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Bajo, you were missing my point. I don't say that Macri is right in the legal sense. I'm not even sure if he's right in the moral sense, and probably he's not ethically (when discussing purely the law, at any rate).

Cristina has a strong hand in the judicial review organization. At least one judge was removed from her corruption case earlier this year and last year a judge was punished by the judicial council for investigating her - if I recall correctly via her party's majority on the judicial council. A programmer was set upon by AFIP for talking about his worries about the balloting system. She didn't talk to the press (it's not her decision to make whether or not she likes what the press says), she never worried about talking and working with anyone who wasn't within her ideology or opposed her in any way (including many Peronistas, supposedly of which hers was "the representative" branch, throwing away supporters like Massa because even they knew she was going too far). She refused to honor contracts with foreign investors, making up reasons not to pay them instead of being honest and saying "we can't pay and continue to do the stupid things we want to do, so screw you." She was not a voice of democracy, though she was using the tools of democracy to achieve her ends.

You're going to tell me that Cristina didn't "politically persecute" anyone? Please.

I stand by my opinion that you clap for everything she did and oppose Macri for trying to force things his way. I'm not saying you're wrong about Macri, I'm saying you are being utterly ingenuous about Cristina, blind the same way you accuse many here of being about Macri. And she didn't run the country well, according to my opinion and a majority of Argentinos.

I simply think that Macri's policies are more correct for a balance than Cristina's, and I agree that they are probably not being as democratically pursued as they should be. But we're in Argentina where someone can say something with a clear exp<b></b>ression of innocence, even though everyone "knows" it's not true, including people talking about the strength of the separation of powers. I'm not excusing Macri for anything - my eyes are wide open. I happen to think his policies are going to be beneficial for more people, including the poor and ignorant, than Cristina's were. We can discuss those at length and without rencor - it's the incessant defending of her means by yourself while slamming Macri for similar politics that makes the whole thing illogical if not farcical.

But I'm a realist. You are a blind follower of Cristina, or so it appears, because you have no words of criticism for how she handled her presidency, even if she had remained completely within the law - and as to the latter, time will tell now that she doesn't have immunity. We'll see how some of these abuse of power and corruption charges go, hopefully once her influence is toned down in the judicial council and other places.

So if you want to argue, quit saying we're blind "clappers", unless you include yourself in that set of people, though for the opposition. Argue like a real lawyer should, dispassionately, against both sides, don't take sides and claim your side is as pure as the driven snow while only the other side is dirty.

Elqueso, you are confused.

a) Bonadio was fined by the Consejo de la Magistratura because he was extorting the former administration moving the Hotesur case only when the case against him was moved at the Consejo de la Magistratura. The Consejo de la Magistratura is an extra power organization different than the judicial power you are mentioned wrongly. The Consejo de la Magistratura judge judges and the members belong to the university, the congress and the Court.
So. the former administration had mayority at the Consejo de la Magistratura. Not now.

You assert she has power at Court but facts show you are wrong. The Supreme Court cancel the fine to Bonadio very fast.

B) If a President decide to work or not with other forces this is the President's call. You critized Maier before. Zafaronni proposed him as his replacement but the former President didn't take him into consideration because he is radical, a gorila. But this is the Precident legit decision.

c) You assert that she went too far. however, the President is going further because he tried to appoint judges in comision, to dismiss the General Prosecutor, to dismiss Sabatella, to abolish the communication's law by decree, etc. Even Stolbitzer asserted that not even her went that far.

d) There wasn't political persecution neither censorship. Now Pagina12 is continiuosly hacked.
During the former administration Dr. Papavero was appointed as a federal judge even he is ultra opposition, in fact, he is related to the former dictatorship and the CELS asserted that he was a nazi. But this is the way republican and democratic institutions works, judges are appointed no matter whom they vote and "even" they are not officialist.
Here the situationes is more serious because Macri made his campaign based on to make institutions stronger while now he tries to destroy them.

If you remember the jueces subrogantes law (replacement judges), the former administration didn't appoint all the prospects. They assign the vacancies to every party according to the votes they got. So, they appoint 53% of the judges and the other judges were appointed by the opposition. This sounds a lot more democratic, don't you think so?

e) It is the President's call to honor or not the contracts you mention, I guess you talk about the vultures founds. You can agree or not, but it is just legal use of power. The new President decided to honor the contracts you mentioned and that's ok even I disagree because he ws voted for that.

f) I agree with many of the political decisions made by the former President and I disagree with many of the decision made by the President.
However, this is not the point.
I critize the President because he is attacking the institutions of the Republic and, if he success, them we are going to be living in a dictatorship. The Perfil Newspaper, instead, use the word kingdom.

g) I respect your opinion about Macri's policies: to increase the cost of energy, to take loans to open the cepo, to pay the vultures, etc. This is the what he was voted for, I cannot be against it.

But a different matter is his decision about to attacking the republican and democratic institutions. He cannot abolish a law with a decree. He cannot appoint SC judges by DNU, he cannot dismiss the general prosecutor by decree, etc. Because this is what define his administration as a dictatorship.

h) I have many critics to the former administration but I had never room here to express them because you (plural) were not critizicing, you were insulting, what I call to vomit hate: KK, Kukarachas, The Queen, The Regime, and so on.

i) You (plural) are behaving as blind clappers because there are very serious things going on and you embrace the happiness of this dictatorship no questions ask.

Sometime ago someone here asserted that he was going to run away because this was a diktatorship. I wander where is he now that we are going straight to a real dictatorship, unless he is stopped.
 
This is anecdotal, but... I have met two of his former clients, independently, and they do not know each other. Both have said that, while he was effective, his treatment of them was very bad. They both made almost identical statements - they were treated like a nuisance, calls went unanswered, and were subjected to mild verbal abuse when they did speak to him.

Paying clients.

Likewise. I know two people who have used his services and had the exact same experience. I met with him with the intent of acquiring his services around 2009. He was rude, condescending, and actually seemed to give bad advice considering my situation of having a DNI and being a legal resident for 5 years.
 
Ohhhh, naive me, that is how censorship and political persecution works.
Thank you Sleslie23 for enlight us.
 
Aha! It's Sleslie23 who's the dictator! Bad, bad poster! You are censoring bajo and persecuting him politically. You've been unmasked. Stop it right now!

Sleslie23 is just a happy clapper seal paid by the dictator macri !!!!111!1
 
Likewise. I know two people who have used his services and had the exact same experience. I met with him with the intent of acquiring his services around 2009. He was rude, condescending, and actually seemed to give bad advice considering my situation of having a DNI and being a legal resident for 5 years.

Why am I not surprised?
 
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How do you feel about Obama's widespread use of Presidential Decrees, extending to things like immigration law? Do you feel it's the same kind of dangerous overreaching?

This is a serious question, for you and anyone else who cares to opine - I'm not taking a side, just wondering if you see the same danger in the US (that's if you follow US politics, of course).

I'm not calling you an Obama hater, I haven't read enough of your posts, but I've had this argument before with a few of them. They think that he's the first President to use them (Presidential decdrees/Executive Orders) and is destroying the US every time he uses one. Compared to W Bush, Clinton, Kennedy and Eisenhower, he's way behind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_executive_orders
 
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