2023-11-20 17:02:50
Cristina Kirchner will travel to Italy this week to speak at a Neapolitan university about “democratic dissatisfaction,” within the framework of the anniversary of 40 years of democracy in Argentina.
From those around them, they are seeking for the vice president to be transferred to Europe on the new presidential plane.
“It is not yet ordered but there is advance notice for the use of the ARG-01 plane on said journey,” a qualified government source told Clarín.
Controversy over Cristina Kirchner’s trip to Italy
The controversy would be that the eventual transfer on the Boeing 757-256 would not be for a task that had to do with her role as vice president but with a master class that she would present at the Federico II University, the most prestigious in Naples, at the who was invited this week.
In the General Secretariat of the Presidency, meanwhile, they argued that the flagship aircraft “was not requested” by the former president’s advisors, as usually happens with other units during their recurring trips to El Calafate. Even a source consulted maintained that the successor to the Tango 01 has a pending “inspection of the fuel tanks,” so it would not be operational.
However, other sources linked to the presidential air fleet said that “the crew” of the ARG-01 is preparing to participate in a trip to Italy. between November 21 and 29, and that the aforementioned inspection was postponed.
The use of the government fleet is governed by decrees No. 50/2019 and No. 194/2020, issued by the current administration, which enables the General Directorate of Logistics, dependent on the General Secretariat, to “execute and supervise activities related to the air transfers of the President of the Nation and those expressly entrusted to him by the Undersecretary of General Planning for the members of the Executive Branch.”
Likewise, Casa Militar does not recommend travel by senior officials on commercial airlines for security reasons.
But the controversy in the case of the journey that Cristina would undertake towards the city where Diego Maradona is an idol, would be in the activities that the former president would carry out there.
Without an informed official mission, it would be difficult to argue for the use of the main Presidency aircraft, which It would require an approximate expense of US$ 500 thousand in payment for fuel, parking (at Italian airports) and taxes.
An unconfirmed version indicates that the former president would try to take advantage of her stay in the peninsula to be able to meet with Pope Francis at the Santa Marta residence. Ecclesiastical sources consulted did not confirm whether this meeting would finally take place but highlighted that there was a rapprochement between the two after the attack perpetrated by Fernando Sabag Montiel on September 1, 2022.
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