The Defense Council of the former prosecutor denounced the outrage from the beginning of the process that the team has experienced and especially Jean Alain Rodríguez, for which it demanded that he be given equal treatment as has been given to other cases where the Attorney Miriam Germán Brito has demanded compliance with the law and due process.
They stated that they have had to submit instances to the court for the more than 112 petitions made to the PEPCA by Jean Alain Rodríguez in these 14 months that he has been deprived of liberty, due to their refusal to hand him over, having handed over only 10% of the same, having to order the judge the delivery of all the documents, many of them still not having been delivered.
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In turn, they indicate that the Public Ministry leaked the accusation document and delivered an “official” folder with electronic devices containing evidence that still cannot be accessed, for which they demand that Attorney Miriam Germán Brito, as head of said institution, do comply with the law and respect due process by instructing the personnel under his command to do what corresponds, as he has done in other recent cases, without hesitation, because despite being inhibited, it is his responsibility.
In the accusatory document, more than 100 witnesses, real or not, point to the former chief of staff, Rafael Canó Sacco, as the author of the bribes and kickbacks, having received more than 590 million in bribes, highlighting serious and serious crimes against the treasury. Therefore, it is absurd and inappropriate that he render his statements virtually by video conference, and that he has been excluded from the file, they added.
point that within the multiple leaks and violations, the PEPCA provided a communicator with an interrogation carried out on Canó Sacco where the extradition request is mentioned, something that they do not question, since it would be unlikely that he refrain from the process in clear violation of the due process and receiving privileged treatment just for the fact of cooperating with justice.
They stressed that it is evident that the interrogations do not contain material evidence that gives indications that the former prosecutor Jean Alain Rodríguez has requested or accepted bribes, payments or irregular acts for his benefit, quite the contrary, they expose Cano Sacco.
“Canó Sacco had a network of friends, relatives and people close to him and his companies, to whom he promised an award in exchange for 20% of the contracts. The accusatory document shows that this functioned as a pyramid business, where those related became captors of companies and beneficiaries of the assignments granted by Canó Sacco. there is no proof that points out to Jean Alain Rodríguez of having benefited in some way, beyond a crude testimony of who was the author of these misdeeds. The Public Ministry cannot use this argument as the basis of an accusation, knowing that the testimonies do not constitute evidence and that their testimony lacks probative value according to Art. 172 of the Code of Criminal Procedure “said Dr. Carlos Balcacer.
They pointed out that punishable conduct cannot be exonerated, mitigated, or attenuated, except as provided by law, which in the case of Rafael Canó Sacco does not apply, unless it is referred to criminal proceedings.
