Nicolás Wiñazki
03/01/2020 - 20:38
- Clarín.com
- Politics
The President and the Vice walked together before beginning the opening of the ordinary sessions of the Congress. It was hot. Rarely could the television cameras take pictures of the man and woman who share power in Argentina. There is an unease between them, especially on the part of the vice towards his "boss" in the papers, to whom he still fails to delegate areas of government in peace and without distrust and, above all, relevant political decisions. It was then that she, just before entering the chamber of the lower house, tells him a couple of phrases that did not get to take the audio from the microphones. The president of the lower house, Sergio Massa, is seen standing near them.
Vice Fernandez walks with the President, they stop at the end of the tour together, and says, uncomfortable: "Here it was over, here it was over, here it was over, ready, enough, thank you." And it goes on: "No, it's over here, enough, here it's over, ready, thanks." The video of the moment went viral and because of the gestures, for those who want an explicit dispute between the Fernández, it is a scene of two friends and political allies with a broken link. The sayings of the vice could be reconstructed by the TN channel thanks to a sign language specialist, teacher of the hearing impaired and therefore an expert in lip reading. He prefers that his name not be disseminated.
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- Claudio Savoia (@claudiosavoia) March 1, 2020The truth is that, despite the fact that between the President and the vice they do not have a good moment of understanding and political harmony, the situation filmed is not a sign of the tension with which they go through this stage. According to ceremonial sources who participated in yesterday's act, what they were talking about at that moment, in fact, had to do with a question that the President had asked his vice. She held his position for eight years: "How is this part? Are we done? What else do we have to do?"
Vice Fernández was explaining the different actions that should be carried out by tradition, such as the signing of visitors to the Congress at the opening of the legislative sessions of 2020, and also the same about a large National Constitution that is installed there in each act Similary. This newspaper wanted to get more details of this scene that impacted the networks of a witness who seems to have witnessed and heard everything, Massa. The head of Deputies transmitted that he would not comment on the matter because an episode would be oversized that, according to his spokesmen, did not have major importance.
After that "guide" dialogue from Cristina to Alberto, both entered the premises so that he has full prominence while reading his speech.
During the hour and twenty in which the President read what he considers to be achievements of his management, and advanced measures, another moment occurred that indicates that they think very differently about sensitive management plans.
The most obvious has to do with the judicial reform that President Fernández planned to, in his opinion and that of a handful of officials of his absolute confidence, improve the Justice service.
The President presented what he had analyzed with his main advisors. As Clarín had advanced, Fernández announced that a kind of new federal jurisdiction would be created to investigate corruption crimes (among others) in which more magistrates from jurisdictions such as the Buenos Aires suburbs, and even the Santa Fe city of Rosario would be incorporated. To that would be added the implementation of the new Criminal Procedure Code regarding the establishment of the so-called accusatory system. That is, federal crime investigations.
To improve the effectiveness of the resolution of the cases, fifty prosecutors will be appointed. The judges that will be added to the draws of the files that are distributed today between the Courts of Comodoro Py 2002 will include magistrates who today work in the ordinary jurisdiction of the Federal Capital. And colleagues who work in the Criminal and Economic jurisdiction. According to official sources, the vice de Fernández is very upset about this new presidential plan. Stalked by different criminal cases, most of which have already been raised for oral trial, she would have preferred to "take over" the Judiciary with her own judges and prosecutors, in a more limited jurisdiction, which could allow her to "operate" in less courts and prosecutors in which new files could be disseminated against him, or that of his former officials.
Legal experts of his confidence explained to him in a meeting that was held at his political headquarters, the National Institute, the potential damages that the new judicial reform could cause to his interests.
The President knew about this disagreement but continued with what he considers to be a crucial project for his management: he believes that Justice will be improved and that that will transcend it. The gestures of annoyance contained by the vice when he heard Fernandez announce what she did not want to happen are obvious. Just look at that moment of the President's speech and observe the faces of the vice.
Discussions on that subject, and on many others in which both think differently, are not filmed. As it should, and it is logical that it happens between two leaders who sometimes agree, although in general they would not be finding that end for their differences, they develop in private.
The words that were reconstructed in their joint journey at the beginning of yesterday's act, were a minor episode of a much deeper debate.
The debates between them, as they were when he was head of her Cabinet, are in a much stronger tone.
It is information.
