The former Argentinean president Cristina Fernandez (2007-2015) called this Thursday “dictatorzuelo” to the president Javier Milei for his decision to to take away his pension that he receives for having occupied the office of Head of State.
“The only thing you were missing, Milei.!!! Now it turns out that, besides being the head of the Executive Branch, you want to create and preside over a ‘Court of Honor’ to judge the honor, merit and good performance in office of the former presidents and former president of the Nation. And to top it all off… A court with powers to set and apply accessory penalties to those of the Judiciary?”, reacted Fernandez through X.
Milei’s government announced this Thursday that it will withdraw the pension that Fernandez receives for having served as Head of State, after the Judiciary confirmed this Wednesday in second instance a conviction against her in a case for irregularities in the concession of road works. during her administration and that of her husband and predecessor, the deceased Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007). In addition, her pension will be withdrawn as Kirchner’s widow.
In justifying its decision, the Government said that Cristina Fernández “was condemned by the Criminal Cassation Chamber for being author of the crime of fraudulent administrationwhich represents the opposite of honor, merit and good performance”. “You are so off axis that the little dictator you always had inside you is appearing”, said the former president, who said that the Argentines who voted “in good faith” for Milei in 2023 “will never regret having done so”.
Fernández may appeal before the Supreme Court the conviction issued this Wednesday to six years of imprisonment and perpetual disqualification to hold public office and, if she does so, the sentence is suspended until the highest court issues its decision, for which the Supreme Court has no deadlines. In his message in X, Fernandez wondered if Milei wants to associate himself with the “judicial mafia” to persecute it as well. “I tell you that to the dictator (Jorge) Videla. I was afraid of him, and very much so. But you only make me feel sorry for you and embarrassed,” she said.
Fernández said that the decision announced this Thursday by Milei’s government is “illegal” because the pensions for former presidents are “illegal”. are not granted for good performancebut for the “merit” of having been elected as heads of state by popular vote. He further alleged that “the bad performance of a president can only be judged by the Congress of the Nation through the constitutional process of impeachment during the exercise of the mandate”.
“Only the people, through their representatives, can revoke the honor and merit of having been elected President of the Nation. What part do you not understand, Milei? Basic Constitutional Law. To think that there are people who voted for you believing you knew a lot“, he commented.