2023-07-12 21:23:47
Buenos Aires Correspondent
With Vice President Cristina Kirchner secluded in her office, the Frente de Todos suffered a heavy defeat in the Senatewhereor could get a quorum to deal with 75 judicial documents, including that of judge Ana María Figueroa (indicated for alleged ties to Kirchnerism) for the strategic Criminal Cassation Chamber.
The session this Wednesday failed due to the absence of three senators: Guillermo Snopek from Jujuy and Edgardo Kueider from Entre Ríos (both from the Federal Unit block) and Alberto Weretilneck from Río Negro, governor-elect of their province. The ruling party had perfect attendance, but it was not enough because 37 were needed and they reached 34.
Cristina did not chair the session, which was led by the interim president, Claudia Ledesma Abdala. The vice president arrived in the Senate when the debate had already foundered and she chose to tweet from her office, once again, about the recently inaugurated Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline.
The truth is Judge Figueroa turns 75 (the limit established in the National Constitution to carry out the position) on August 9, and if the Senate does not renew the mandate in the Chamber of Cassation for another five years (for which there is little time left), the magistrate must retire .
Figueroa is one of the judges who, along with Diego Barroetaveña and Daniel Petrone, He has in his hands the future sensitive causes for Kirchnerism: the most significant is Hotesur-Los Sauces, where they define whether Cristina will go to trial, but the magistrates also hear the case for the memorandum of understanding with Iran for the attack on the AMIA.
Why the senate session failed
Negotiations with Snopek and Kueider to reach a quorum were underway, but late on Wednesday they began to get bogged down for different reasons.
According to senior sources from the Frente de Todos, Snopek burst in at the last moment with a double proposal that they considered impossible to concede: on the one hand, the intervention of the PJ of Jujuyand on the other, whatedar as a pre-candidate for deputy of a single list of Unión por la Patria in the province, where three payrolls were presented.
In the case of Kueider, he was upset because this Tuesday his project was not ruled in commission to subsidize the electricity rate in Entre Ríos and the North. The man from Entre Ríos expected a concrete advance but he did not convince the Frente de Todos and finally he hardened his position, attracting Snopek with him.
The third absentee was Weretilneck, a regular ally who was in the Senate but conspicuously did not go down to the premises. Anyway, his mere presence was not enough either.
On the other hand, the Frente de Todos made a great effort to gather all its troops, with two paradigmatic cases: Marcelo Lewandowski, from Santa Fe, who traveled to be present during the campaign for governor; and Silvia Sapag from Neuquén, with health issues.
The Senate session failed: satisfaction in Together for Change
Together for Change he read the failure of the session as his own victory. “We are committed to the citizens who support us to put a stop to Cristina, to her impunity plan, to her purpose of manipulating legal cases, and today we have managed to ensure that a quorum is not obtained”, celebrated Alfredo Cornejo.
The head of the interblock spoke in this way at a press conference in the Hall of the Provinces, while the pro-government senators unloaded their anger on the premises. Luis Naidenoff, Carolina Losada, Humberto Schiavoni and Mariana Juri also participated.
“Us we aim to block some judge appointmentsparticularly Judge Figueroa, because there is a claim by Cristina Kirchner to postpone her stay in the Chamber of Cassation,” Cornejo warned.
The Senate session failed: the pro-government counterattack
From the premises, the ruling party charged the inks against Together for Change not only for block the judicial documents, but also the other laws on the agendasuch as medical care procedures against perinatal death, and coverage of treatments for precocious puberty.
As happened on another occasion with the zero alcohol law, the Frente de Todos filled the boxes with guests who went to claim the social laws. From his bench, José Mayans, head of the interblock, revealed that they offered Juntos por el Cambio to withdraw the documents from the agenda, but they received no response.
Another offer that would not have been answered either was to reduce the agenda to a single topic: the authorization for the entry and exit of troops to participate in combined exercises. It is a formal procedure that Congress must comply with and is requested by the Ministry of Defense; They warn that “never in Argentine history” has this guarantee not been provided.
“We cannot stop working, we cannot paralyze Congress”, Mayans complained, and pointed out that “there is an urgent need for Justice to work” but Together for Change hinders the specifications despite the fact that, except for Figueroa, “practically all have no objections or challenges”.
In the same sense, the deputy head of the interblock, Anabel Fernández Sagasti, warned: “We offered to take out all the documents and deal with the issues of consensus, they did not even give us an answer. They waited behind the glass and left so we couldn’t work and they went to talk to the media, to tell lies.”
“If they don’t want Ana María Figueroa to continue being a judge, come here and say so.. At the hearing (of the Agreements Commission) they could not put her in trouble even once. They asked her all the questions they wanted and she answered them with great height, because she has an impeccable track record, ”sagasti recalled.
Finally, the Mendoza asserted: “Maybe it bothers them that there are judges appointed in Argentina who do not compromise with economic power, who are their bosses.”
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