The law establishes ten business days to appeal a ruling before Cassation. However, it is common for the times to be extended at the request of the parties, which is provided for in article 257 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
On this occasion, due to requirements of the defenses of the convicted Nelson Periotti, Raúl Gilberto Pavesi, Lázaro Báez, Juan Carlos Villafañe, José Santibáñez and Raúl Daruichthe president of the court Gustavo Hornos granted all parties an extension “for a period of 30 business days from its original expiration.”
He “deadline” to take the case to the highest court was going to be the next November 28so there was speculation about some movement in the file before the end of the year. Far from this and in line with what was proposed by the Minister of the Court Juan Carlos Maquedanothing will happen before the January judicial fair. The magistrate clarified in an interview that the case will take “a long time.”
After the resolution signed this Wednesday, the new deadline for resources to enter It will only be on February 12, 2025. Then, the Court of Cassation will define whether or not to give effect to the proposals. If extraordinary resources are not admitted, The defenses may reach the Court in complaint.
In any case, the extension of the deadlines decompresses speculation about some type of movement in the cause with the greatest political impact of recent years before the end of 2024.
The prosecutor before Cassation Mario Villar already announced that will seek to have the Supreme Court give rise to the figure of illicit association and increase the penalties.
For their part, the defenses They will ask that the sentences be revoked and they will argue that the judges of Cassation They did not respond to any of the grievances and claims, but instead replicated the first instance ruling in the same terms.
What will happen to the “clean record”
At the same time, the project of “clean record” presented by the PRO in it Congress. This week there was no quorum for its treatment and the Executive Branch has not yet sent signs of including the initiative to prevent candidacies in the event of double-instance convictions in extraordinary sessions. At the moment, everything indicates that the standard will not see the light of day this year. For the promoters of the project, time is short before the closing of lists for the legislative elections. However, if approval is achieved in both chambers, the discussion – public and, surely in Courts – will revolve around the impossibility of applying it retroactivelyso it could not affect an eventual candidacy of Cristina Kirchner in the next elections.
Source: Ambito
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