The United States asked this Tuesday to
"respect democratic institutions and the separation of powers"
in Argentina before the impeachment of the members of the Supreme Court promoted by the government of Alberto Fernández.
A State Department spokesman had already told Clarín before Christmas that he
was "closely following"
Fernández's threat to ignore the ruling for co-participation and the possible promotion of a political trial of the magistrates of the highest court.
Consulted again this Friday, a spokesman for the US Foreign Ministry also advanced with a request:
“We are aware of these reports.
We call on all actors in Argentina to respect democratic institutions and the separation of powers
," he told this correspondent.
The Government wants Congress to investigate "the conduct" of the judges of the Court, who ruled in favor of the City of Buenos Aires, a decision that will give more money to the opposition mayor and future presidential candidate Horacio Larreta.
He wants to start it as soon as possible in an extraordinary session.
The Biden government's response to the offensive against the Supreme Court is the latest reaction after a wave of rejections that the national government received on this issue.
Days ago, a
harsh report by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch
was published , which warned that the offensive against judges by the Argentine authorities "undermines the rule of law."
The organization's acting director for the Americas, Tamara Taraciuk, said in an interview with
Clarín
that they were "enormously" concerned about the "measures and "hostile rhetoric" of the Argentine authorities against the judiciary and that the request for a trial to the Court is "a very serious attack on democratic institutions" and "an outrage against the rule of law.