As March 9 arrives, the day that Oral Court No. 2 will announce the foundations of the Public Works trial where it was sentenced at first instance to six years in prison and disqualification from holding public officeVice President Cristina Kirchner awaits what may happen in the coming days on the first floor of the Comodoro Py courts.
The Federal Chamber of Cassation works there, the highest criminal court in the country, which has in its hands the possibility of ordering the trials of two cases where the vice president was dismissed in the first instance along with several former officials of her management.
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The result, favorable or not, will continue with the focus on Cristina herself and her judicial situation also for the so-called Cause of the notebooks that although it is under debate, it is expected that the Oral Court No. 7 will have the start date; all this framed in an election year that promises to be intense.
Chamber I of Cassation, made up of judges, is studying the Memorandum with Iran and Los Sauces-Hotesur, two files in which Cristina obtained her dismissal by two different oral courts, but which were appealed.
Not a minor fact is that the same room that has to raise its decision in both cases dismissed it in Future Dollar.
In the latter, the decision was appealed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and is under analysis by the Supreme Court of Justice with the opinion of the Attorney General Eduardo Casal, so that the trial can be carried out.
In the Memorandum case, judges Daniel Obligado, José Michilini and Gabriela López Iñíguez of the Federal Oral Court No. 8 concluded that the crime of aggravated concealment did not exist and ordered the dismissal of the vice president and the rest of the defendants, among they, Senator Oscar Parrilli; the leader of Miles Luis D’Elía; Juan Martín Mena, Vice Minister of Justice; the Treasury Attorney, Carlos Zannini and Andrés “Cuervo” Larroque, Buenos Aires Minister of Development.
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This file was prompted by the complaint of the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman who founded the existence of a pact between Argentina and the Islamic Republic of Iran through a document (memorandum) of understanding to prevent the investigation of various Iranian officials for the bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA).
On the other hand and in Los Sauces-Hotesur, the accusation against Cristina along with her children Máximo and Florencia was for allegedly laundering assets consigned by businessmen from Santa Cruz Lázaro Báez and Cristóbal López through properties and hotels owned by the Kirchner family.
In its opportunity and by majority, Oral Court No. 5, with the votes of judges Daniel Obligado and Adrián Grünberg, upheld the absence of a crime. However, the prosecutor before that court, Diego Velasco, appealed that decision, which was also upheld by his appealing party, Mario Villar.
In November of last year, the matchmakers Figueroa, Barroetaveña and Petrone led a series of virtual hearings for the two files, where the accusing parties before the judges orally reissued the reasons why the trials must be held.
In the case of the defense of the vice president for the Memorandum and Hotesur-Los Sauces they presented two separate briefs in which they demanded that the dismissals be maintained and that these cases be definitively closed.
With the deadline expired, the expectation is focused on when the Cassation can make a decision. Although this did not happen before the fair, judicial sources linked to both cases suggest that there is a very high possibility that it could be before the end of the first quarter.
* Posted on 5/2 and edited on 7/2/2023
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