Jujuy justice detains two people, who will be sent to trial for having published ironic tweets and photos on social networks that allude to the infidelity of the wife of the former governor of the province, the radical Gerardo Morales.
Nahuel Morandini, a 45-year-old environmental engineer and university professor, was arrested almost two months ago, accused of publishing on December 19 on his personal X account an ironic tweet that said: “The carnival has been held in Jujuy for several years now.” of the tekis (a scam that tourists fall into). But this year it is not done. And it all seems to be because one of the tekis teaches the former governor’s wife how to play the quena. Impossible to get bored in kukuy.”
At the same time, he was also arrested Humberto Roque Villegas42, accused of spreading photos of Morales’ daughter on Facebook, insinuating that the girl was born as a product of Morales’ wife’s relationship, Calm down Snopekwith a musician from the folklore group Los Tekis.
The two detainees will be brought to trial in a case being carried out by the judge Pablo Pullen Llermanos.
What does Justice say?
They were charged under article 139, paragraph 2 of the National Penal Code, which provides for 2 to 6 years in prison for anyone who “by any act alters or suppresses the identity of a minor under 10 years of age.”
The prosecutor of the case, Hugo Walter Rondón, from the Prosecutor’s Office Specialized in Economic Crimes and Crimes against Public Administration No. 1 of Jujuy, considered that these publications affect Snopek and also his daughter. “The marital status of a totally innocent person was disturbed, causing damage that is practically impossible to compensate,” said the prosecutor in relation to the girl, according to the newspaper La Nación.
The case of keeping two people detained for publishing ironic or direct comments about the infidelity of a politician’s partner has no precedent in the country. The conviction of the crimes of psychological injuries and alteration of the identity of a minor can consist of imprisonment for eight years.
They report harassment
Relatives of the detainees, accompanied by human rights organizations and members of different spaces at the national level, have reported “harassment” and warn about an “unjustified” preventive detention dictated by the local Justice, which motivated various presentations demanding their freedom. of those detained.
“The use of Justice to discipline us all is not new in Jujuy, but it is now advancing against citizens who the only thing they did was put a joke on the internet. In no way can you alter anyone’s identity through a publication on networks “he accused Lucia CastroMorandini’s wife, within the framework of the actions to demand freedom of the detainees.
Among the actions, the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) and the Criminal Thought Association expressed concern about a “capricious, forced and illogical interpretation of the Penal Code.”
In addition, different organizations formed a National Coordinator for the Freedom of Nahuel and Roque, through which different hearings with authorities of the provincial Executive were requested, without success. In search of the immediate release of the detainees, meetings were also promoted in the National Congress.
The governor distanced himself from the case
The governor of Jujuy, Carlos Sadirsaid that the case of the two people detained for replicating posts on social networks about former governor Gerardo Morales and his wife is a “matter” of the Jujuy Justice, and stated: “I do not have the slightest participation.”
“The truth is that this is a matter handled by the Justice Department. I understand that it has to do with the impact of the rights of the child, but it is a specific matter of Justice and in that sense I do not have the slightest participation, except for what is know,” Sadir said in statements to El Destape Radio.
The governor pointed out that “seen from the outside, it has been something that is very bad and that also has planned sanctions depending on what the violation of rights meant, but well, that is an issue that today is in the hands of Justice.” .
