Lawyer Dalbon files a criminal complaint alleging the far-right politician interfered with the judiciary.

On Monday, Gregorio Dalbon, the lawyer representing former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez (2007–2015), filed a criminal complaint against President Javier Milei for abuse of authority.

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The move came after Milei suggested in a televised interview on La Nacion+ on Sunday that he had personally decided Fernandez should be imprisoned.

“I can assure you this is revenge, because I’m the first president who made the decision that she should go to jail,” the far-right politician acknowledged.

When the interviewer pointed out that his comments implied interference in judicial matters, Milei sought to retract the statement, saying, “If I had been corrupt and meddled with the judiciary, I would have arranged for her not to be jailed.”

However, Dalbon argued that Milei’s earlier declaration “presupposes an illegal act of authority, since the power to order or authorize detentions belongs exclusively to the judiciary.”

The text reads, “Milei just admitted that he intervened to get Cristina jailed. He’s too stupid to understand the institutional gravity of what he said. The illegal maneuver and the complicity between the judicial and political mafia are confirmed. This is precisely why Lula was freed.”

Milei’s statement “constitutes a violation of the constitutional duty to refrain from intervening in judicial proceedings, forming the core element of the crime of abuse of authority” under Argentina’s Penal Code.

Dalbon requested that Milei be summoned for questioning and that a copy of the complaint be sent to the Chamber of Deputies to assess whether impeachment proceedings should begin.

“The mere public assertion of having made a ‘decision’ to deprive someone of their freedom constitutes evidence of functional interference and institutional pressure on the judiciary,” the complaint stated, describing the incident as “an act of institutional gravity.”

In June, Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld Fernandez’s six-year prison sentence and lifetime disqualification from holding public office over alleged irregularities in the awarding of public works contracts.

Argentine progressive social and political forces denounced the ruling as another example of “lawfare” against Fernandez, whom they consider a persistent target of political persecution. Former president Fernandez is currently serving house arrest in Buenos Aires.

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Source: EFE

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