Letters from the editor: It was justice, a lamentable image, a motive
It was justice
After years of demands and waiting, justice has been served. In a historic move, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is the first president of this democracy to be imprisoned and sentenced. The Court's decision does not erase the damage caused nor does it bring cause for celebration, as the negligence and neglect resulting from corruption have fatal consequences that we will continue to suffer for generations to come. But it represents a limit for those who believe they have impunity and believe that power is everything. The ruling came after due process, with legal channels respected and sufficient evidence that exposed the systematic corruption.
Let's be clear: this isn't about revenge or persecution, it's about justice. There will surely be no shortage of demonstrations, crackdowns, and accusations of "lawfare." But Cristina isn't a "shot dead woman who lives," but a convicted criminal who will go to prison. And with her sentence, she will pay for part of the damage caused. It was justice.
Enzo Scaletta
DNI 40.731.894
Regrettable image
The lamentable image of Cristina Kirchner dancing and waving to her supporters from the balcony after being sentenced contrasts with the seriousness shown by judges, prosecutors, and the Supreme Court in ending impunity in power, seeking to demonstrate to the world that from now on, there will be legal security in the country so that new, much-needed foreign capital can finally come and invest.
Mariano E. Correa
DNI 10.809.024
Reason
Cristina Kirchner, like Circe revived, knows that the microphone is her tool to cast a spell on her followers. That's why she uses and abuses it. However, an attentive listener discovers some aspects of her discourse that she seems to have missed. In response to her recent conviction for corruption, she claims in her defense that the judges who tried her are corrupt as a way of invalidating their decisions, since they are morally unfit to judge her. However, the former president never claims that she is not corrupt as a reason for the unfairness of the conviction, an argument that for any ordinary defendant should be the fundamental rationale of their defense, and which she does not consider relevant, implicitly acknowledging this accusation.
Hugo H. Campanelli
DNI 13.394.695
Dignity
He stole more than 10 years of savings in an AFJP (Financial Service Administration). He stole my tax refunds for purchases abroad. He stole my money daily as a result of immoral issuance. He stole my basic freedoms during the pandemic. He also stole the freedom to decide how to invest my money. He stole my quality of life in many ways, and the quality of public goods, which deteriorated beyond their worthy name. He stole my mental health, for which I had to pay dearly. He stole my relationships, which were never the same again.
Last Tuesday, while you were calling the people together because you didn't have the strength or the courage to bear your sentence alone, my daughter was studying with what little energy she had left after a long school day. You couldn't steal my dignity from me and my family, ma'am.
German R. Giudici
DNI 21.109.451
House arrest
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was firmly convicted of corruption by the Supreme Court. Nothing more and nothing less than for stealing large sums of money from the Argentine Republic. As they are defined, they are public thieves. Under current legislation, since she is over 70 years old, she is eligible for house arrest. Determining where she should be held for six years is of paramount importance. In my opinion, it should not be at her residence in the Constitución neighborhood. It is an area with heavy traffic of people and public transportation, which will facilitate the permanent gathering of her supporters, with the risks and difficulties that this entails, causing enormous inconveniences to those who rightfully wish to move freely. This is in addition to potential material damage to local businesses and residents, as occurred with TN and Channel 13.
If her incarceration in a federal prison is not possible, Cristina should be held for the next six years at her home in El Calafate, Santa Cruz, where she would not significantly disrupt the life of such a beautiful city, and where she stated her identity card.
Carlos Monti Viviani
DNI 4,379,358
A clear message
Former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner cannot serve her lenient sentence under house arrest. The former president embezzled and stole taxes, education, pensions (she usurped the AFJP), health care, and jobs (the foreign trade restrictions with the DJAI prevented me and many others from working freely for four years). Just as Armed Forces officers had to serve their sentences in regular and military prisons for crimes against humanity, the former president must serve this lenient sentence in prison.
It's time, and a unique opportunity, to send a clear and forceful message to corruption: crime means jail.
Richard A. Christensen
Nothing to celebrate
The day of former President Cristina F. de Kirchner's sentencing finally arrived, and we started seeing the memes, jokes, etc.: nothing made me laugh. On the contrary. I fully agree with what Mauricio Macri said: "It's still a sad day, knowing the destruction this meant for the country; it doesn't give us any reason to celebrate." But there is reason to congratulate the impeccable work of the judiciary that culminated in this historic ruling. May this be the "Never Again" of 2025.
Denise N. de Gallagher
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Heterogeneous reaction from governors to Cristina Kirchner's conviction
“Just as they now keep silent about Milei, taking care of their stall” - Susana Roldán
“Enough with the lukewarm Peronists, we have to take a chance, boys” - Jorge Castillo
"Peronists accompany you to the cemetery gates, and then continue on your own. They give you the shovel, that's true! It's a Peronist maxim, which she ignored, speaking ill and disrespectfully of the leader and founder of the Justicialist Party. She's not a Peronist." - Analía Fritz
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