05/10/2020 - 20:16
- Clarín.com
- Politics
Unthought. An unfavorable scenario in general terms, finally, benefited the judicial situation of Cristina Kirchner . In the midst of the pandemic by Covid19, several decisions taken in Comodoro Py presented a better panorama for the former president, processed in eight cases and all of them brought to trial. Hearings that for the moment will not be resumed, new lawsuits that until 2021 are not likely to begin, requests to annul other causes, and the possibility of recovering the management of their companies and hotels.
The country has been in social, preventive and compulsory isolation since March 20. The fourth phase, which will start from May 10, leaves the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires out of flexibility in many aspects. The Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) before each of the extensions decreed by the national government, was extending the extraordinary judicial fair. The last one contemplated the possibility of expanding the actions of the jurisdiction, understanding that they exceeded 40 days, the normal period of any recess.
During this weekend, the Supreme Court analyzes whether the opening of other jurisdictions that have not been fully operational for more than 50 days will be enabled. In Comodoro Py, the forum that investigates corruption and money laundering, for the most part, some measures were adopted so that in the third expansion, the judges would treat other issues outside of those strictly related to a fair.
These months, some of the decisions adopted ended up favoring Cristina Kirchner for whom another judicial scenario was expected so far this year. On May 21 it will be a year since she began to be judged for the alleged corruption in public works with Lázaro Báez - the beneficiary of 51 contracts for $ 46,000 million. Julio De Vido. José López, and thirteen other accused. The Federal Oral Court 2 (TOF 2) in charge of the trial, estimated by now, to have more advanced testimonial statements that are more than one hundred.
The judicial calendar was affected by the Covid19 pandemic, delaying all deadlines. The trial was suspended and at a request from prosecutor Diego Luciani in which he raised the possibility of resuming the hearings online, the TOF 2 argued that current conditions do not allow such a thing. He asked the Judicial Council for improvements in virtual media, since to think about a resumption of all the accused, plus their lawyers and the accusing parties in Comodoro Py, is impossible today. The judges explained that even using the AMIA Room, the largest is not possible there, respecting the required social distance. Only as a first factor.
Consequently, it will not be until the end of the pandemic - something that no one can specify when it will be - that the first and main trial for alleged corruption against the vice president will not restart.
The truth is that beyond the pandemic and the presentations of lawyers to delay the cases, Justice also seems to adapt to the new power. The judges - experts in rearrangements - begin to move with greater caution when it comes to cases involving the vice president.
Although TOF 5 presided over by Judge Daniel Obligado (who granted Amado Boudou house arrest) estimated to start the money laundering trial against the Kirchner family -Hotesur and Los Sauces-, after half the year, those deadlines were set. It will not be until 2021 that hearings can begin, and nothing would happen until the second semester.
In these cases where money laundering maneuvers for more than $ 100 million were investigated, through the two companies whose owners are currently Máximo and Florencia Kirchner, the firms have been intervened three years ago. In the same situation is the Condominium that manages the 25 properties from the succession of the former President. TOF 5 required reports to the judicial controllers, and does not rule out returning the administration of everything to the Kirchner family. Another favorable news for which the lawyer Carlos Beraldi has been claiming for a long time.
The cause known as the Cuadernos de las Coimas, where the vice president has three prosecutions as the head of the illicit association that was dedicated to raising illegal funds, which were paid by state contractor entrepreneurs, has a long way to go. The TOF 8 before the start of the pandemic was in the stage of offering evidence, but this requires that the parties, more than 52 defendants, access the hundreds of bodies that make up the file since not everything is uploaded to the online system.
