Overview

• By unanimous vote in La Plata, the Comisión del Jurado de Enjuiciamiento admitted the accusation and initiated the juicio político against Makintach.
• The decision keeps her suspended, cuts her pay by 40%, and prevents her resignation while the process runs.
• The panel dismissed three defense filings: a recusal of provincial Supreme Court president Hilda Kogan, an objection to the jury’s composition after a senator’s resignation, and a claim that the case is partial without her two former cojudges.
• A parallel criminal probe in San Isidro continues under prosecutors José Amallo, Carolina Asprella and Cecilia Chaieb, as lawyer Rodolfo Baqué asked to formally notify/impute judges Maximiliano Savarino and Verónica Di Tomasso.
• Makintach’s defense argues the filming was known and consented by the tribunal and that she only gave a pretrial interview, while the original oral trial over Maradona’s death was nullified after the documentary came to light.