The directors of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) Katia Jaentschke Acevedo and Ruth Tapia Roa were removed by “superior orders” since the beginning of October. So far, the reason for Daniel Ortega’s decision to restructure the judicial body is unknown.
According to the information obtained by the digital medium Confidential, the measure caused “surprise and uncertainty among officials.” Jaentschke is the daughter of former Vice Chancellor Valdrack Jaentschke Whitaker, political operator of the regime and current “Counselor Minister” in Costa Rica; She held the position of director of International Relations of the CSJ, and was known as someone who within the ranks “fulfilled her duties as a public official and as a militant of the Sandinista Front,” according to the media outlet.
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“The order for the dismissal came directly from El Carmen —the presidential office and the FSLN secretariat headed by Néstor Moncada Lau— and it was carried out without hesitation. They did not let her enter her office to collect her personal belongings, other people accused of serious cases of corruption continue as if nothing had happened in their positions, which generates even more confusion and rejection, “the source reported to the Confidencial media.
For her part, Ruth Tapia Roa has had a long career in the positions of the Ortega regime, before founding as director of international relations and Protocol, she held the position of permanent representative of Nicaragua before the Organization of American States (OAS), She was ambassador in Paris, France. In addition, she served as Nicaragua’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).
During her three months as ambassador to the OAS, she was the voice of the regime and defended the administration and policy of Daniel Ortega. In addition to being in charge of denying the repressive acts carried out by the Ortega Police against Nicaraguans in 2019.
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“There are many good things in Nicaragua and I think that made the United States want to disrupt it, because we were in the best moment. We are a bad example for the region, because despite the fact that we are still the second poorest country in Latin America, we are a country that is advancing,” said the former official in an interview with documentary filmmaker Hernando Calvo Ospina.
In an interview with France 24 and in line with the speech received from El Carmen, the ambassador denied the Ortega massacre, minimized the murders of protesters and defended the Police, alleging that the country was in “complete normality” and that the abnormality was in the international context.
