Supreme Judge Elvia Barrios will appeal the ruling of the National Justice Board (JNJ) that ordered today to suspend her from her duties for 60 days for not reporting that her ex-husband contracted with the National Election Jury (JNE) between 2015 and 2018.
“I am going to propose the reconsideration because it is a resolution that is not in accordance with the law, it violates fundamental rights and because the fact attributed in the final version has been changed,” he briefly declared to Peru21.
With the latter, Barrios refers to the change of opinion made by the rapporteur of the Henry Ávila case. Yesterday, Ávila proposed reprimanding the magistrate as a sanction, but before today’s vote he changed his position and proposed the suspension.
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Luz Tello, a member of the JNJ plenary, explained in a hearing this Friday that Barrios was obliged to notify the JNE and the Judiciary that Eduardo Laca Rivadeneira, her partner at the time, had signed service orders with the electoral body.
Article 11 of the State Procurement Law establishes that relatives of senior officials, including supreme magistrates, are prevented from contracting with public entities.
“The conduct of a Supreme Court judge that consists of not informing, omitting that his partner is hired to provide services to an entity that is part of the Judiciary, through service orders, is subject to a significant degree of ethical and consequently of the corresponding disciplinary sanction”, argued Tello.
The rest of the members adhered to this conclusion, with the exception of María Zavala. Ávila’s presentation was approved by a majority.
