six years in prison. Three others were relaxed, while another benefited from a prescription.