The 9th shift Flagrancia Prosecutor’s Office was in the public eye after the complaint of gender violence made by the surrogate prosecutor Gabriela Fossati against the chief prosecutor Ferdinand Roman. The accusation has called into question the integrity of the Public Ministry, and has generated a wide-ranging investigation to clarify the facts.
The investigation began as a result of Romano’s visit to the former head of presidential custody, Alexander Astesiano, in the framework of a cover-up investigation. During the visit, there was a discussion that ended in the prosecutor’s office, who She denounced feeling “aggravated” by the “tone of voice” used and by Romano’s “screams”.
Despite the fact that the legal report issued by the Prosecutor’s Office concluded that there was no gender violence, Fossati presented two new witnesses who refer to other “encounters” of Romano. Faced with these accusations, the Court Prosecutor’s Office requested an extension of the investigation to provide “guarantees.”
The prosecutor’s administrative claim materialized in mid-March, and a few days later Romano held a meeting with the surrogate Court prosecutor, Juan Gómez, in which he conveyed his intention to be transferred from the Flagrancy Prosecutor’s Office due to the “wear and tear ” suffered in five years of work. He asked to be appointed to the Analysis and Context Unit of the Prosecutor’s Office, where he was director in 2016. Finally, he formalized the request by mail to the Secretary of the Court Prosecutor’s Office.
The Analysis and Context Unit has been dedicated since its inception to conducting “strategic investigations” of criminal organizations, by “linking cases” and “breaking with the case-by-case investigation paradigm”, according to Romano assured in an interview published by the Prosecutor’s Office seven years ago.
Gabriela Fossati firm in leaving the Prosecutor’s Office
Fossati, for his part, has announced his intention to leave the Prosecutor’s Office, alleging that the decision “is not due to fatigue or wear”, but because of what he has “had to live in the last five months”. His removal from the entity is also due to the complaint that Leal’s lawyer, Diego Camaño, filed against him for his performance in the case.
As reported Search On Thursday, citing sources from the Prosecutor’s Office, the Legal-Notarial Division concluded that there was no “contumacious violation of the duties of the office” from Fossati. Both parties were notified yesterday of the resolution and will be able to make their defenses or the statements they consider pertinent.
