Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez (2007-2015) made an obscene gesture with her right hand today upon arriving at Congressional headquarters to formalize the transfer of power between outgoing President Alberto Fernandez and incoming President Javier Miley.
In footage captured by television cameras, Fernandez clearly showed the middle finger of his right hand, which is popularly known as the expression in English “Fuck you!” and in some countries it is called “finger painting”, “combing” or “sleeve carving”.
Although the video does not clearly show who the former president’s gesture was directed at, it is believed that Fernandez made it after she heard some comments against her from the crowd gathered outside Congress.
Photo: screenshot of TN broadcast.
This disrespectful gesture was contrary to the institutional solemnity of the day when Argentina only celebrates the transfer of presidential command and which also marks forty years of continuous democracy, commemorating the day Raúl Alfonsín (1983-1989) took office as president. after the last military dictatorship (1976-1983).
Cristina Fernandez is a very controversial figure on the political scene of the South American country.
Associated with political power for nearly three decades, the former president served in the roles of legislator, first lady, national president, vice president and Senate president.
The new president, Javier Miley, opposed Cristina Fernandez, her late husband, President Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007), and her political doctrine, called Kirchnerism, which consists of a faction of Peronism that wields enormous political power in the country. the last twenty years.
Cristina Fernandez, who today lost all the legal privileges she enjoyed as vice president, still has several pending corruption cases.
Additionally, on December 6, 2022, Fernandez was sentenced to six years in prison and lifelong disqualification from holding public office for her role in a government fraud case. The verdict is not yet final, as the verdict was appealed by the former president’s defense. EFE