After knowing this Wednesday the arguments of the judges in the sentence against Jeanine Áñez, the legal representative of the Government, the Public Ministry and the defense of the former president will appeal the decision of the judges. The accusers agree that the sentence should be increased to 15 years and Áñez’s relatives and former military chiefs seek to avoid his imprisonment.
The Attorney General of the State, Juan Lanchipa, reported yesterday that the Public Ministry will appeal the sentence of 10 years in prison in the Golpe II case, issued against Áñez and justified his accusation indicating that there was a breach in the constitutional succession in the assumption as state president.
“We have dedicated ourselves to establishing that there was no succession, as the Constitution and the laws mandate, there was a violation of the constitutional succession and, in such a way, it has been proved that the Constitution and the laws have been violated”, maintained Lanchipa.
This appeal will take place after hearing the grounds for the judgment of the First Sentencing Court of La Paz that The full reading of his ruling is scheduled for this Wednesday, June 15, where everyone must be present.
At a press conference, Carolina Ribera, daughter of the former president, He also pointed out that the resource is being prepared to avoid the confinement of his mother and remarked that Evo Morales revealed that he decided to imprison Áñez to convict her, with the consent of President Luis Arce Catacora and the leadership of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS).
“It will be appealed accordingly and then will go to the international route, where there are no political parties, no interference or little friends that they intervene in the judicial system”, she expressed dismay at not being able to be with her mother.
The MAS leader announced that the “second step” against Áñez is underway. a political meeting decided that the former president will go to a new ordinary trial this time for the deaths of Senkata and Sacaba. The coca grower leader said that, in a meeting with Luis Arce, David Choquehuanca, two ministers and the Unity Pact, it was agreed to prosecute the former head of state through criminal channels and not through a trial of responsibilities.
The Government had already shown its disagreement with the ten-year sentence against Áñez. Said the presidential spokesman, Jorge Richter, that the “second period” was missing and now they are looking for 30 years in prison.
Analysis
The political scientist Paul Coca assured that the sentence of 10 years in prison against Añez does not benefit the MAS and in fact It harms Luis Arce and David Choquehuanca, because it takes away their legitimacy.
“The legitimacy of President Luis Arce and the Vice President is going to decrease and legality is going to be very questionable because if we talk about a dictatorship government or de facto government, it is understood that their acts are null and there is nowhere to get lost and I say this as a lawyer”, he asserted.
The lawyer said that this It is a “goal that Morales scored” and not only goes against the opposition but against the Government itself and their rulers.