Life after Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona has already left.

Everything else remains: the political row over the chaotic wake, the investigation into the hours before death and an inheritance of still undetermined volume, which must be shared by a very large family and not very well avenged.

It will take months, or years, to unravel the events of the last few days and resolve the legacy.

At the moment, the President of the Republic, Alberto Fernández, has been criminally denounced for violating the quarantine decrees that he himself signed and "contributing to the spread of the virus."

There is yet another point of conflict that will probably deepen over time.

The Argentine footballer was buried in a private cemetery, Bella Vista, to which the general public does not have access.

The only people authorized to visit the tomb of the idol are, more or less, those who were present at the burial: around thirty.

It is difficult to imagine that the physical memory of a popular hero like Maradona can remain forever hidden.

Even for the meanest reasons: it is a tomb of high tourist interest.

What is immediate are the political repercussions.

President Alberto Fernández wanted to get political profit from the last goodbye to Maradona, installing the burning chapel in the Casa Rosada, and the move went wrong.

The assault on the presidential palace was broadcast live on televisions around the world, as were the police charges.

Fernández tried the next day to clear responsibilities and blamed the City Police, under Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (head of the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires), for the "excessive action" of the riot police.

President Alberto Fernández wanted to get political profit and the play went wrong

Fernández assured that the situation inside the Casa Rosada "was never out of control."

It is a way of seeing it.

If the presence of dozens of unauthorized people inside, or the launching of tear gas, or the demolition of a bust, or the hasty closure of the wake room, or the image of a president trying to calm things down from the second floor provided with a megaphone, can be interpreted together as a controlled situation, the president is likely right.

In any case, it is a fact that the coordination of the ceremonies with Maradona's family was lousy.

Sanitary standards

Then there is the breaking of the rules to combat the pandemic.

Many Argentines have had, and still have, to remotely fire their deceased relatives.

It was hurtful that in Maradona's case there were no restrictions.

The leaders of a small liberal party, Republicanos Unidos, have filed a criminal complaint against the president for violating the health standards established in various government decrees.

"The head of state has violated one of the fundamental principles established by our law, the principle of equality," the complainants said.

"A double standard for funerals is being established," they added, depending on whether you are famous or not.

Then the inheritance will come.

He had seven siblings, an ex-wife, two daughters of the marriage, two sons-in-law, three recognized extramarital children, three alleged sons and three grandchildren

Apart from that, in a short time it will be known whether the physical proximity of so many people (hundreds of thousands of people) and the general absence of masks was a massive contagion.

The infectologists fear that this was the case.

In a short time the fight for the inheritance will also begin.

Diego Armando Maradona had seven brothers, an ex-wife, two daughters born within the marriage, two sons-in-law (including soccer player Sergio Agüero), three other recognized extramarital children, three supposed Cuban children who demand to be recognized (Maradona's lawyer, Matías Morla , suggests they have possibilities), and three grandchildren.

In addition, the lawsuit he had with his ex-wife, Claudia Villafañe, for misappropriation and tax fraud remains unresolved.

This group of people has rights to a rather confusing heritage: in addition to money, the amount of which is unknown, there are two apartments in Villa Devoto, an apartment in the luxurious neighborhood of Puerto Madero, a house in Nordelta (inhabited by the sisters), and another in Bellavista (where the ex-partner Rocío Oliva lives).

There are also two luxury vehicles, a Rolls Royce and a sports BMW valued at 120,000 euros, which stayed in Dubai, and another four cars in Argentina.

And then an almost endless list of items that could fetch very high prices at auction.