For the first time in four years, the ANSeS revealed how much Cristina Kirchner earns for her two privileged retirements. In January he received $14,548,836 grossaccording to a response from the government of Javier Milei to a request for access to public information from Clarion. The organism paid her $8,107,506.01 for her non-contributory pension as former president and $6,441,330 for the pension of her ex-husband and former president Néstor Kirchner.
That figure does not include deductions or supplements. It is not known, for example, if he receives seniority, hierarchical compensation and an “additional fee for the southern zone (40 percent of the real assets)” for having residence in El Calafate that a judge had granted him upon his claim.
In December, the minimum pensions, with the readjustment, were at $105,713. That is, Cristina He collected the equivalent of 142 minimum pensions, without taking into account the extra bonuses that ANSeS paid to retirees.
The former head of the ANSeS and reference of La Cámpora Fernanda Raverta had refused to provide that retirement information, claiming that it was data linked to the privacy of the former president; but now the organization agreed to give the information because it changed the criteria and maintained that she is a former official and public funds.
Due to the scandal generated by the collection of these pensions by the former president, President Javier Milei announced on Friday before the Legislative Assembly that he will send a bill to Congress to repeal that law 24,018 promoted by former president Carlos Menem.
Former president Alberto Fernández asked in January, as he revealed Clarion, benefit from this ex-gratia pension and could claim acquired rights before the law is eventually annulled. The pension is equivalent to the salary of a minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.
More than 90 million last year
During 2023, the former vice president collected $93,622,678 in total, according to the official response of the organization. This is divided into $41,448,119 for his pension. And thanks to his retirement, another $52,174,559.
Month by month, the former vice president’s retirements increased noticeably. In January 2023, both monthly allocations amounted to $4,953,442. Within those almost 5 million there were $2,760,628.81 belonging to his retirement and $2,192,813 belonging to his pension.
In February, March and April the allocations totaled exactly $5,943,270. Of which $2,631,075 corresponded to the pension and $3,312,194 were due to his retirement.
In May, June and July the privilege attributions were $3,962,758 in the case of retirements, and $3,148,000 in the case of pensions. This gives a total of $7,110,759.
In August, September and October, their pensions were $4,076,309 and their retirements were $5,131,061. Added together they specifically give $9,207,370.
In November the pension was $4,341,172 and his retirement was $5,464,398. This gives exactly $9,805,570. Finally, in December the pension was $5,347,976 and his retirement was $6,731,489. Which gives a sum of $12,079,465.
“Exorbitant” amount and doubts with the affidavit
Retirement lawyer Federico Despoulis analyzed Cristina’s case and told Clarion that “the pension system has a basic principle that is solidarity, which is also intergenerational.” “Today a maximum asset is at a limit of $904,000 and anyone can compare that figure with Cristina’s privilege retirement to realize how exorbitant the amount,” he added.
“This reason generates great inequality between a retiree with 30 years of contributions and, for example, the former president who, with 8 years as president, earns an exceptional amount,” Despoulis highlighted.
“Cristina got to collect those two privileged pensions to have litigated against the State in an unprecedented and unique event with the complicity of the ANSES”he added.
For Despoulis, “at this time when retirees are going through a time of wear and tear and devaluation of their assets, Cristina receives the retirement of a great monarch, whose privileges are above people and laws.”
For his part, the head of Forensic Accountants, Alfredo Popritkin, analyzed the income that the former president declared in her sworn declaration of assets last year presented to the Anti-Corruption Office.
“During the year 2023, the former vice president declares a total of income from personal work income For the sum of $97,727,008, this represents an average monthly value of $7,517,462, taking into account that he has received 12 salaries and two complementary annual salary installments.”.
In the affidavit “No It appears that he has received money from rent” since its three hotels and properties are seized by the Justice in the Roads case.
Regarding interest for fixed terms, the former expert of the Court explained that “although as of January 2023 it has had the sum of $55 million in fixed-term deposits, the interest received does not emerge in a discriminated manner from the sworn statement. for that concept. It is possible that this concept is contained in another global item.”
Regarding Cristina’s investment in shares, the accountant said that “the former president he dismantled his fixed deadlines and positioned himself in assets of foreign companies”. For example, he bought shares of Coca Cola, the Nasdaq index of US technology companies, Microsoft, Apple, Visa, Vista Energy, Berkshire Hathaway, Donat Investments (Indian company), Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp and Mercado Libre.” Of these, only the last ones are Argentine.
“Having issued a precautionary measure along with the ruling in the Roads case, a way to make it difficult to seize the fixed-term deposits for 55 million pesos that he had at the end of 2022, is to invest in shares of foreign companies in case the sentence becomes final”Popritkin warned.
During Osvaldo Giordano’s administration as head of the National Social Security Administration (ANSES), it was accepted to report on Cristina Kirchner’s privileged retirements.Pensions in record time
The two ex gratia pensions had been granted to Cristina in 2015 in record time by the then Minister of Social Development and her sister-in-law Alicia Kirchner with the endorsement of her judicial “brain” and Legal and Technical Secretary at the time, Carlos Zannini. But a year later, Alicia Kirchner’s successor, Carolina Stanley, repealed the double benefit and after an extensive analysis it was resolved that she should opt for one, as the law says.
Then, Cristina went to court and It opened a long and controversial process. In 2020, substitute judge Ezequiel Pérez Nami annulled that Stanley resolution and granted the two benefits. He said that “if you are peacefully receiving both benefits, it implies an illegal modification that violates firm and consented rights held by the owner.” That is Cristina’s “acquired rights” regarding the two pensions were violated.
The judge said that “I categorically conclude that in cases like the present one under study, the incompatibility established in article 5, law 24,018 It only reaches its beneficiaries as Owners thereof. and it does not extend to their beneficiaries, so there are no legal inconveniences for both benefits to be received at the same time.”
In other words, one spouse can collect ex-gratia support from another. Prosecutor Gabriel De Vedia did not appeal the measure and Raverta let the ruling reach the Social Security Chamber and it would remain firm. There is only one appeal from Deputy Graciela Ocaña to the Court to be given the status of plaintiff and try to put the controversial ruling to rest.
Collaborated: Tabatha Barrera Carlinimaster’s degree Clarín/Universidad de San Andrés
