Rocío Vallejo, national deputy (PPQ Central), said that the diligence of calling an investigative statement is mandatory according to the law. Otherwise, the trial can be declared null.
“It is within the forecasts of the Public Ministry. Basically it is the act where you can exercise your defense personally. You have two options that day, first, to show up or not, and if you show up you can testify or abstain. The latter cannot be held against the person,” he stated.
Regarding the work of the Public Ministry, he affirmed that he still has six months to advance in the investigations from the accusation, and that he can even request an extension.
“What I do question is the non-application of the precautionary measures requested by the Prosecutor’s Office. They asked that they not approach the government. That is not being applied. The process is blocked, ”he said.
For the legislator, there is a good chance that Hugo Javier González will appear at the investigation. Taking into account that he appeared in all the citations that he had until now.
“He did not stop attending any. You can appear on Friday and make use of the right to refrain from testifying and the diligence is concluded. The Prosecutor’s Office can summon him again and Hugo Javier can abstain again, ”he mentioned.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
On the precautionary measures to which Vallejo alluded, there is the prohibition that Hugo Javier and the other 14 defendants approach the seat of the government.
It should be remembered that all the defendants benefited from alternative measures to prison. Prosecutor Estigarribia affirmed at the time that he did not decree preventive detention because there was no danger of the defendant escaping.
This still does not apply due to “chicanas” of the defense.
IMPOSITION OF MEASURES
Fausto Portillo, Hugo Javier’s defense attorney, mentioned to the Judiciales NET digital portal that there are two incidents that have not been resolved. This, in response to the query as to whether they were already summoned for the hearing for the imposition of measures.
In this way, Judge María Elena Cañete must resolve the pending incidents such as the request for annulment of the fiscal imputation and the replacement of the decision of the Judge of Guarantees that considered the imputation against the governor of Central admitted.
It should be remembered that González was charged with breach of trust, criminal association, production of documents and false statement.
INTERVENTION
In mid-December, with 42 votes against, 31 votes in favor and seven absent, the Chamber of Deputies rejected the request for intervention by the Government of the Central Department, administered by Hugo Javier González.
The argument of the block of Colorado legislators that protected González was that after the on-site verification, they verified that the works carried out with the emergency resources do exist. Considering that one of the arguments was precisely that they were “ghost” works.
With this, the possibility of an external auditor managing the government for three months and investigating, at the same time, if the existing documentation coincides with the executed works, was left without effect.
