Tensions rise due to meeting with the Court of Cassation in the Cuadernos case, and the hearing will be held in person.

At noon next Tuesday, the Supervisor of the Court of Cassation will meet with the judges of the Seventh Federal Oral Court (TOF 7), which is responsible for conducting a public debate on the bribery structure that forced Cristina Kirchner, the head of the illegal association, into the dock in the famous Cuaderno de las bribery case. His defense team, along with those of Julio de Vido and Roberto Baratta, asked him to join a conference aimed at speeding up the country’s biggest corruption trial.

Could virtuality replace in-person hearings in the Cuadernos trial? This is one of the main issues underlying the meeting between TOF 7 and members of the Supervisory Board of the Supreme Criminal Court, consisting of Judges Enrique Méndez Signori, Fernando Canelo and Germán Castelli.

The purpose of the meeting is “Please provide us with the tools possible so that the trial can take place as soon as possible.” provided information from judicial sources Clarion. This includes increasing the number of weekly public hearings; AMIA room -The largest Comodoro Py account-, conduct a direct trial.

In the bribery notebook case, 86 out of 126 people have been investigated orally and in public court. There will be a section on money laundering, and oral arguments are expected to begin in 2026. The case also charges 25 associates who admitted collecting the illegal payments, others who admitted similar acts, and a former official and private secretary who provided the judge with details of how the bag containing the illegal money ended up in Santa Cruz.

The trial began six years later Since his promotion by investigating judge Claudio Bonadio.

The first public hearing last week, in which bribes allegedly attributed to the former president were read out, sparked debate over the method TOF 7 adopted to conduct the hearing. The hearing will be held virtually and will be broadcast on YouTube.

This was coupled with a calendar discussion, which included only weekly public hearings until March 2026.

These standards have been reviewed After the summons of the Court of Cassation to the judges of TOF 7. This Thursday, before the second trial began, it was reported that: Starting November 25, the trial will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.. Accordingly, the following decisions were made: The investigation will be conducted directly against the complainant. The remaining parties will then be able to observe the hearing virtually.

It has been criticized by some lawyers who believe it would be difficult to add another hearing. “Succumbing to media pressure” But above all, he said, the decision changes the already set schedule, and the resolution was signed unanimously and notified to all parties.

Another public debate concerns a meeting attended by the President of the Court of Cassation. Daniel Petronehis vice president; Diego Baroetaveña and the chairmen of each chamber of commerce, Ángela Ledesma, Carlos Mahíquez, Mariano Bolisinky. All these constitute a supervisory authority with administrative jurisdiction over the Oral Court, rather than the Court of Justice.

Cristina Kirchner’s defense team, led by Carlos Berardi, and lawyers for the main defendants in the case, Julio de Vido and Roberto Baratta, requested interviews with witnesses.

“This is an oversight hearing; There is no record of the parties participating.“A judicial source said this morning that Clarion.

In any case, TOF 7 sent the proposal to the highest criminal court, and several more lawyers announced their intention to participate in the meeting. A response from Casacion is expected.

Can the Supervisory Department change its work schedule?In a resolution read on Thursday, the trial court recalled: It is the jurisdiction of the TOF to decide how best to conduct a trial. This does not mean that the federal Court of Cassation has been abolished. Can you suggest a review? of the applied methodology.

This view is not unanimous, and some believe a resolution could be signed by the comptroller on Tuesday calling for TOF 7 to add more hearings, leaving them virtual in exceptional cases and holding the rest in-person.

Some retired court judges have been more cautious, directing: clarion “We still have a long way to go until Tuesday,” he said, adding that only then would it be known whether the way the debate on illegal associations led by Christina Kirchner will be amended.

Six years ago, after listing a series of proposals from the Supreme Court, the Judicial Council and the Court of Cassation, TOF 7 judges, in a notebook file submitted to the court, indicated that the AMIA courtroom proposed by the Supreme Criminal Court was undergoing renovation.

The statement continued: “This proposal has not even come from the High Court, especially since the hearing date was set. didn’t suggest anything This relates to the optimization of oral and public trials, which began last week. In this regard, it is worth remembering that the relocation of our court to the Comodoro Pi Building, announced in 2020, has been in the works for a number of years, until now. An initiative without a start of execution.

Taking into account all these developments, the court decided that “within the framework of its duly informed authority, the investigative statements shall be made in a mixed manner, i.e., together with the members of the court, the corresponding defendants will be summoned together with their defense attorneys, indicting the parties and the public and will be made in person, while the remaining parties and the public will be made electronically.”

It was reported that the case would be requested again by the Federal Court of Cassation. Allow use of human rights conference room – Located on the first floor of the palace, “for carrying out in a hybrid manner the steps stipulated in Article 378 of the National Criminal Procedure Code.”