Investigation and Possible Annulment of Senator Hernán David Rivas’s Lawyer Registration Demanded by Renowned Lawyers

Prominent legal professionals of our country sent a note to the ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice in which they point out that the alleged falsehood of the senator’s title Hernan David Rivas It is a very serious fact. The jurists demand the Cut, and through him to the Superintendency Council, to react “decidedly and effectively” to this fact, since “the Court could have been deceived in the information presented by the current lawyer Hernán David Rivas Román (registration 59,690) at the time of its oath”.

The lawyers emphasized that the alleged irregularity of the title of Rivas can be considered as “a scam against the highest judicial instance, which issued registrations to people who may have never set foot in a classroom, in clear contempt for the genuine effort of lawyers who with sacrifice concluded the carrera”.

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“Affront to the credibility of Justice”

They said they were outraged and worried about what happened, since Rivas was nothing less than the titular representative of the Senate Chamber before him Jury of Prosecution of Magistrates (JEM).

They furiously criticized the fact, highlighting that this situation is “an affront to republican institutions, to the independence of the Power of attorney and to the credibility of Justice.”

At the same time, they warned that this damage, if confirmed, could have an expansive effect, since in addition to leaving in the hands of Rivas “the trial of judges”, the defense of freedom and the citizens’ heritage.

They warned that this case could be just the tip of a nefarious and criminal scheme “product of money laundering, tax evasion, the production of inauthentic documents or false content.”

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They ask for investigation and sanction

They reminded the ministers that the Cut She is in charge of disciplinary and ethical control and legal registration. Therefore, they urged him to investigate first and then sanction “all persons irregularly authorized to exercise the power.” profession of law.”

They ask the Court to give “clear signals of institutional sanitation”.

Specifically, the jurists ask that the alleged falsehood of the title of Hernán Rivas, that the academic file of the senator and people who are in a similar situation.

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Likewise, they request that be suspended cautiously the registration of Rivas Román and, if the irregularities are proven, that be annulled.

The signing lawyers are: Manuel Riera, Ezequiel Santagada, Diego Zavala, Juan Carlos Mendonca, Yellow Feline, Alejandra Peralta Merlo, Eduardo Perez Avid, Robert Marcial Gonzalez and Ruben Galeano, among others.