He assures that Milei only causes him “pity and shame in others”
MADRID, 14 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The former president of Argentina Cristina Fernández has harshly attacked the current president of the country, Javier Milei, whom she has called a “little dictator” after he ordered to withdraw the additional retirement that the former president had been receiving for his time at the head of the South American nation considering that the recent conviction for corruption makes it undeserving of such payments.
Thus, Fernández has accused Milei of wanting to “create and preside over a Court of Honor to judge the honor, merit and good performance in office” of the former presidents. “The little dictator that you always carried inside is appearing,” the former president said in an extensive publication on social networks where she added that many of Milei’s voters “will not have enough life to regret” having trusted him.
“Do you want to associate with the judicial mafia to persecute me too? Are you so afraid of me? I tell you that I was afraid of the dictator (Jorge Rafael) Videla (1976-1981), a lot. But you only make me feel sorry for you and shame of others,” said Fernández, who has delved into this theoretical Court of Honor and has indicated that it could be made up of Milei, her sister and advisor Karina; and the presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni.
“The truth is that if they have a contest to see who is the biggest idiot, they end up tied,” the former president added on her official profile on the social network X.
Regarding Milei’s decision to withdraw her pension as former president and the one she also receives as the widow of former president Néstor Kirchner, Fernández has asserted that this is an “illegal” measure and has urged the president to get better advice, since these payments are not based on the good performance of the leaders, “but on the merit of having been elected by the people.”
“The poor performance of a president can only be judged by the National Congress through the constitutional process of impeachment, during the exercise of the mandate. For a very simple reason, Milei: only the people, through their representatives, can revoke the honor and merit of having been elected president of the nation,” explained the former president.
The Milei Government has ordered this Thursday to withdraw the additional retirement that former President Fernández had been receiving for her time at the head of the country and the pension derived from her late husband, the former president Kirchner, considering that the ratification of the conviction against her for corruption makes it undeserving of such payments.
The Federal Court of Criminal Cassation of Argentina ratified on Wednesday the sentence of six years in prison and perpetual disqualification issued against Fernández within the so-called ‘Roads Case’, in which alleged fraud in the concession of public works has been examined. Although there is still an appeal in the Supreme Court, the Government has decided to strip him of certain “privileges.”
Through the Ministry of Human Capital, it has decided to cancel the benefits that corresponded to Fernández for his presidential period and the personal allowance derived from his pension. The Executive has stated in a statement that it is “a necessary consequence” for the “indignity” of his conviction for the crime of fraudulent administration to the detriment of the public administration.
The spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, confirmed at a press conference that the former president will stop receiving 21.8 million pesos (more than 4,700 euros) and has stressed the “savings” it implies for the public coffers. In this sense, he has stated that this type of retirement is “a privilege that should not exist”, especially when the person receiving it “is condemned for defrauding millions of Argentines from the highest spheres of power.”