the hashtag #AllwithCristina became a trend on Monday and Tuesday, during the arguments of the trial of Cristina Kirchner for public works in the cause known as “Roads”. She quickly climbed to the top position of trends on Twitter with more than 185,000 tweetsand even became the most talked about on the platform worldwide.
It is currently within the top 10 in Argentina, and out of 21 ministers, 10 came out to support to the vice president from their social networks. The move was conceived by Twitter, the favorite platform of the political world. George Ferraresi, Minister of Territorial Development and Habitat, wrote: “All the causes that they put together to persecute @CFKArgentina fell apart one by one. That is why lawfare never managed to intimidate her. The love and loyalty of the people is forever.”
Defense Minister, Jorge Taianaalso referred to the topic: “Once again a judicial and media attack against @CFKArgentina. Persecution as an instrument for doing politics harms democracy and the rule of law.” Martin Sorianothing more and nothing less than Minister of Justice, published: “Each judicial official involved in the persecution against @CFKArgentina secretly entered the office of Pepín Simón and Macri in the Casa Rosada. It’s not a coincidence. It is the most grotesque expression of lawfare in our country.”
The Minister of Social Development, John Zabaletatweeted: “Those who persecute @CFKArgentina, with the intention of banning her, are the same ones who guaranteed Macri’s impunity.” The Minister of Education, Jaime PerczykShooting: “We fully trust the innocence of @CFKArgentina”. And Daniel Scioli, outgoing Minister of Production, also got on the subject: “My solidarity and accompaniment in the face of the new judicial and political onslaught of which our Vice President @CFKArgentina is a victim.”
In addition, he added Gabriel KatopodisMinister of Public Works: “Argentina needs an independent, transparent, agile Justice that is close to the people. @CFKArgentina is a victim, precisely, of the opposite. It is imperative for our democratic system that this justice does not function as a Judicial Party”. Y the security minister, Hannibal Fernandez gave his technical opinion via a Twitter thread.
Elizabeth Gomez AlcortaMinister of Women, Gender and Diversity joined the move: “The abuse of criminal law as a governance mechanism requires a shameful criminal law and judiciary. That is what is present in the persecution of @CFKArgentina and in that of Milagro. In addition, both pay the price of being women who represent the people”; and the Minister of the Environment, Juan Cabandie he claimed: “The real power tries to cancel it with an occasional prosecutor. Always on Cristina’s side.”
For his part, the Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, public: “Against lawfare and the persecution of @CFKArgentina.” The vice president also added support from mayors, such as that of mario seccofrom Ensenada: “Another case armed by the judicial party without any evidence. They seek to ban it. As I said in Ensenada: I RESPECT CRISTINA!”
Y Mayra Mendozamayor of Quilmes: “The Judicial Party, which guarantees impunity to Macri and protects the privileges of a few, persecutes and tries to outlaw the courageous president who challenges royal power to care for the Argentine people. Let’s wake up.” Other references that were expressed were Andres “Crow” Larroque, Mariano Recalde, Hugo Yasky and Sergio Palazzo, among many others. Always with the hashtag #AllWithCristina.
The campaign to raise awareness against lawfare and denounce the proscription of the vice president and main shareholder of the Frente de Todos, ahead of the 2023 elections, where it is rumored that she could run again for a seat in the Senate to seek the privileges that protect it against the onslaught of the “judicial party”, as denounced in the ruling party.
