in a new offensive against the Supreme Court of Justice, Kirchnerism asked to quote Juan Carlos Maqueda, one of the ministers of the high court appointed by the Government, to testify in the Political Judgment Commission of the Chamber of Deputies. The pro-government legislators want to question him about the allegations of irregularities in the management of the social work of the judicial officers.
The spokesperson for the request of the ruling party was the deputy Vanessa Siley (Front of All). Surprised, legislators from Together for Change They rejected the claim and attributed it to a electoral maneuver of the ruling alliance, a few days after the closing of the electoral lists.
By virtue of the testimonies heard so far in the commission, the Kirchner deputies understand that Maqueda “consented, by omission in the performance of its functions, losses and damages to the physical integrity and the right to health of members and their families”.
They also consider him responsible “for a irregular, arbitrary administrative management, non-transparent, omissive of all planning and detrimental to the aims and objectives of the social work of the Judiciary”.
“Deputy Siley has already evaluated the evidence, drew conclusions and made a plea which does not correspond, because there is still proof to be produced. To allege any cause, a prudent time is needed with the evidence already produced. This is an irregularity,” he said. John Lopez, of the Civic Coalition.
“This is not an allegation,” Siley replied. Here we act under article 13 of the regulations of the Impeachment Commission by which the defendant is granted the possibility of exercising a right to speak and to come and report when there is semi-full evidence on the facts denounced.”
the deputy Paula Oliveto, of the Civic Coalition, insisted that The ruling party intends to give an electoral coup before the closing of the lists of candidates. “You are going to make this [el juicio político contra la Corte] a campaign bunker, it is not by chance that they hurry up with Maqueda after their ruling with San Juan and Tucumán, maybe this is revenge, I don’t know”, López asserted.
The vote in favor of citing Maqueda was 16 positive votes against four negative ones.
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