Defense of Pío López Obrador asks the Fisel to summon the President to testify
Gustavo Castillo
Newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, August 13, 2022, p. eleven
The defense of Pío Lorenzo López Obrador formalized before the Special Prosecutor for Electoral Crimes (Fisel) his request to summon President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to appear regarding the alleged commission of electoral crimes in 2015.
In the brief presented by the lawyer Pablo Hernández Romo, it is specified that this request for the president to appear is made based on the human right to an adequate defense, since on August 2 Pío Lorenzo López Obrador was notified that it was not appropriate to authorize the determination of June 30, 2022, which consisted in not exercising criminal action
because they had to be done investigative proceedings aimed at collecting more evidence
.
On August 5, the litigant indicated that he would present the formal request for the appearance.
The document delivered to Fisel mentions that during a morning conference, President López Obrador indicated that he would agree to appear before the Public Ministry: I am going, of course. That is what I am proposing, let it go to the bottom
.
It is added in the petition filed with the Fisel that if the President spoke publicly about the facts, said he knew what the money was used for and showed his complete willingness to testify, I consider it essential that his statement be taken
.
In the text it is stated that the due diligence
since the Federal Public Ministry so indicated to the amparo judge who forced Fisel to report the course of the investigation in which the alleged delivery of resources by David León to Pío López Obrador is investigated and that these were used for expenses of those who supported Morena in 2015.
