Once again, the judiciary proved too weak to overcome the impunity enjoyed by members of the executive and legislative branches. Some of the cases came before judges appointed by Menem himself. The president had also expanded the Supreme Court and appointed a majority of the justices. Some functionaries accused of corruption brought libel suits against the newspapers and reporters who had exposed them. Government television announcers routinely attacked print reporters who wrote stories about bribery and corruption. One reporter was even assassinated. At one moment during Menem’s first term, nearly a dozen cabinet-level and senior officials had been tainted by charges of corruption. “Menem has so centralized power in the judiciary that I am very worried,” said one prominent attorney quoted in yet another New York Times article. “But what makes me most afraid is that people don’t seem to care. All they seem to be worrying about is whether there is low inflation” (Nash 1991, 15).
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