EL CALAFATE.- While the president Alberto Fernandez embarks on the fight to impeach the Supreme Court of Justicethe vice president Cristina Kirchner He has been here since before the end of the year, with no official agenda and almost no visits to his residence, where he plans to stay longer than usual, while maximum kirchner He also traveled to Santa Cruz and keeps the same low profile as his mother.
Until now, neither she nor the head of La Cámpora publicly supported Fernández’s initiative against the supreme judges, despite the fact that Fernández took as her own one of the flags that Kirchnerism usually waves: the advance against the Judiciary. only the governor Alice Kirchner has an active role in supporting the President’s assault on the country’s highest court.
The vice president arrived in this city on December 29 and according to reports, for now there is no flight plan at the international airport of the calafate to mark his return to Buenos Aires, with which reinforces the initial idea of staying here until the second half of January. Precisely on that date, the national government will convene special sessions to discuss the impeachment trial against the Court.
Cristina Kirchner is rarely seen in the city, but on her social networks she shows that she actively follows what is published in the media. via Twitter returned to question the judicial investigation that is carried out in the courts of Comodoro Py in the cause of the attack he suffered at the door of his apartment in Recoleta, on September 1.
“Do you understand why Comodoro Py does not fully investigate the assassination attempt? The mafia network is impressive, but as always: Everything matches everything”; It was his last message on the social network, which he accompanied with an article from the Página / 12 newspaper authored by Raúl Kollmann entitled “The unusual connection of Silvio Robles, Rosatti’s right hand, with the attack on CFK.”
The article argues that Gaston Maranothe defender of Gabriel Carrizo, -the head of the sellers of sugar flakes accused of participating in the assassination attempt against Cristina Kirchner- later denounced Robles in Comodoro Py for “incompatible negotiations” and tries to file the case in Buenos Aires courts against Rosatti’s secretary in Santiago del Estero.
Although she did not speak publicly in the action led by Fernández against the Court, in the first tweet of the year, the vice president once again criticized the supreme judges through their social networks and spoke of “lawfare, judicial party or simply mafia, there is only one method and as in any war there are tactics and strategy”. On the occasion, she shared an article from the El Destape Web site.
Máximo Kirchner did not hold political meetings in the province, but the one who is very active is the governor Alice Kirchnerwho participated virtually in the meeting of the league of governors, accompanied the request for impeachment to the Court with his signature and this week summoned the mayors to ask them to inform the population of the reasons for the request for impeachment.
“They are destroying democracy and I take a phrase from (Raúl) Alfonsín who says, with democracy you can eat, heal and educate yourself. What are we defending? Democracy and the interests of our province, its municipalities, ”he considered and added: “I always say that the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires has a surface area of 200 km2, and our province has a surface area of 243,000 km2, 1,200 CABAS fit into Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz is contributing to the national budget”the governor maintained.
Alicia Kirchner for now remains in Rio gallegosseat of the provincial government, but no one doubts that she speaks for her sister-in-law in these judicial matters.
Meanwhile, the physiognomy in front of the villa of the vice president in El Calafate changed after the failed attempt on her life, and since last October there have been Obvious changes in your security scheme which is in charge of the Federal Police. Custody is no longer passive and discreet, now as a rule a van is parked at the door and the custodians do not allow tourists or onlookers to stop in front of the gate to take a photo of the interior, a traditional postcard from Calafate.