Overview
- The filing was submitted on November 17 by ministry official Fernando Oscar Soto on instructions from Security Minister Patricia Bullrich.
- The case cites articles 226 and 226 bis of the Penal Code, which carry potential prison terms of one to four years for threats against the constitutional order.
- Prosecutors point to Rodolfo Aguiar’s TV comment on Bravo TV’s QR program that his job is to “provoke the crisis of this government,” arguing it could affect the presidential mandate.
- Bullrich publicly labeled Aguiar “destabilizing and coup-mongering” and said the remarks warranted a judicial investigation for public threats.
- Aguiar rejected the accusation, accused the government of using the courts to repress dissent, and linked the timing to ATE’s strike and mobilization planned for Wednesday against the labor reform.