Cristina's key quotes – ex-president speaks out before Supreme Court ruling

Key phrases from Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s public remarks on Monday night at the headquarters of the Partido Justicialista.

1. "I may end up in prison, but people will be worse off every day"
   Fernández de Kirchner warned that her possible imprisonment would not solve the country’s problems and urged President Javier Milei’s government to “consider a different way out.”
    

2. "They think they’ll fix it by putting me in prison"
   “The arrest of one person won’t change an economic model that has already failed,” she told Peronist supporters and party leaders.
    

3. "If certain characters remain free, then going to prison is a badge of dignity"
   A veiled reference to former official from the 2015-2019 Mauricio Macri government Fabián Rodríguez Simón, Fernández de Kirchner stated that “being locked up is an act of political dignity.”
    

4. "We’re not like the mafia-style right that goes on the run for three years"
   She set herself apart from Macri’s allies with a direct jab at those who fled the country and later returned after facing legal trouble.
    

5. "I’m a fusilada who’s still alive"
   The former president recalled the failed assassination attempt against her in September 2022 and linked it to her current legal troubles.
    

6. "Coincidence is not a political or historical category"
   She dismissed the idea that her prosecution is a matter of chance and tied it to a political offensive against her.
    

7. "They’re looking for ways to dismantle the grassroots movement that’s about to emerge"
   She accused the Judiciary of acting to block the political reorganisation of Peronism ahead of future elections.
    

8. "Stop dividing Argentines pointlessly"
   She called for an end to internal rifts, warning that they “ultimately harm everyone – even the anti-Peronists.”
    

9. "This model has an expiration date"
   Fernández de Kirchner compared the current economic policy to that of former economy minister José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz and later, the convertibility plan of the 1990s.

10. "We Peronists are here, and we’ll keep being here"
    She reaffirmed the movement’s continued presence in national politics despite efforts to sideline it.