Juan Carlos Maqueda, harshly criticized Javier Milei: "He hurts democracy" and "uses terminology more appropriate for thugs than for a president."

Former Supreme Court judge Juan Carlos Maqueda analyzed Javier Milei in his presidential role and considered that, with his actions, the president "hurts democracy" and uses expressions that he considers inappropriate for a person in his position, but rather " more typical of hooligans or thugs ."

"Argentina currently has a significant lack of democratic and institutional quality , and this is largely due to the President's personal conduct. It undermines democracy and some basic principles of democracy , such as freedom of expression," said the judge, who cited the President's attacks on journalists as an example.

In the same way, he evaluated the actions of Javier Milei It affects the independence of the branches of government "when it expresses its opinion on the rulings of the Judiciary and interferes within the specific scope of a branch of the State that is absolutely prohibited by the Constitution."

In this context, Maqueda questioned the methods and type of language used by the leader of La Libertad Avanza (LLA) "when he wants to express something against a situation with which one disagrees."

"This Cervantes language that we practice is too rich to use that vulgar terminology that sometimes hurts a lot and is more appropriate for hooligans or thugs than for a president of the nation," he said in an interview with LN+ , while considering that "violent language unleashes violence" and that "that must be taken into account."

Aware that his statement "was harsh," the former member of the Supreme Court insisted that, on the part of the president, "there is a very serious disregard for everything related to the democratic system , starting with the methods."

"The constant mistreatment they have suffered in the field of journalism , and the constant mistreatment of people who do or say things the President doesn't like, seems to me to lead to mistreatment that, at its core, degrades the image of the president ," he reiterated.

The former Supreme Court judge also addressed the situation of former President Cristina Kirchner, who is serving house arrest after her conviction in the Vialidad case was upheld, and ruled out the possibility that the former president is "a political prisoner."

"She's a political prisoner. That's different. If I were to answer yes, that she's a political prisoner, I'd be agreeing that the sentences she received are part of a political vendetta, as she publicly claims, but I have absolute confidence in the institutions of democratic justice we have," he stated.

Along those lines, he maintained that he believes "absolutely no one would resort to political revenge instead of the concrete analysis that must be done of the evidence in that regard."

Beyond that, he contrasted Cristina Kirchner's presidency with that of Néstor Kirchner, where he "applied the rules of politics and behaved like a president who sought agreements."

Instead, he mentioned that "during Cristina Kirchner's two presidencies and that of Alberto Fernández, the former president, with her hurtful language and belligerent attitudes, also undermined democracy."

"That's where they (Milei and Cristina) are similar. Not ideologically, but in their behavior," Maqueda said.