The Minister of Justice, Martín Soria warned that if the Supreme Court insists on removing the chambermaid Ana María Figueroa from office, it would be “once again violating constitutional powers.” of the Judicial Council, the body in charge of the evaluation and virtual removal of judges.
In this way, the head of the judicial portfolio supported the decision of the ruling party in the Senate to have approved the judge’s request for her to continue for five more years in his position, despite the fact that the highest court indicated that he should cease his duties because he had reached the age of 75.
After the decision of the upper house, what became evident was that “the only conflict of powers is between the Court and the Constitution”Soria stressed and accused both that court and the opposition of seeking to “fire a judge because she is not from the Judicial Party.”
“The only conflict of powers is between the Court and the Constitution. If they insist on dismissing a judge because she is not from the Judicial Party, they will be violating, once again, constitutional powers of the Council of the Judiciary (Art 114) and of the Senate (Art 99.4)”Soria said through his social networks.
He completed his post with an image of the cover of the newspaper La Nación that tries to establish the idea that “Kirchnerism voted for the document of a former judge against the Constitution”.
Strictly speaking, what walked on the edge of the Magna Carta was the decision of the Court, which considered that the member of the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation should leave her position as of the day of his 75th birthday Despite the fact that his continuity was still under consideration by the Upper House, the document with his request to continue in office for five more years.
The Senate’s decision was made in a close vote in which the provisional president of the Senate had to break the tieClaudia Ledesma Abdala de Zamora.
According to House RulesIf the first vote is tied, a second vote must be held and, if parity continues, the person who is the president of the body must break the tie.
In this case, the official Abdala of Zamorawho presided over the session at the time of the vote, expressed his favorable vote for Judge Figueroa’s statement.
The five-year extension of Judge Figueroa’s position had been included since last May on different occasions in the agenda of matters to be discussed by the Chamber, but the lack of quorum had meant that, until yesterday, the matter could not be ratified or rejected.
