Justice Secretary Julián Álvarez has presented a formal complaint before the Council of Magistrates accusing Federal Judge Claudio Bonadío for alleged improper performance of duties.
The legal presentation comes days after magistrate Bonadío ordered a raid at the Hotesur company offices in Buenos Aires City, a firm owned by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
“Bonadío conditions this Council with judicial cases,” Álvarez said pointing out the judge “orders judicial measures at the same time that plenary (sessions) take place.”
According to Justice Minister Julio Alak’s second-in-command, Bonadío fires back at cases involving him in the body in charge of investigating justices by ruling orders against the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner administration.
In that sense, Álvarez pointed out that Bonadío faces 69 complaints at the Magistrates Council, with 9 of them – with today’s there are 10 -, paving the way for an impeachment process.
“We are pushed by the fire workers (of Barracas), by the victims of the Once train tragedy, by the victims of the AMIA (bombing) and by hundreds of hemophiliacs who died,” Julián Álvarez responded when queried about the complaint he filed today at the Council, with cases Bonadío faces at the Council of Magistrates now reaching ten.
“He is one of the most questioned judges of the Argentine Republic. We are addressing in the Discipline and Accusation Committee (the cases against him) and he decides to raid the AFIP (tax bureau) for sworn declarations,” the official stressed alluding to an order filed also today by the judge requesting the office run by Ricardo Echegaray to submit the sworn declarations of the Kirchner family, including President Cristina Fernández, her son Máximo Kirchner and her daughter Florencia Kirchner as well as her late and ex head of state Néstor Kirchner.
“The measures he takes are always too much excessive. He is a gangster and uses judicial cases motivation (to resist) the complaints against him. We can not allow any judge to judge for (personal) motivations or political reasons,” Álavarez insisted and renewed his criticism of the Hotesur case.
“He could have issued an official order, not even the attorney requested a raid. Every time that a complaint against him was addressed, Bonadío took a reprisal against the national government.”
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