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Weekly Report - 08 December 2022 (WR-22-49)
ARGENTINA: Fernández slams judiciary over Cristina corruption conviction
Vice President Cristina Fernández was convicted of corruption on 6 December and handed down a six-year prison sentence. She was also given a lifetime ban on holding public office for defrauding the Argentine state. Although this was a long-awaited verdict, it is far from the end of the process. Fernández can, and will, appeal. A definitive sentence is improbable before the end of 2024. This means, she could still compete in next October’s general election. The government savaged the ruling, on the eve of which President Alberto Fernández decided to deliver a national broadcast designed to discredit the judiciary.
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