Kirchner's defense seeks to lift her ban from office before the 2027 elections
Lawyers for former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said on Tuesday they have added a new element to the petition they are pursuing before the UN Human Rights Committee, seeking to overturn her final conviction in the Vialidad case and, more immediately, to set aside the lifetime ban from public office that prevents her from running in next year's presidential election.
Former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's legal team is pushing to overturn her conviction in the Vialidad case and lift the lifetime ban on her running for office before the 2027 elections. In their petition to the UN Human Rights Committee, the defense argues that the proceedings against her were intended to keep her out of political office.
They cite eight violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including a claim that the Court of Cassation failed to conduct a thorough review of her defense. A new element in the case is an economic audit showing that companies affiliated with Lázaro Báez's Grupo Austral received a significant portion of a road construction funding source.
The audit reveals that the top fifteen construction firms received 75% of the funds. Kirchner was convicted of fraudulent administration for the irregular award of 51 road works in Santa Cruz province, resulting in a loss of around US$500 million to the state. She is currently serving a six-year sentence under house arrest. The defense hopes the Human Rights Committee will take up the case during its next session in October or November and subsequently seek a review of the conviction in Argentine courts.
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