Judges of Cassation Chamber Diego Baroitafina, Daniel Petron and Carlos Mahikis today rejected the extraordinary appeal of Christina Kirchner To avoid prosecution in the case in which the signing of the memorandum with Iran is being investigated. They said so “Institutional seriousness has not been established.” To enable the intervention of the country’s Supreme Court of Justice.
Now the defense can appeal to the court through a complaint. In any case, progress can be made in organizing the oral trial. There is precedent from Court Olariaga indicating that the ruling can be implemented when the extraordinary appeal is rejected, and from that moment it is possible to proceed with the trial.
Moreover, the judges rejected Carlos’s extraordinary appeals. Alberto Zanini, Juan Martin MenaAngelina Maria Esther Abuna, Andres Larocque And Oscar Barelli.
“The decision that the country’s Supreme Court of Justice is being asked to reconsider cannot be declared, because what has been resolved by this chamber does not constitute a final ruling and cannot be considered comparable to such,” Cassation judges Paroitavina, Petron and Maheks said. It does not terminate the procedure, nor does it prevent its continuationThe party does not prove that subsequent repair is impossible or insufficient.
Parwitavina and Basu had decided a month ago to refuse to reopen the memorandum case with Iran and ordered an oral trial. It is this decision that Christina Kirchner seeks to have the court reconsidered through this appeal, which was rejected. “An extraordinary appeal requires, among other requirements of its origin, that it contain the substance of the proposition on which it is based to argue a federal case, which does not happen in this type,” the judges noted.
In addition, they stated that the defendants relied their resources on “reissuing proposals that received a favorable response,” that no federal problem had been demonstrated, and that “no presumption of institutional seriousness in the case had been observed or demonstrated” to enable the jurisdiction of the country’s Supreme Court. “
The judges who will preside over the trial were chosen on Thursday. They are Andres Basso, Rodrigo Jimenez Uriburu And Javier Rios. Two of them – Basso and Jimenez Uriburu- Christina Kirchner has already been convicted in the road case Up to six years in prison. Basso voted against and ruled for a more serious sentence, because in addition to fraud, he understood that she should be found guilty of illicit association. Last week, Basu was also elected president of the federation Association of National Judges and Justice Officials By Bordeaux List, the most critical of the government.
The third judge appointed for the case of signing the agreement with Iran is Javier Rios, which tried and acquitted Cristobal Lopez in the combustible petroleum materials case, and convicted Ricardo Echegaray in that case. Now, after notification of the consolidation of the court, a three-day period is opened in which the accused in the memorandum case can challenge the judges to the extent that they understand that they are not giving them guarantees of impartiality.
As for Jimenez Uriburu, Cristina Kirchner’s defense questioned him during the Vialdad case because he indicated that he played amateur football in the team. Liverpool With the prosecutor Diego Luciani On one occasion, he participated in the tournament held in Villa Los Abrojos Mauricio Macri. This challenge by Jiménez Uriburu was rejected.
