After revealing the dismissals of Katia Jaentschke, daughter of the former Vice Chancellor and current Minister Counselor at the Embassy of Costa Rica, Valdrack Jaentschke, and the former diplomat Ruth Tapia Roa, from the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ); Former Judiciary official Yader Morazán revealed that there is “strong pressure” against judicial workers that ends in dismissals and resignations.
What is known, so far, is that the dismissal of the two former judicial officials was by “superior orders” from the Secretariat of the Sandinista Front, located in El Carmen. Katia Jaentschke had served as Director of International Relations since September 2019, and Ruth Tapia, —who was fired at the beginning of the month—, was Director of Protocol in the Judiciary.
“Just as they are put in those positions, which obey more to political than institutional interests, in the same way they are fired, outside the margins established by the Organic Law of the Judiciary, the Judicial Career Law,” said the expert.
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“There are no merit contests or opposition contests for them to fill those positions according to professional skills; in the same way they are fired », he added.
Morazán stated that leaving a State institution such as the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ), is like leaving the “mafia.” “No one is going to complain because they have been expelled. These people, in some cases, assign them consolation positions and in some cases they have to live underground or in the shadows, as in the case of former First Commissioner Aminta Granera”, he stated.
He revealed that there have been many dismissals, more than have been made public and at all levels, as well as many resignations of people who “have fallen from grace for specific reasons.”
“What happens is that corruption has undermined and filtered all the spheres that, when they want to get rid of someone, activate a corruption case that they have there in limbo, pending resolution,” he said.
Morazán explained that for years the Judiciary has admitted any type of complaint against any official. “What they do in some cases is that some complaints keep them stagnant” and when the officials do not obey some guideline or make a comment about the country’s socio-political crisis, they resolve the complaint expressly to dismiss him from his position.
