María José Sarmiento is an

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judge.

Biography

In 1997, during the government of

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, she ruled against a rise in taxes for telephones. Other judges made similar rulings, which were ratified afterwards. During 2002, she made many rulings that authorized people to access their money, held in the banks due to the '' corralito''. By doing so she joined the line of judges that deemed the measure unconstitutional. In 2007, she ordered

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, the

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at the time, to answer to the

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for an amount of money destined to the Greco group in a hidden manner. In 2008, she considered that the blockade of the San Martín bridge by neighbours of the city, protesting against the placement of factories nearby, was illegal. At the beginning of 2010, during a judicial break, she ruled against two decrees of President

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. She denied the use of

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reserves for paying debt, and then ratified Martín Redrado as president of the bank."Con urgencia, el Gobierno busca apelar el fallo que ordenó restituir a Martín Redrado al frente del Banco Central"
''La Nación'', 9 January 2010

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