Overview
- At 10:00 local time, the verdict will be read at the Senate Annex in La Plata, with possible outcomes including continuation in office, sanctions, suspension, or removal with a potential lifetime ban.
- If removed, Julieta Makintach would lose judicial immunity, enabling a San Isidro criminal case to proceed on alleged passive bribery, abuse of authority, breach of duties, and malversation.
- Prosecutor Analía Duarte and other accusers say Makintach lied, pressured and manipulated, and used public resources for a project in her interest, citing video, an episode outline, WhatsApp chats, and witness testimony.
- Makintach denies responsibility, saying there was no documentary of hers, argues colleagues knew of the camera in court, and has submitted a resignation that remains unaccepted by the governor.
- The controversy erupted in May when footage showed her filmed at the San Isidro courts, prompting the Maradona death trial’s nullification; she is suspended from the bench and removed from a university teaching post.