The president of the Republic, peter castlepresented a habeas corpus petition against the Constitutional Accusations Subcommittee (SAC) of the Congress of the Republic with the aim of declare null the admission of the constitutional complaint against him for an alleged treason against the fatherland.
The appeal was filed with the Judiciary, through the lawyer of the Head of State, Edward Pachasand in this he points out that the congressmen of the parliamentary working group who admitted the accusation would have committed a alleged violation of the right to individual liberty, due process and the principles of legality and inapplicability of criminal law.
“(…) alleged violation of the right to individual liberty. Due process, procedural protection, effective, due in parliament, violation of the principle of legality, principle of inapplicability of criminal law by analogy in bad part, violation of the presumption of innocence and violation of freedom of conscience “, reads in The document.
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in this same it is detailed that the habeas corpus was admitted for processingTherefore, it is resolved to carry out a summary investigation and carry out the corresponding steps to clarify the facts.
Admission of constitutional complaint
On February 28, the SAC declared admissible the constitutional complaint against Castillo Terronesfor alleged violation of articles 32, 54, 110 and 118 subsections 1, 2 and 11 of the Constitution and the alleged crime of treason after his statements about the possibility of giving Bolivia access to the sea.
The final report received eight votes in favor and eight votes against, so the casting vote of the president of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations, Rosio Torres, was the one that finally tilted the direction of the vote in favor.
