Assembly initiated impeachment proceedings against Fernando Muñoz, judge of the TCE

2024-08-21 10:57:30

The Correísmo wants a political trial against Fernando Muñoz, who is filing a complaint against the ‘Blue League’ of the Cpccs.

The Assembly initiated impeachment proceedings against Fernando Muñozjudge of the Electoral Disputes Tribunal (TCE).

He Legislative Administration Council (CAL) He described the impeachment of the TCE member, requested by Correa’s supporters.

The CAL qualification allows the Oversight Commission to begin the impeachment process and establish a schedule of evidence and appearances.

All with the aim of issuing a report recommending to the Plenary of the Assembly whether or not to prosecute the official.

To recommend impeachment, the Assembly needs 92 votes for censure and dismissal.

Correísmo proposes impeachment against Fernando Muñoz with three causes

The Correaist assemblyman Roberto Cuero (RC) He filed an impeachment trial against the TCE member, Fernando Muñoz, with three grounds.

Cuero maintains that Muñoz has violated judicial independence by intervening in a case.

Furthermore, he has violated the principle of procedural speed and has allegedly assumed functions.

Roberto Cuero said that Judge Muñoz has engaged in actions that fully justify impeachment, “affecting the independence and transparency of the electoral process” in the country.

Fernando Muñoz files a complaint against the Cpccs advisors of the ‘Blue League’ affiliated with Correa

Currently, the TCE judge, Fernando Muñoz, is processing the complaint against four members of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (Cpccs).

These advisors are: Yadira Saltos and Augusto Verdugamain; and Vielka Parraga con Eduardo Franco Loorsubstitutes.

The four campaigned under the colors of the Citizen Revolution, with the intervention of the leader of Correísmo and former president Rafael Correa.

They are known as the counselors of the “Blue League”.

The former candidates for the Cpccs, Pamela Troya and Santiago Becdach They filed a complaint against these advisers because, like the dismissed Alembert Vera, they had received support from Correa.

The complaint was accepted for processing by the TCE and is being handled by Judge Fernando Muñoz, who postponed the hearing at the request of another complainant.

The lawyer Monica Jaramillopresident of the Citizen Control Observatory, denounced these councilors for the same reasons.

All three are seeking a sanction for serious electoral violations.

By: EL COMERCIO