In dialogue with Catamarca/12, Luis Muñoz and Pérez, lawyer for one of the complainants for sexual abuse against him Mayor Elpidio GuarazHe said that the Prosecutor’s Office for Investigating the case warned them to take away the legal sponsorship of the complainant “if we continue to speak publicly. This kind of thing tickles me, “he said.
“There is no article in the Criminal Procedure Code that allows sanctions for speaking to the press about a specific case without giving details of the instruction or the decrees, much less when defending a victim of violence. Furthermore, of the times we spoke, no details or information were ever given, or proof that was presented ”, he affirmed.
“Reporting a case of sexual violence is not part of the private life of a public person -and even more so when he has decided to be a public person by his own decision- because, in accordance with inter-American standards on freedom of expression, It is in the highest public interest to know if the possible candidates who, in their case, are going to represent the interests of the citizenry, have been accused of committing crimes”Was the conclusion of the Committee of Experts of the Belém do Para Convention, cited Muñoz and Pérez referring to the notice they were made to sign on Tuesday not to speak to the press about the case.
The lawyer analyzed that this notice that they made both him and the lawyer sign Yanina Mohaded, it seemed “serious”. “They intimidate us, but the accused walks down the street, talking and destroying possible witnesses with the use of his power. He also makes statements to the press like today – yesterday. We need public support. We are practically the three of us alone in this ”, he assured.
On the other hand, he highlighted: “I don’t know what information they don’t want me to give, if nothing has been decreed so far. The only thing I knew was on the radio and is that the mother of the complainant came to testify, “he ironically.
In this context, he recalled that “We are facing two sharp issues, a victim of abuse and violence and on the other side a powerful man with many financial resources. That makes the prosecutor become involved and overwhelmed because I do not believe that all the evidence will serve, especially that presented by the defense of Guaraz, for the prosecutor to prosecute the case. ”
Regarding the accusation, he explained that “this type of case deserves speed. They must be treated with their due correspondence, where the one who has to be cared for and protected is the victim. We cannot re-victimize her, we cannot be 14 days after the complaint is made, seeing what could happen to this man ”, He said and added: “A personal appreciation of mine is that due to the magnitude of the complaint, that in similar cases where there are other children of neighbors they are summoned, at least in this case we should already begin to think about investigating it. What are we waiting for, that I promise things half Bañado de Ovanta so that they don’t talk ”, projection.
“For me it is a case that is very clear. Obviously, taking into account that the story is concrete and credible. I have faith and I am sure that we are going to reach an accusation and subsequently bring to trial a person who caused trauma to our client and was violated as stated in the Cedaw and the Convention of Belém Do Parto. If there is something that helps us, it is the truth ”, he concluded.
For its part, Natalia Paez, the lawyer of the other complainant against the mayor of Bathed in Ovanta, assured that she was not notified of a ban to speak to the press. In this sense, he explained that he is carrying out a complaint in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights against the Judge of Criminal Execution, Alicia cabanillas, which ordered him to “Refrain from giving copies to the press (written, digital and / or local or national radio television) of the actions and / or resolutions that violate the right to privacy of a convicted person.”
In this sense, the lawyer argued that in addition to preventing her from exercising her profession as a party, the right to freedom of expression was violated.
For his part, consulted by this means, the prosecutor who carries out the investigation of the fact, Ezequiel Walther, He assured that “these causes are in full process” and that he would not give more details “due to the issue in question and (to) avoid unnecessary revictimizations.” In addition, he clarified that “you have to process a lot of tests and that takes time, especially in a pandemic.”
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