Guillermo Francos spoke about Cristina Kirchner's house arrest: "There should be limitations."

Chief of Staff Guillermo Francos expressed his opinion this Monday on the conditions of Cristina Kirchner's house arrest at her home in the Constitución neighborhood. After the prosecutors in the Highway Department case for which she is serving a sentence appealed the order, the official considered that house arrest should "have limitations."

This Monday, it was learned that Attorney General Diego Luciani insisted that the former president must serve the corruption sentence awarded in the Vialidad case in a Federal Penitentiary Service unit . Now, the Fourth Chamber of the Federal Court of Criminal Cassation will decide whether or not the former vice president continues to enjoy the benefit of her arrest in her Buenos Aires apartment at 1111 San José Street.

During an interview with LN+, Francos was asked about the issue. He expressed his support for Cristina Kirchner's initial decision to be granted house arrest. "For reasons of her age and the positions she has held, and the situation that had arisen in the country, I think the judges' decision was reasonable ," he stated.

But then, he clarified, given the "conditions she's showing today," he maintained that Cristina Kirchner's house arrest should "have certain limitations, otherwise the country is a joke."

"What I find unacceptable is that she is, like any ordinary leader , addressing the residents as if she hadn't been convicted. It seems to me that from that point of view, everything has to have limits," the Chief of Staff added, concluding: " Let's accept house arrest. Not the place or the conditions ."

The Chief of Staff also referred to the ruling issued Tuesday by the New York court, which ordered Argentina to hand over 51% of YPF's shares to the beneficiaries of the 2012 ruling for the company's expropriation. He echoed the President's sentiment, stating that " the government will appeal the ruling in all its courts."

Furthermore, when asked what he would say to Axel Kicillof and Cristina Kirchner after the ruling was announced, he stated: "I would tell them that they have been incapable and useless in resolving Argentina's issues, that everything they did caused enormous economic damage to the country and that the people must hold them accountable at some point ." These words allude to the fact that, when the expropriation occurred, the current governor of Buenos Aires was serving as Minister of Economy during Cristina Kirchner's second term.

"It's true, he already held them partly responsible when he made them lose the last election . But this has to cost much more than that," Francos added, who also referred to other controversial cases in which the current governor of Buenos Aires Province was involved. "I remember the issue of the bonds, one of the issues I mentioned earlier, which is the Paris Club, which has cost Argentina billions of dollars ," he elaborated.

The Chief of Staff was also asked about the elections held last Sunday in Formosa, where the provincial ruling party won both the elections for constituent convention delegates and the provincial deputy elections with almost 70% of the vote .

In this regard, when asked about a possible intervention in the province, which has been governed by Gildo Insfrán for more than 30 years, Francos stated that "it is a political decision made between the two branches of government" (referring to the national executive and legislative branches).

"Governor Insfrán consistently wins elections in the province. The people of Formosa vote for him ," Francos also stated, emphasizing: "In terms of votes, he [Insfrán] wins the elections. The parties that oppose him get 30%, he gets 70% , it's always the case."

"He may be a feudal lord because he runs the province and the budget his way, but that's what the people vote for ," the Chief of Staff concluded.