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Fiesta in Olivos: the President and the First Lady would have to pay a fine for violating the quarantine

2021-08-14T20:52:26.687Z


Former judge and criminal lawyer Eduardo Gerome warned that Alberto Fernández "committed a crime and must pay for it."


08/14/2021 5:22 PM

  • Clarín.com

  • Politics

Updated 08/14/2021 5:43 PM

After the controversy generated by the dissemination of the photo of President Alberto Fernández at the birthday celebration of the first lady Fabiola Yáñez on July 14, 2020 in Quinta de Olivos, the former judge and criminal lawyer

Eduardo Gerome

considered that both

"have to pay "

for the" crime "they committed.

"The established fines do not see why the first lady and the President do not have to pay them. Does he have a crown? He has to lead by example," Gernome said in statements to

Clarín.

When asked about the crime committed by Fernández and Yáñez, as well as those who attended the birthday party, the criminal lawyer replied: "To prevent the spread of the epidemic, it

was established that social gatherings could not be held, because the law

. Well, the President and the others

committed that crime

. " 

"

Article 205 of the Penal Code

speaks of

violating the measures adopted by the authority to prevent

the introduction or

spread of an epidemic.

Well, exactly Article 205 was committed by all those who were at that meeting," he said.

The birthday of the first lady in full strict forty on July 14, 2020.

Regarding the penalties that the breach of article 205 implies, he specified: "

It has a penalty of up to two years in prison

. It is not simply a fine, it is a crime. The crime was committed by the President, who is the one who must set an example to the society that if he commits a crime he pays for it ".

"There is a crime called breach of the duties of a public official, which is to breach the laws that he should observe. So,

there may also be a breach of the duties of a public official

, because he is breaching the laws that he himself dictated." stressed.

Along these lines, Gerome questioned: "He (Alberto Fernández)

does not have a crown, he would have to be the example not the exception

. Moreover, he should have reported himself and said 'I committed a crime, I go to court and they investigate me ".

"The President, far from being exempted from complying with the law, is the first to comply with it, because the only preaching is by example," the lawyer emphasized.

Finally, he affirmed that "the guests must also pay the fine", and clarified: "Their fine does not worry me because nobody knows them. I do worry about the

example that the President and his wife have to set before the population."

A barrage of fines for violating the quarantine

In the City of Buenos Aires, since March 20, when the Preventive and Compulsory Social Isolation (ASPO) was decreed to November 6, when it ceased,

there were 3,069 people detained and another 47,129 were delayed

, notified or transferred to the home for violating quarantine.

In addition, according to data accessed by Clarín, at the same time line 147 attended a total of

61,695 complaints for violation of the quarantine

established by the Government and 512 vehicles were hijacked, mostly because they did not have a driving license.

For its part, since the beginning of the restrictions, the Government Control Agency (AGC)

closed 250 bars and restaurants for not complying with the protocols

.

There were 70 throughout 2020 and 180 so far this year.

In the province of Buenos Aires there were also a large number of records and complaints of quarantine violations.

For each case, in only one of the Buenos Aires Police departments, 168 infractions were made for clandestine parties and 1280 minutes were drawn up for violating the restrictions.

The case of the premier fined for a birthday


Erna Solberg, Premier of Norway.

One of the cases of quarantine violation in the face of the coronavirus pandemic was carried out by the Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, who had to pay a fine of almost 2,000 euros for breaching the restrictions imposed by her own government.

Police spokesman Ole Saeverud indicated that the fine is due to the president's attendance at a birthday party, as reported by the NRK chain.

Solberg had already admitted that he violated the measures in force last February when he attended a family event at a ski resort.

At each of the meetings the prime minister attended, there were about 15 people, while the maximum number was 10.

"I should have known," said the Prime Minister of Norway when she apologized for her actions, and acknowledged that someone like her, who tells people how to take care of the virus "must know the measures."

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Source: clarin

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