The Chamber of Senators approved a draft resolution urging Antonio Fretes, minister and president with permission from the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) to resign from office.
They also request the Chamber of Deputies to re-study a political trial against him, if he does not resign. Last week, the deputies rejected the trial request.
Senator Ramón Retamozo, (ANR – pro-government party), was the one who made the request.
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Antonio Fretes, president with the permission of the Supreme Court of Justice, continues without giving any sign of resigning, despite requests from his colleagues. This, after the journalistic investigation that revealed that his son, Amílcar Fretes, received payment of US$368,000 to provide legal services to Kassen Mohamad Hijazi, a Brazilian citizen of Lebanese origin who had an extradition request from the States. Joined. Despite the fact, the high magistrate was not inhibited from participating in the case.
