By court order, CFK will collect 15.68 million monthly from Anses, despite conviction

Cristina Kirchner will receive a gross monthly pension of approximately 15.68 million Argentine pesos from the National Social Security Administration (Anses), beginning with the August payment. This figure, subject to deductions for social security and income tax, stems from a preliminary court order issued in February by the Federal Social Security Chamber.

The court order granted Kirchner's request to provisionally reinstate one of the two privileged benefits she received until November 2024. Both benefits, one for being a former president and the other as the widow of a former president, were revoked after Kirchner was convicted as "criminally responsible for the crime of fraudulent administration to the detriment of the public administration." This conviction relates to corrupt acts that harmed the state, which is now obligated to pay her a substantial monthly allowance.

Following the revocation of her payments, formalized by former Anses executive director Mariano de los Heros, Kirchner initiated legal action to permanently recover them. She subsequently requested a preliminary injunction to ensure payment of one of the two benefits while the main case, whether Anses's decision to revoke the payments was valid, is being decided.

Initially, Judge Karina Alonso Candis denied Kirchner's request. However, on review, judges Sebastián Russo and Juan Fantini granted the injunction in favor of Kirchner, citing "alimentary reasons." Notably, their decision did not analyze that Kirchner is serving a six-year prison sentence, which, according to the Penal Code, should suspend the collection of pension income, regardless of the reasons for revoking the benefits.

The judge overseeing the case notified the involved parties that Anses would comply with the court's preliminary order. The notification stated that Anses would "proceed in the monthly August of 2026 to the reinstatement of benefit no. 47-6-8085213-0." This pension had been previously revoked. In June, the Judicial Branch had ordered Anses to comply with the injunction after Kirchner provided a "juratory bond," pledging to repair any damage to public assets if the final court ruling is unfavorable to her.