In political comeback, Cristina Kirchner calls for 'citizen front' to fight for 'lost rights'.

[forest444]

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Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner addressed thousands of activists that rallied outsider the Comodoro Py courthouse building where the former head of state arrived earlier today to give explanations on the dollar future probe conducted by Federal Judge Claudio Bonadío.

The case stems from $3 billion in losses the Argentine Central Bank incurred after current President Mauricio Macri devalued the peso by 40% in a single day. Supporters of Mrs. Kirchner believe the case is a politically motivated attempt to distract from Macri's own devaluation.

“I want you all to be very calm. They can summon me 20 more times, they can put me in jail; but they won’t stop me from saying what I think,” Mrs. Kirchner said as she spoke to the cheering crowd in front of the courthouse.

“Don’t see this as an attack against a person; let’s remember our history, and you will see this is not the only case in which a former president was politically persecuted,” she said. “If they could prohibit the letter ‘K,’ they would do it.”

Former President Fernández de Kirchner also referred to the Panama Papers leak that revealed President Mauricio Macri’s offshore dealings. “They wanted Argentine to 'return to the world',” she recalled, using a frequent Macri slogan. “And we have, to the covers of all the international newspapers - although not the newspapers in Argentina.”

“This government does not take care of Argentines. We have industries in crisis, closing businesses, hikes in public services that people can’t do without,” she said in reference to the austerity policies carried out by the Macri administration since taking office in December. “I have kept a democratic and respectful silence, respecting popular will; but the administration that promised wit would not devalue must respect it as well.”

Accordingly, Mrs. Kirchner called on Argentines to form a “citizen front” in which people “ask themselves if they are doing better or worse.”

Referring to the state of political rights under Macri, she dais that “Argentines are living a time of anxiety; I want people to be happy again, free again. I don’t want a social leader like Milagro Sola to be jailed without knowing what she is accused of. With regards to me, don’t worry. I don’t need privileges; I have the privileges of the people.”

“We should be unified by our lost rights,” she concluded. “Work together. We cannot allow setbacks because later it is more difficult to climb out again.”

As she concluded her address, sunlight appeared after what had been a rainy morning with dense fog. “You see?” the former president remarked, “The sun always comes out.”

At: http://buenosairesherald.com/article/212512/in-political-comeback-cfk-calls-for-citizen-front-to-fight-for-lost-rights

[Judi Lynn]

1. Perfect expression from a hard-working President. So glad to see she isn't going to fade away.

Her voice matters to the non-fascists of Argentina.

Thanks for capturing this speech she made to her many faithful supporters.

[forest444]

2. And a good crowd it was.

Macri, by the way, ordered the Education Ministry to find out the names of any school teachers who participated in the rally, and fine them 2,000 pesos - a week's pay for a starting teacher - for doing so (!).

[Judi Lynn]

3. That's exactly what you'd expect from a fully confident brutal dictator.

He's clearly testing his power already, isn't he?

That's a fiendish thing to do to people of very moderate income. They don't have much to fall back upon, to make it easy to live without their salaries for a week.

We always see fascists go after members of the educational communities, among others, don't we? They don't agree with the premise of free education for poor people. They want to keep them poor and desperate and helpless, like slaves, afraid to protest or rebel or organize.