The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, has said he will seek the removal of the country’s Supreme Court chief for “repeatedly engaging in conduct” that constitutes “poor performance of his duties”.
Fernandez made it known on Tuesday that he has requested for the impeachment of the Supreme Court President Horacio Rosatti along with a lot of other court members.
Tuesday’s decision to request the impeachment of key Supreme Court justices appears unlikely to gather votes, since Fernandez’s Peronist coalition in Congress lacks the two-thirds majority necessary to remove the court officials.
The moves comes after Alberto Fernandez clashed with Argentina’s judiciary over ruling allocating more funds to Buenos Aires.