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Based on the legal body in force in the country, the Minister of Justice, Iván Lima, indicated that former president Jeanine Añez could be sentenced to 12 years in prison for the “coup d’état II” case.
At the end of November of the last administration, the Prosecutor’s Office issued an indictment against Añez for the aforementioned litigation. The former ruler is accused of the crimes of breach of duties and resolutions contrary to the Constitution and the laws.
The case refers to the assumption of power by the former president in the midst of the 2019 crisis that derived from the allegations of electoral fraud in the elections of that year and the resignation of Evo Morales from the presidency.
On Friday, the judge in the case notified the parties and set the date for the start of the trial on February 10 at 9:00 a.m. online.
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“The rule that our Code of Criminal Procedure has could imply a sanction of 12 years of deprivation, this will be determined throughout the trial and it is a exclusive attribution of the Sentencing Court,” Lima said in contact with the state channel Bolivia Tv.
The authority of the Executive Branch stated that in this case there is no political persecution as reported by the ruler and the opposition politicians.
In this framework, he put on the table the visit of Diego García-Sayán, special rapporteur on the independence of magistrates and lawyers of the United Nations Organization (UN) scheduled for February.
In that sense, he assured that the process against the president of the transitional government is open to international public scrutiny.
“The independence of the powers (of the State), of justice, is something that President (Luis) Arce has highlighted in his message and we always do it as the Ministry (of Justice),” he added.
