Urgent Kirchnerist meeting in response to the possible Supreme Court ruling against Cristina

The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation is just days away from ruling on one of the most significant cases on the Argentine political and judicial calendar: the Vialidad case, in which former president and former vice president Cristina Fernández de Kirchnerwas sentenced to six years in prison and permanently disqualified from holding public office for corruption in public works during her administrations.

Given the  high probability that the highest court will uphold the sentence—following the precedent set by the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation in 2024, which in turn endorsed the ruling of TOF 2 in 2022—Kirchnerism has entered emergency mode. This Monday afternoon, leaders, legislators, and union representatives from the movement will urgently meet at the Instituto Patria, the true stronghold of the populist narrative, to coordinate a political response to what they consider a judicial offensive.

"There's an idea to do something," sources close to the former president revealed, without ruling out the possibility of calling for a demonstration if the Court upholds the conviction. The meeting is expected to include the presence of ruling party deputies, senators, and Kirchnerist operatives seeking to define the next steps in the face of a ruling that could destroy any remaining electoral ambitions of Cristina Kirchner.

The Court could solve the case by invoking Article 280 of the Civil and Commercial Procedural Code, a tool that allows extraordinary appeals to be rejected without reopening the case, which would make the corruption sentence final. The next plenary meeting of the highest court is scheduled for Tuesday, June 10.

Meanwhile, far from keeping a low profile, Cristina Kirchner appeared defiant during a political event in Corrientes, where she acted as godmother at the launch of Martín Ascúa's gubernatorial candidacy, the current mayor of Paso de los Libres. From there, she once again positioned herself as a victim of the judicial system and the media, deploying her now customary rhetoric of persecution.

"The announcement came out and the demons were unleashed, and people everywhere started demanding that I be put in prison. That's what you read. You shouldn't get angry, you should stay alert. All this with editorials saying 'she's finished, cornered.' If I'm really like that, why don't they let me compete and defeat me politically? Go ahead, look how much I'm trembling," the former president said ironically, challenging her detractors.

Without moderation, she repeatedly emphasized the idea that she could go to prison and drew a parallel with tragic dates in the history of Peronism, in an attempt to symbolically capitalize on victimhood:
"They may put me in prison. The month of June is a terrible month for Peronism. On Monday we're going to organize a tribute in the party to those executed in José León Suárez. And the following Monday marks 70 years since the bombings... They pulled the trigger in my face because they want me in prison or dead. What they'll never be able to prevent from returning is the people, who have an identity and a history in Argentina," she emphasized.

During her speech—lasting approximately 35 minutes—she also defended her decision to seek a seat in the provincial legislature, which many analysts interpret as a clear political retreat: from the presidency of the Nation to the local legislative arena.

"For the younger ones, who surely don't know, in '62 Perón, from exile, was Framini's running mate for vice governor in Buenos Aires province. Of course, his candidacy was not allowed. This isn't a play or a movie; the history of Peronism is something else. Each person has to be where they are most useful and where they can best help a political organization that gives the people a bit of happiness back," Cristina concluded, once again appealing to myth and epic to cover up the judicial background that haunts her.