2024-09-18 15:13:37
The assembly members of the Citizen Revolution are trying to politically prosecute prosecutor Diana Salazar and declare former president Rafael Correa a politically persecuted person.
The position of Correísmo with respect to the impeachment of the former president of Council of the Judiciary, Wilman Teranand the former member of that same organization, Maribel Barrenoresponds to political interests. The assembly members of the Citizen Revolution (RC) are trying to politically prosecute the State Attorney General, Diana Salazarand declare the former president Rafael Correa as a politically persecuted person.
This Wednesday, July 17, during the impeachment trial in which Terán and Barreno were ultimately not censured, as the RC legislators supported them, the assemblywoman Sofia Espin He pointed out the reason for his party’s vote.
“It is clear that we have major differences with Mr. Terán, but we do not act out of hatred, we act out of principles. You will not find us hating the enemy of your enemy,” said the parliamentarian.
The assembly members Pamela Aguirre y Paola Cabezas They also spoke out in the same sense. They agree that it was Terán, who in July 2020 served as a judge of the National Court of Justice (CNJ), which ratified the sentence against Correa and 17 others sentenced in the Bribery case.
Both pointed out that this aspect did not influence, since the reasons for the impeachment against Terán and Barreno were different.
With Terán and Barreno saved from impeachment, the Correa government insists that the former president is not a criminal, but rather a persecuted person. The argument is based on what the former president of the Judiciary said on Wednesday: that he was pressured by the former head of the National Court of Justice (CNJ), Iván Saquicela, and by Diana Salazar to sentence the former head of state.
On her side, the assemblywoman Jahiren Noriega He insisted on Wednesday that the Parliament’s responsibility is to exercise political control “and it would not be a bad idea (…) to start with the prosecutor, who in this plenary session has been accused of influencing the decisions of judges (…) and becoming the architect of the corruption that now exists in the justice system of this country.”
Additionally, Correa’s supporters have shown interest in having a presence in the Judicial Council, an organization created during Correa’s government.
This institution is managed by Mario Godoy since Tuesday, July 16. He was the lawyer of one of Correa’s lawyers. Barreno could also return to that entity, since she has not been dismissed but is on leave.
Wilman Terán has been in prison since December 2023 for the Metastasis casein which he is charged with an alleged crime of organized crime. In addition, he faces another criminal proceeding for the alleged crime of obstruction of justice. This last case is called ‘Judicial independence’.