Argentine anti corruption office drops two cases against Cristina Kirchner and siblings
In the midst of the pandemic Argentine vice president,
Cristina Fernandez managed one of the objectives that the opposition claims
were part of the political agreement with current head of state Alberto
Fernandez, who was elected with the landslide of votes from the former
president.
In effect last week the Argentine Anti Corruption Office
announced that it was withdrawing as a plaintiff in the money laundering court
cases involving the Kirchner family, mother Cristina and siblings Maximo and
Florencia.
Lawyers from the Anti Corruption Office headed by ex
prosecutor Felix Crorus said that the monitoring of the case belongs more to
the Ministry of Economy Unit of Financial Information, which precisely
specializes in money laundering, plus the fact his office has limited resources
to address past cases.
The money laundering scheme was simple, in exchange for
public works contracts to Kirchner family close friends, the entrepreneurs
Lazaro Baez and Cristobal Lopez would supposedly keep the hotels fully “booked”
at above market rates for years, but actually were never occupied.
Crous also happens to be “K” militant and a close ally of
Cristina Kirchner. The former prosecutor is part of a grouping called
“Legitimate Justice” which pretends to demand politicians and media who were
involved in “ill intended” investigations to compromise the good name and honor
of progressive leaders such as Cristina Fernandez, Lula da Silva, Evo Morales,
Rafael Correa. This is also part of the so called “lawfare” campaign Cristina
Fernandez claims has been launched against the good name of her deceased
husband, herself and children.
Crous decision triggered an immediate complaint from the
opposition who want him summoned to congress. Furthermore they accused
president Alberto Fernandez of “consecrating impunity for the corruption of his
vice president, Cristina Kirchner”
Likewise the opposition recalled that president Fernandez in
his inauguration speech, 10 December, he promised to give the Anti Corruption
Office more funds, tools and independence to fulfill its purpose. However it
was not long before the office following on a presidential decree became a
dependency from the Executive, and a Kirchnerite militant was named to head it.
Finally to make things look like an anniversary achievement,
precisely this month a year ago an agreement was sealed between Cristina Fernandez
and Alberto Fernandez who was invited to head the presidential ticket which
overwhelmingly won October's presidential election.
“We're facing a systematic plan to guarantee impunity to all
those investigated for corruption” pointed out the release signed by the three
leaders of the opposition coalition.
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