Argentina prosecutor seeks 12-year jail sentence for VP Kirchner

FILE PHOTO: Argentina's Vice President and President of the Senate, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, looks on as lawmakers meet to debate and vote an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -An Argentine federal prosecutor requested a 12-year prison sentence on Monday for Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the country's former president and current vice president, on corruption charges related to public works.

Prosecutor Diego Luciani accused Fernandez de Kirchner, a still-influential voice for the left wing of the ruling Peronist party, of defrauding the state and involvement in a scheme to divert public funds while president between 2007 and 2015.