President Milei used his social media accounts to support the ruling that sentenced former president Cristina Kirchner to six years in prison and disqualification from holding public office.

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«She is responsible of acts of corruption.» President Milei used his social media accounts to help the ruling that sentenced former president Cristina Kirchner to 6 years in jail and a lifetime disqualification from holding public workplace within the Vialidad case.

Throughout a noon assertion, Milei referred to the judicial ruling involving Cristina Kirchner. «She is responsible of acts of corruption,» acknowledged the president, reaffirming his stance as a libertarian chief and advocate for institutional transparency.

An hour after the Federal Chamber of Prison Cassation introduced its ruling, Milei wrote on his social media: «I bear in mind in the course of the marketing campaign we have been criticized for not taking a stance on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s culpability. Mockingly, these are the identical folks now calling for respect for the establishments.»

The president added that, below his administration, the Argentine justice system succeeded in confirming the conviction and lifelong disqualification of the previous president. «Right now, below this authorities, justice has been served,» he declared.

The sentence, signed by judges Gustavo Hornos, Mariano Borinsky, and Diego Barroetaveña from the IV Chamber of the Federal Prison Cassation Court docket, spans over 1,500 pages. The decision reaffirmed Kirchner’s culpability in acts of corruption.

Milei emphasised that this ruling makes it potential to claim, with none doubt, the accountability of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. «Corruption has no place in our Argentina,» concluded the president.

Nonetheless, the previous president will attraction the ruling to the Supreme Court docket of Justice, which can have the ultimate say within the case, persevering with to stir divisions throughout the nation.

For his half, the prosecutor earlier than the Cassation Court docket, Mario Villar, introduced that he would additionally attraction the absolution of Cristina Kirchner for illicit affiliation, in addition to the absolution of three different defendants, together with former Planning Minister Julio De Vido.

Villar confirmed that a rare attraction will probably be filed to overturn these acquittals. «We can not permit these crimes to go unpunished,» he acknowledged after the listening to.

In a dissenting opinion, Decide Gustavo Hornos supported the prosecutor’s argument and proposed growing the sentence for illicit affiliation, a stance that didn’t acquire majority help within the court docket.

Regardless of judicial progress, the sentence won’t be remaining till the Supreme Court docket points its definitive ruling. Within the meantime, the case stays a central subject within the nation’s political and media agenda.

This case is taken into account one of many largest corruption scandals in Argentina’s current historical past and continues to be a degree of rivalry amongst numerous political factions.

The Argentine public stays intently attentive to the result, which is anticipated to set a precedent within the struggle in opposition to corruption.