Prosecutors request 12-year sentence for Argentinian vice president

The former president has vehemently denied charges against her in the three-year trial and has said the judges already have the sentence against her 'written and even signed'

Cristina Fernandez (AP)

Prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence Argentina’s vice president Cristina Fernandez to 12 years in prison for allegedly leading a criminal conspiracy that irregularly awarded public works contracts to a friend and ally.

“We are faced with the biggest corruption manoeuvre that this country has ever known,” prosecutor Diego Luciani said in his closing arguments in the trial of Fernandez, who was president of Argentina between 2007 and 2015, before becoming vice president in 2019.