Old politics once again reveals its most decadent face. Instead of supporting the course of change that society chose, figures entrenched in power prefer to surrender to the past. This was demonstrated by Miguel Ángel Pichetto, head of the Encuentro Federal bloc, who requested judicial authorization to visit Cristina Fernández de Kirchner under house arrest. This information was revealed by journalist Carlos Pagni and caused immediate repercussions in both parliamentary and judicial spheres.
Pichetto's request is part of a series of public statements in which he questioned the ruling in the Vialidad case, which sentenced the former president to six years in prison and perpetual disqualification from holding public office. The congressman argued that the judicial decision, confirmed by the Federal Oral Court No. 2 and ratified by the Supreme Court, contains inconsistencies in the proportionality of the sentences.
According to his explanation, "there is no proportional relationship between the 6 years in prison and the perpetual disqualification imposed on CFK". In his argument, he detailed that the disqualification from holding public office "is a complementary penalty and can't be higher than the custodial sentence."
Pichetto insisted that the sentence must be analyzed not only in legal terms but also in political terms. "It is a political issue," he emphasized in radio statements. In his view, the ruling reflects a situation in which "the strongest, most forceful leadership, even in decline, which is that of Peronism, is imprisoned." The legislator also suggested that, although the internal judicial path is exhausted after the Supreme Court's decision, "there may be some path toward the Inter-American system" to review the sentence.
