The new trial for the death of Diego Armando Maradona It began this Friday with another controversy: the suspension of the preliminary hearing before the application of the defenses to respect the ten -day period granted by the law to evaluate a possible challenge of the magistrates.
After the cancellation of the first trial, with an unusual speed in Argentine Justice, the new one had to hold his preliminary hearing, an instance that he had – as the first objective – that the parties would provide compliance with the new court.
The request for defense
“We are going to request that the formation of the Court is not in any way consented and that the ten days indicated by the law to do so,” The lawyer raised Francisco Onetowho represents the Argentine president, Javier Milei, In causes of slander and insults and recently joined the defense of the main accused of the Maradona cause, the neurosurgeon Leopold Luque.
The hearing was held just three days after the formation of the new court, which was made up of the judges Alberto Gaig, Alberto Ortolani and Pablo Rolón.
The reaction of the President of the Court
The president of the court, Gaig, responded, with character, the approaches of the parties, interrupting lawyers with sharp questions and accelerating the debate. “This audience is not going to be interrupted, we will move on,” The judge decreed.
After a heated debate, the judges decided to call a break, after which Gaig returned with a completely different tone. Much less vehement, he said that “It is always good to stop the ball a little to listen to colleagues” and that would grant the ten days requested.
Calm prevails
Before the announcement of the president, the rest of the defense lawyers, who had adhered to the Oneto request, also calmed down and, in a climate of camaraderie, it was agreed that they had a term until Tuesday, August 5 – extended by the imminent judicial fair – to present eventual challenges against the magistrates.
“Let’s put a handbrake and allow everyone to make the corresponding requests so that later, hopefully, we can celebrate this trial together,” Judge Ortolani added in a friendly tone.
Other previous points
The hearing also had the objective of defining the scope of the nullity of the first trial to evaluate whether the decision of the previous court to grant the right to a parallel trial by popular jury to the nurse is valid Dahiana Gisela Madridas she requested, or if it is a decision that must also be declared void.
There was also expectation that it would be resolved The request for trial by popular jury done last week by Luque’s defense, and that for now is pending.
Judicial sources consulted by EFE said that it is difficult that the requests of judgment by jury of Madrid and Luque prosper, since justice is looking for total speed for this cause and the parallel judgments would affect the “Procedural economy”.
The first trial lasted two and a half months
The process, which seeks to determine if eight health professionals are guilty of simple homicide for the death of the former soccer player, It began last March 11 and was suspended on May 29 After discovering that one of the court judges, Julieta Makintach, He starred in an unauthorized documentary about this case entitled ‘Divine Justice’.
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After the challenge, the Prosecutor’s Office and the lawyers of almost all the parties argued “Horizontal pollution” And they asked that the other two judges of the Court be challenged, Maximiliano Savarino and Verónica di Tomasso, who accepted the application and decreed the nullity of the trial.
