The plenary of the Chamber of Deputies began the debate on the request for impeachment of the State Attorney General, Sandra Quiñónez, during the day this Sunday. After a long exchange about the first causes of the accusatory libel, a majority of 49 legislators made the decision to declare a fourth quarter until 2:00 p.m. on Monday.
The analysis of the accusatory libel had as its starting point the reading of the opinions of the Constitutional Affairs Commission, chaired by deputy Rocío Vallejo (PPQ-Central).
The legislator informed that said bloc issued two positions, the majority being for the approval of the political trial, and the minority for the rejection.
He pointed out that there are extremely serious points in the accusation, with emphasis on the ineligibility to enter the United States; and the report by which investigations for cigarette smuggling have been established for quite some time, where Horacio Cartes’ companies are mentioned, but with no progress in the investigations.
In addition, he recalled what refers to the inaction in the Darío Messer case and that the autonomous confiscation of the affected person’s assets had not been carried out, despite the reports from Senabico, where he realized that, indeed, it was appropriate to do so. .
She specified that four deputies from the estate joined the position in favor of impeachment, being one of them (majority opinion).
He pointed out that, surprisingly, the investigations that have to do with the same sector (Honor Colorado), “neither with the same people, nor with the same activity” are not advancing.
He asked not to forget the impunity of the homicide of Rodrigo Quintana and that there were no answers from the Public Ministry.
Deputy Derlis Maidana (ANR-Misiones), for his part, was in charge of defending the minority opinion.
He stated that the position is based on article 17 of the National Constitution -On Procedural Rights-, which in its 4th paragraph establishes that one cannot be judged more than once for the same act.
“Falled processes cannot be reopened, except for the favorable review of criminal sentences established in the cases provided for by the procedural law,” he indicated.
He stressed that it is the third time that the same causes are intended to be used for impeachment and assured that the Public Ministry does have a permanent program for the protection of witnesses, victims and officials, which according to the accusation, does not exist.
He denied that the Prosecutor’s Office declared itself “inaudible.”
Regarding the Messer case, he argued that the assets were seized and spoke of a total approximate value of USD. 1,660,000.
At this point, it meant that the alleged involvement of former President Horacio Cartes was dismissed by the Brazilian justice system itself.
He mentioned the case of the Venezuelan-Iranian cargo plane, which was also cited as causal at one point.
Here he acknowledged that the accusation is new, but said that the responsibility cannot be pinned on the Prosecutor’s Office.
“The entry, permanence and exit of the plane is the exclusive responsibility of the Executive Power. Immediacy is essential to clarify any fact and in this particular case, the communication is made to the Prosecutor’s Office only after the plane has taken off, “he said.
The minority opinion was signed, in addition to deputy Maidana, by Rocío Abed (ANR-Alto Paraná), and Walter Harms (ANR-Itapúa).
