Sawt Falasteen - Argentina's Kirchner says will hand herself in next week

Writing on X, Kirchner, 72, said she would hand herself in on Wednesday at the Palace of Justice in Buenos Aires "to conform with the law, as I have always done."

Wednesday is the last day for her to submit to the authorities after the Supreme Court this week rejected her appeal against her conviction for fraudulent administration during her 2007-2015 presidency.

The court's ruling rendered Kirchner's 2022 conviction and sentence, which includes a life-long ban on holding public office, final.

Kirchner, who leads opposition to libertarian President Javier Milei's cost-cutting agenda, has requested to serve her sentence at her home in Buenos Aires -- an arrangement available to over-70s.

Supporters of the polarizing left-winger who has been a dominant force in Argentine politics for the past two decades have cried foul over her conviction.

They accuse the prosecution and judiciary of being cosy with her right-wing political foes.

But some Argentines have expressed satisfaction at what they see as just punishment for the leader of the left-wing populist Peronist movement, which has been accused of widespread corruption and economic mismanagement.

M.AbuKhalil--SF-PST