The Government made official the cancellation of the privilege retirement and the pension for the death of Néstor Kirchner that former president Cristina de Kirchner receives, after the conviction against her by the Court of Cassation in the Roads case. This decision was formalized in the Resolution 1092/2024 published this Friday in the Official Gazette.
As a result of this announcement, the day before the Government clarified that the measure will cover former officials convicted of acts of corruption, which includes former vice president Amado Boudou, who is currently serving a sentence of house arrest for the Ciccone case, as Ámbito announced.
Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni, in his usual press conference at Casa Rosada, indicated the reduction represents a savings of $21,827,624.65 per month. “By order of President Javier Milei and behind the usual work of the Ministry of Human Capital, through ANSES it was resolved to cancel the privilege assignment, popularly known as privilege retirement, that former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had been receiving. “said the official.
Along the same lines, he added that “both in the personal allowance and in the pension derived from the late former president Néstor Kirchner.”
“This means, for Argentines, a saving, at least on the allowance that was collected in hand, of about 21,827,624.65 cents,” he added.
And he explained that “the benefit provided for by Law 24,018 for former presidents and former vice presidents of the Nation is an assignment that is not contributory in nature and is granted on an exceptional and extraordinary basis as compensation for honor, merit and good performance in office. “, he pointed out.
As clarified, the former president will be able to receive “a pension and retirement according to their contributions, and not for an additional fee for privileges”, and predicted that “it is a possibility” that Fernández de Kirchner resort to Justice to stop the president’s decision. Likewise, Adorni assured that, after the conviction of the Criminal Court of Cassation in the Road Case for fraudulent administration, the former president represents “the opposite of honor, merit and good performance.”
“Retirement for former leaders is a privilege that should not exist in Argentina, even more so if the person receiving it is condemned for defrauding millions of Argentines from the highest spheres of power who saw their hopes disappear at the hands of politics,” he sentenced.
Through a statement, the Ministry of Human Capital led by Minister Sandra Pettovello argued that “the discharge ordered by the ANSES Resolution does not constitute an accessory sanction to the criminal sentence that was imposed by the justice system,” and described it as “a necessary consequence for the indignity of having been considered the author criminally responsible for the crime of fraudulent administration to the detriment of the public administration.”
The decision is striking given that last May, in response to a journalistic query, President Javier Milei had described retirement and the privilege pension as “an acquired right.”
After the announcement, the president, who had just landed in Florida, where he will participate in the Conservative Action Political Conference (CPAC), celebrated: “He who makes them pays for them.”
Source: Ambito
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