María José Sarmiento

María José Sarmiento is an Argentine judge, with a record of taking part in many known trials.

In 1997, during the government of Carlos Menem, she ruled against a raise of taxes for telephones. Other judges made similar rulings, which were ratified afterwards.^[1]

During 2002 she made many rulings that authorized people to get their money, kept in the banks due to the corralito. By doing so she joined the line of judges that deemed the measure unconstitutional.^[2]

In 2007 she ordered Felisa Miceli, minister of economy by that time, to answer to the Senate about an amount of money destined to the Greco group in a hidden manner.^[3]

In 2008 she considered that the blockade of the San Martín bridge was illegal. Such blockade is done by neighbours of the city, protesting against the placement of factories nearby.^[4]

In the beginning of 2010, during a judicial break, she ruled against two decrees of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. First she denied the use of Reserves of the Central Bank for paying debt,^[5] and then ratified Martín Redrado as president of it.^[6]

References

1. ^ Una cámara ordenó que se suspendan los ajustes(Spanish)
2. ^ Un nuevo fallo declara inconstitucional el corralito y la pesificación(Spanish)
3. ^ Greco: Miceli deberá dar información(Spanish)
4. ^ Declararon ilegal el corte en Gualeguaychú(Spanish)
5. ^ Pese al fallo en contra, el Gobierno presiona para depositar las reservas destinadas a pagar la deuda(Spanish)
6. ^ Tras la restitución de Redrado al frente del Banco Central, Cristina se reúne en la quinta de Olivos con parte de su gabinete(Spanish)

External links

• Quién es la jueza que contrarió dos veces en el día al Gobierno (Spanish)
• Conozca quién es la jueza María José Sarmiento (Spanish)

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