Javier Milei is hostage to the war that was unleashed in the Judiciary with the appointment in the Ministry of Justice of Juan Bautista Mahiquesapparently chosen by the President and his sister Karina to address the causes that concern them in exchange for being the next attorney general. But to obtain the reward for his services he must first overcome the obstacles that would be placed in his path. Ariel Lijo. The Executive suspects this expert in delays of giving an unprecedented acceleration to the investigations for illicit enrichment on Manuel AdorniKarina’s participation in the alleged Andis bribes and Milei’s participation in the $LIBRA scam.
Lijo hoped that his frustrated promotion to the Court would be compensated with the arrival of Guillermo Montenegro to the place that Mahiques now has. Lijo also wants to be a prosecutor and the more than 200 vacancies that began to be filled in the federal jurisdiction transformed the Ministry of Justice into the trench to conquer to achieve that goal. The mayor of Mar del Plata could have succeeded Mariano Cúneo Libarona if the general cabinet replacement that Santiago Caputo negotiated with Pro to provide governance to Milei. A lack that infuriates the President but that has investors distrusting due to incontrovertible evidence. The electoral result of October 26 snubbed the predictions that supported the presidential advisor’s strategy and reversed its logic. Now he is the one who could be displaced. It is the future that he projected for Karina with a defeat. That change of plans disqualified Sebastian Amerio of the race for the Attorney General, where Caputo had written it down. The current Treasury Attorney also aspired to succeed his superior, Cúneo Libarona.
The adversarial system awakens the almost aphrodisiac desire to be the head of all federal prosecutors. The suspension of its entry into force is so far the most relevant measure adopted by Mahiques. Under this regime, prosecutors will have control of drug trafficking, money laundering and corruption cases in the State. That considerable amount of power is what is in dispute within the government. Seasoned politicians advise against settling this difference by masking it with legal complaints. Above all because the fragile legitimacy of whoever prevails will make him dependent on other permanent powers immune to the vagaries of social humor. Justice is considered by them to be the most important. The ruling party would have its own interlocutor with her if “everything goes according to plan (TMAP)” and the Secretary of Justice, Santiago Viola, succeeds Mahiques when he is attorney. Although they are taking place in others, the hostilities over the Attorney General’s Office already border the battlefield where the government fights internal combats.
The latest judicial developments place the focus of the conflicts in that area, dangerously ambiguous like that of any war front. Mahiques’ priority would be to agree to a truce with the leadership of the AFA headed by its president, Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, and the treasurer Pablo Toviggino. To do this, it would be necessary to deactivate the judicial complaints in which they are involved. The one that would present the least inconvenience to do so is where they are accused of improper withholding of pension contributions by ARCA, an organization in Caputo’s sphere. Although it contemplates non-releasable penalties, they are cases that are usually resolved with the payment of the amount owed. A process that, however, could be complex. The Criminal and Economic Chamber rejected the dismissal presented by his defenses. If he wanted to help them, Mahiques should first help Ignacio Jakimits apparent alter ego and alleged link with Tapia and Toviggino.
ARCA denounced Jakim in February and charged him in the Federal Court of Quilmes with the same crime as Tapia and Toviggino. In his case, as owner of the Startar and Intermaco firms. By that date, the appointment of Mahiques as minister was a matter of time. The judge Luis Armella resists prosecutor Silvia Cavallo’s request to investigate Jakim. Cavallo is Lijo’s ex-wife. Suspicions abound. Lijo negotiated his arrival at Court with Caputo. Would this relationship confirm that invasions succeed when betrayal causes the defense of a fortress to give way?
Armella rejects that Mahiques can influence him with the appointment of Pablo Wilk in Oral Court No. 2 of La Plata. Wilk is the secretary to whom Armella delegates cases of money laundering, drug trafficking and illicit enrichment. Wilk participated in competition No. 336 for that position and Mahiques proposed to Milei on March 30 that he be the one to fill that vacancy. Armella also denies that Wilk’s promotion has influenced him to declare himself incompetent in the case for laundering $42 million against Javier Faroni and his wife, Erica Gillette, through TourProdEnter, Gillette’s company hired by the AFA as the exclusive collection agent for the section’s matches abroad. Armella excused himself on the advice of an opinion from prosecutor Cecilia Incardona. Is there a Datip report in this case that doubts the authenticity of the screenshots of conversations between Toviggino and his former assistant Juan Pablo Beacon for millionaire sums linked to that case?
Datip is the IT research area of the Court. Apparently, the screenshots would have been taken from Beacon’s cell phone. To confirm it, Datip needs that phone number. Does a SIDE official have it? Too many mysteries if any of this were true. Adrián González Charvay He called for Armella’s incompetence with a simple argument. If the accused are domiciled in your jurisdiction, the case must be heard by the federal judge of Campana
The National Civil Court could reinforce it if it ratifies the domicile of the AFA in Pilar before the Federal Court of Criminal Cassation decides whether the case of the mansion in that town attributed to Toviggino remains in the González Charvay court or returns to the economic criminal jurisdiction. Chamber 1 of the Federal Court of Cassation suspended without setting a new date the meeting scheduled for March 30 to resolve this issue.
The support that Mahiques and Lijo promote to gather the 45 votes in the Senate to be attorney are the heart of this relentless fight. On March 26, Mahiques received a dozen provincial attorneys general and promised to reactivate the financing of their laboratories to analyze evidence. A program started by Julio Alak, continued by German Garavano and suspended by the government of Alberto Fernandez. Cúneo Libarona announced with harsh manners that he would refrain from reactivating it.
What will you say Luis Caputo of the offer made by Mahiques? The Minister of Economy maintains the surplus with a brutal adjustment to the provinces. Mahiques abstained from being at the dinner served that night to his visitors in “Roldán”, almost his second home. He delegated to entertain the evening in Martin Lopez Zavaletawho replaces him in the Buenos Aires Attorney General’s Office.
Lijo hopes to receive the support of Cristina and PJ governors. The three senators for Santiago del Estero that he leads Gerardo Zamora They could define the fate of that fight in favor of one of the sides. Zamora plays at pretending to be distracted. He said he was unaware of Lijo’s interest in being a prosecutor. No one wants to catch a stray bullet in a war they didn’t declare.
