Iván Saquicela Rodas, new president of the National Court of Justice (CNJ), use your account Twitter to think aloud and interact with people. There he talks about Justice, from human rights, of freedom, vocation, of the duty fulfilled and of democracy. He even reflects on transcendence, on enlightenment, and on continuous learning, one of the principles of Freemasonry.
He is a cultured man, who has not stopped read since the age of 14, and convinced that justice must be exercised with vocation, ethics and regardless of the powers.
Last Friday, February 5, 2021, newly appointed president of the high tribunal in a second voteSince in the first he did not obtain the necessary votes, he spoke of these principles before the Plenary of the renewed Court. “It has always been said that judicial independence is not a favor for judges, it is a guarantee for citizens.”
Until now, the President has been publicly known as one of the judges who made up the Court of Judgment who sentenced the former president Rafael Correa to eight years in prison for bribery. However, within the Court, among lawyers and among defendants, his fame is that of a solemn judge and who prefers simple words to clearly explain your failures.
The defendants are the ones who most appreciate this treatment. In April 2018, Alecksey mosquera, a former Minister of Electricity, asked the police guarding him for permission to go up to the stage and shake hands with Saquicela. Minutes earlier, the judge had tried him and sentenced him to five years in prison for money laundering.
“The clear and simple language, that’s better and more persuasive, especially in the decisions of the judges. The mistaken idea that difficult and obscure language makes good lawyers must be abandoned, ”he wrote on his Twitter in August 2020.
Through this social network dialogue, receive Congratulations, but also hundreds of insults, especially from those who feel harmed by their resolutions. They have made memes and ‘tweets’, which are demonstrations organized by users digital to attack him.
Saquicela just doesn’t answer. Use your network as usual. Your day begins with a phrase from some thinker, politician, philosopher, jurist, artist, etc.
In the hearings he is the only judge who uses the wooden hammer or mallet, a symbol of justice whose origin would be located in the Medieval England. In the world of Masonic lodges it symbolizes power and authority.
Saquicela is about to turn 46 years old. He is from Cuenca, but he lives in Quito. Before the pandemic, I worked in the capital during the week and traveled to Cuenca on weekends to spend time with his family.
For him, the most important moments in his life are the birth of his two daughters. From the professional, reaching the National Court It is one of your goals accomplished.
“The judge is the sentinel of our freedom when everything has been lost. When all rights have been violated, there is always the freedom maintained by the judge. But the day the judge is afraid, is cowardly, depends on governments, influences or his passions, no citizen will be able to sleep peacefully ”. This quote was published on July 19, 2019 on his Twitter account and corresponds to the words of the Uruguayan jurist Eduardo Conuture.
- Iván Saquicela, the judge who was part of the Court that convicted Correa, is the new president of the National Court
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