Former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner announced on Friday that she will surrender to authorities next week to commence serving a six-year prison sentence for corruption. She has requested to serve her sentence under house arrest.
Writing on X, Kirchner, 72, stated her intention to surrender on Wednesday at the Palace of Justice in Buenos Aires “to conform with the law, as I have always done.”
Wednesday marks the deadline for her to submit to authorities, following the Supreme Court’s rejection this week of her appeal against her conviction for fraudulent administration during her 2007-2015 presidency.
The court’s ruling finalized Kirchner’s 2022 conviction and sentence, which also includes a lifelong ban from holding public office.
Kirchner, a prominent figure in the opposition to libertarian President Javier Milei’s cost-cutting agenda, has requested to serve her sentence at her home in Buenos Aires—an arrangement available to individuals over 70.
Supporters of the polarizing left-winger, who has been a dominant force in Argentine politics for the past two decades, have decried her conviction.
They accuse the prosecution and judiciary of being overly favorable to her right-wing political adversaries.
However, some Argentines have expressed satisfaction, viewing the outcome as a just punishment for the leader of the left-wing populist Peronist movement, which has faced accusations of widespread corruption and economic mismanagement.
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