Impeachment

[HenryNisental]

We all know or remember how Richard M Nixon was impeached in the good old USA for a minor crime.
I would like to ask the forum members what would happen in their respective countries (USA, UK, Australia, France,etc) if they had discovered similar cases of the crimes denounced here in Argentina. ¿Do you think that those officers would have been deposed?¿even jailed?
Pls comment

 

[ajoknoblauch]

"Juicio político" exists in principle, but in practice the mobs simply force the government to escape the Casa Rosada by helicopter. Nixon was not, by the way, a minor criminal.

 

[EdRooney]

In my home country the current president has set up a program to assassinate citizens with no due process, and he has a "disposition list' and 'terror tuesdays' to do so. There is no legislative effort whatsoever to impeach him.

Argentine politicians can only dream of that level of lawlessness.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

In my home country the current president has set up a program to assassinate citizens with no due process, and he has a "disposition list' and 'terror tuesdays' to do so. There is no legislative effort whatsoever to impeach him.

Argentine politicians can only dream of that level of lawlessness.

The Argentine politician who not only dreamt of that, but put it into effect, died yesterday in prison.

 

[EdRooney]

I stand corrected. Let's put it another way: the current Argentine political situation would not allow for today's politicians to get away with the horrendous impeachable offences that occur in more powerful countries.

 

[Napoleon]

"Get a heart transplant.

THAT'S what would happen if a government leader was known to do the kind of things that the Argentine government is doing."

-Regards... V.P. Richard Cheney

 

[scotttswan]

not sure impeachment exists in the uk, The prime minister would be forced to resign by their own party and the party would then have internal elections to elect a new leader and prime minister.

Lots of resignations for cash for access and the parliamentary expenses thing resulted in quite a few resignations too.

unlikely these people would be elected again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_scandals_in_the_United_Kingdom

 

[cbonanni]

Unprovoked invasions of other nations , made up intelligence to justify said invasions ,civilian deaths from said invasion over 100,000 , unlawful offshore prisons , renditions, passage of laws to spy on it's own citizens , horrendous handling of the economy , created international economic crisis due to reckless borrowing for unneeded wars . Ballooned deficit by trillions of dollars, sent over 5000 soldiers to their death .

I would say that there was plenty of evidence to impeach former President Cheney.

 

[camberiu]

Fernando Collor de Mello, the supposedly "neo-liberal" president Brazil had back in 1992 was impeached for corruption.Supposedly neo-liberal because his FIRST act as president was to impose a corralito and freeze all bank accounts. It was all downhill from there and it did not take long for the entire congress and the people to turn on him.

 

[camberiu]

I stand corrected. Let's put it another way: the current Argentine political situation would not allow for today's politicians to get away with the horrendous impeachable offences that occur in more powerful countries.

I very much doubt that. A charismatic enough leader could easily get way with serious murder pretty much anywhere in LATAM. Most military dictatorships in the region were WELCOMED by the population when the coups took place. Drop a few bombs here and there, blame on some terrorist, and if you are convincing enough, the crowd will applaud as the rule of law and civil liberties are flushed down the toilet. You have some serious misconception or idealizations about LATAM.