Due to the large number of defendants and the difficulty of the file. The Federal Criminal Cassation Chamber decided to conveneThis will be next Tuesday, November 18th To the judges of Federal Oral Court No. 7 with a view to better organizing the trial in the Quadernos case; Demanding that more hearings be held and that they be personal. This action was taken by the cassation in the probation agreement that was concluded on November 11 under the chairmanship of the judge Daniel Petrone It consists of judges Angela Ledesma, Gustavo Hornos, Mariano Borinsky and Carlos Mahikis.
According to the decision pursuant to which Argentine News AgencyThe purpose of this is “to address the necessary tools that can be adopted by the Chamber to contribute to achieving this.” Greater effectiveness, efficiency, speed and immediacy of the aforementioned trial“The meeting will be on Tuesday, November 18, in the Discriminatory Agreements Room, at a time that has not yet been determined.
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The call occurred during TOF 7 deals with the judicial process which has been defined as the longest in the criminal jurisdiction Federal, because it involves more than 300 alleged acts of corruption, 87 defendants, including Former President Christina KirchnerAnd the testimony of nearly 400 witnesses.
There is increasing concern within the courts about how long discussion can continue due to andCurrently, a weekly hearing is being held in a hybrid of in-person and virtual, which could extend the process for years.. The cassation has already warned that this slow pace “limits the inherent dynamism of oral and public debate,” putting procedural deadlines at risk.
according to Clarionthe highest criminal court of TOF 7 wants to increase the number of weekly hearings and for the trial to become in-person, suggesting that the AMIA courtroom in Comodoro Bay could be used for this purpose.
De Pedro described the Cuadernos case as a “media show”: “Cristina is innocent.”
The Judicial Council is currently seeking to establish a new courtroom in Comodoro Bay that will allow it to handle the enormous logistical demands of the trial. Each audience needs a physical space that can accommodate more than 200 attendees Between defendants, plaintiffs, defenders and judicial officials.
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540 acts will be prosecuted for allegedly illegal payments made by businessmen To access public works contracts; Former President Kirchner is accused of being the head of the alleged illicit association that occurred between 2003 and 2015, which allowed these maneuvers to be carried out. She will be tried with 86 other defendants, including officials in her government, such as the former Minister of Federal Planning. Julio de Fidoformer Secretary of Public Works jose lopez, The former administrator of that portfolio Roberto Baratta; Former Transport Secretaries Juan Pablo Schiavi and Ricardo Jaime; Fifty businessmen.
Attorney General Fabiana LeonThe person in charge of prosecuting the accusation said: “We consider that this case (actually a set of reasons) requires a special need for explanations because, in our opinion, The most comprehensive corruption investigation ever conducted in Argentine judicial history and can only be compared to a few investigations worldwide.“.
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