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Buenos Aires, June 18 (EFE) .- Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández (2007-2015), who is under house arrest in her apartment in Buenos Aires, asked the Justice of her country this Wednesday if she can go out on the balcony to greet the hundreds of supporters who have been there since last week.
"Can I go out on the balcony of my house or not? It seems like a joke, but it's not... That's why we asked the Court to clarify, please, what behavior is prohibited. I share with you the clarification request presented by my lawyers," wrote the president of the Justicialist Party (PJ, Peronism) and leader of the Argentine opposition on her X social media profile.
In the message disseminated by Fernández, who is serving a six-year prison sentence and permanent disqualification from holding public office, the document presented by his lawyers is attached, in which they ask the Justice for clarifications on what he can and cannot do, considering that the judicial text is ambiguous.
The lawyers Carlos Alberto Beraldi and Ary Rubén Llernovoy specifically inquire about the section of the resolution that contains the following text: "Refrain from adopting behaviors that may disturb the tranquility of the neighborhood and/or disrupt the peaceful coexistence of its inhabitants."
"What are the scope of the restrictions?" the lawyers ask, expressing that the detention of the former president "has sparked a public debate, as reflected in the different media outlets of the country, about whether our client can or cannot go out to the balcony of the residence in which she is currently located."
"It becomes essential that Your Honor indicate whether such behavior is prohibited," Fernández's defense argues.
Meanwhile, the street where the former president's apartment is located remains full of supporters and Peronist military personnel who support her, and who are waiting for the detainee to come out and greet them, as she has been doing since June 10, when the Supreme Court upheld the sentence.
Cristina Fernández has been convicted of irregularities in the awarding of road works in the province of Santa Cruz during her government (2007-2015) and that of her late husband, Néstor Kirchner (2002-2007).
