Cristina Fernández de Kirchner electricity, gas and water supply. These remained fixed during the terms of Duhalde and Néstor and Cristina Kirchner, despite the crisis that motivated them having ended. As the inflation rate grew during the period, the state financed part of these prices with subsidies. Investment in these areas decreased, and the generation and distribution networks suffered. Argentina lost its self-supply of energy, and had to import it, rather than being able to export surpluses. Kirchner proposed a fiscal austerity program in early 2012, including the gradual removal of subsidies. The proposal turned out to be unpopular, and was not implemented. She
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner with high treason. However, as a sitting senator, she enjoyed immunity from prosecution. On 5 March 2018, Fernández was indicted for obstructing investigation into the 1994 AMIA Bombing which killed 85 people, with Fernández allegedly making a deal with the Iranian government to stop investigating Iranian officials who may be involved in the attack in exchange for better prices on Iranian oil and other products. Fernández can still face trial despite her immunity, while legislators also have the choice to strip her of immunity. Both Kirchner and her former minister Florencio Randazzo wanted to run for senator for the Buenos