Buenos Aires supports Cristina Fernandez

By: Roberto Morejon

Public support for former President Cristina Fernandez continued with emphasis under the balcony of her apartment in Buenos Aires, amidst the right-wing revelry, in the belief that she will now be erased from the Argentine political spectrum.

The former Head of State is the victim of a political-judicial plot, driven by the economic elites and the right wing to neutralize her leadership.

These forces worked with urgency to prevent Cristina Fernandez from running for Congress in the next regional elections.

Sentenced to six years of imprisonment and perpetual disqualification from holding public office for alleged acts of corruption analyzed in the so-called Vialidad case, Cristina will serve her sentence at her home, but not without first preventing maneuvers to send her to a common jail.

In any case, the judicial instances managed to limit her partisan activity as much as possible.

Conservative media and politicians obsessed with annulling the former president were scandalized because the leader went out to the balcony of her house to greet her supporters.

These retrograde forces want to immobilize the people, but they suffered a setback when a rally in solidarity with Cristina was repeated in Buenos Aires.

The followers went to the balcony, paid homage to the Peronist leader and rejected her judicial sentence.

But that does not stop her enemies, who are fighting for her to be placed under house arrest with an electronic anklet as another means to criminalize and humiliate her.

This contrasts with the fact that only 16 percent of the dictatorship's genocidaires under house arrest in Argentina are required to wear an anklet.

The aggressive Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, has implemented intimidating protocols for Argentines from populated areas who approach Cristina's home.

Even Cristina's opponents try to prevent her from appearing in pictures or videos cheered by the population.

Despite such attempts to break her, the former leader remains calm and strong.

In addition to receiving greetings from her compatriots, her lawyers will present her case to international organizations as an example of lawfare, or the politicization of justice.

Brazilian President Lula da Silva has announced plans to visit Cristina in the near future. Meanwhile, Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico have expressed their rejection of the conviction.

Many Argentines feel uncertain about the future. As Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof said, "Everything is going wrong: the economy and freedom. They want to discipline those who think differently."