April 14, 2023, 1:32 PM
April 14, 2023, 1:32 PM
The hearing against the former civic leader Rómulo Calvo for the Wiphala case was suspended for next Thursday April 20 at 11:00. The judge made this determination to give the parties time to conciliate due to the inconsistencies within the process.
“A new figure has appeared in combination of both the attorneys for the prosecution and the defense,” Calvo told the media after leaving the hearing.
This case was opened by the assembly members of the Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS), who accused Calvo of saying that the wiphala is a “rag that does not represent it” and request that it be removed from the mast of the 24 de Septiembre square, during the acts of the departmental anniversary in 2021.
For these alleged statements, the former civic leader is being investigated for the alleged crimes of grievance, insult to patriotic symbols and incitement to racism. However the He maintains that he was not present at that event.
I think there is a confusion here. everyone knows that (this process is by) pure personal criteria. It is illogical for the prosecutor to reach these instances, I believe that the prosecutor Margot Vargas has not done her job, she has not investigated anything and now we are paying the consequences, ”Calvo said.
At the hearing this Friday at least 16 parliamentarians had to testify called as witnesses for both parties. But due to lack of time, not everyone was able to speak and those who did manage to speak found themselves in a series of contradictions.
In this context, the judge made the determination to provide a period of six days for the MAS assembly members and the former civic leader to reach a conciliation, Therefore, the trial will be resumed next Thursday.
Prosecutor Osvaldo Tejerina, in contact with EL DEBER Radio, said that if this request is accepted by the complainants, Calvo would not have a judgment by the figure of racism, but a judicial pardon.
