Fernandez claims- based on the recent scandal involving the firing of several US Attorneys - that in the US, prosecutors are political appointees and respond to Presidential policies not to objective justice.

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If that encouraged the entry of powerful companies such as Sun Microsystems and Oracle, a main objective of the Justice Department would have been achieved.

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"To ignore everything that Argentine justice has done and to replace it with a commission that, in the best of cases, will issue, without any defined deadline, a 'recommendation' to the parties constitutes, without doubt, a reversal in the common objective of obtaining justice, " the statement said.

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The CPS said it fully supported the Stop Delaying Justice initiative and it fitted in with its objective of helping to provide swift and effective justice while maintaining the quality of prosecutions.

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This has been to Mr Berlusconi's advantage over the years and none of his legal reforms have, as their main objective, the speeding up of justice (although one measure, removing the prosecutions' right to appeal a judgment, will help in some cases).

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But he said he "fully" supports the Justice Department's pursuit of the main objective -- finding out what happened to missing classified tapes.

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