March 14, 2023, 8:33 AM
March 14, 2023, 8:33 AM
At 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 24, the hearing of precautionary measures of Governor Luis Fernando Camacho will be held for the “decreed” case. This time, the first authority of the department will be in front of the Anti-Corruption Judge, Juan José Quiroz, virtually since his confinement in La Paz.
On Tuesday, March 7, the Santa Cruz Departmental Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the accusation against the governor of Santa Cruz for this case, which inquires about the rise and fall of the Official Gazette of Departmental Decree 373. The prosecutors commission demanded that he be imprisoned preventively for a period of 180 daysthat is to say, for six months in the Palmasola jail.
Marcelo Aliaga, lawyer for the assembly members of the Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS), reported that, as complainants, they will join the request of the Prosecutor’s Office to grant the governor 180 days of preventive detention, but they will request that it be complied with in the Chonchocoro prison, where he is already in preventive detention for the ‘Golpe I’ case.
He also indicated that Camacho will be the the only one who attends the hearing virtually. This, because “transferring Mr. Luis Fernando Camacho to Santa Cruz is going to cause a conspiracy among the citizens, so the most fair and praiseworthy thing is that it be a virtual audience for the governor and us in person.”
It should be remembered that this case dates from March 9, 2022when the first departmental authority traveled to Brazil to participate in the 12th Annual Meeting of the Governors Climate Task Force (GCF Task Force).
Before embarking on the trip, he signed the Departmental Decree 373 where he appointed his Secretary of Institutional Management as alternate governor, Miguel Navarrobut not Lieutenant Governor Mario Aguilera.
Faced with this situation, the Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) bench, led by Assemblyman Clemente Ramos, presented a complaint against Camacho before the Public Ministry, for the alleged crimes of breach of duties and resolutions contrary to the constitution and laws.
