The Ministry of Human Capital, through ANSES, has formally initiated the process to recover the amounts unduly received by former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, corresponding to her special retirement as former head of state and the lifetime pension due to the death of Néstor Kirchner.
According to the official statement released this Friday, the measure is part of the implementation of the administrative act that orders the effective restitution of the funds, with their respective interest, in accordance with Law 24.018, which regulates the lifetime allocations of former presidents and vice presidents of the Nation.
The legal claim arises after the judiciary rejected Cristina Kirchner's request to reinstate the early payment of both benefits, which were suspended by ANSES after irregularities were detected in their accumulation. The decision, made by federal judge Karina Alonso Candis, upheld the suspension and authorized the pension agency to recover the money received in excess.
According to official sources, the total amount to be reimbursed amounts to a multimillion-dollar figure that includes the payments collected over several years, plus the interest accrued. These are public funds paid in duplicate, since the former president was simultaneously receiving her retirement as former president and the pension derived from Néstor Kirchner's death, a privilege expressly prohibited by current regulations.
