Wilman Terán regrets the sentence against Rafael Correa during the impeachment trial – La Nación

2024-09-19 16:21:30

In addition to impeachment, Wilman Terán faces legal proceedings.

The impeachment against Wilman Teranformer president of the National Council of the Judiciarywas resumed in the National Assemblythis Wednesday, July 17, 2024.

The meeting was scheduled for 12:00, was suspended and passed at 14:00. Finally, it was convened at 14:30. However, at 14:45, the president of the Legislature, Henry Kronfleindicated that Terán would arrive around 3:10 p.m.

Wilman Terán and the in-person impeachment trial

At 15:20, Kronfle announced that they will have arrived at the Assembly and that he changed his clothes to enter the FullHe arrived with a large security contingent.

The Plenary Session of Legislative took up the case again after the process was suspended on Tuesday, July 16. After the intervention of the interpellant, the assemblyman Jorge Penafielthe right to defense was granted Wilman Teran.

However, in the Plenary it was reported that the request to National Comprehensive Care Service for Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) was that the former official defend himself in person.

Wilman Teran was connected via telematics, from the prison of The Rockwhere he is being held.

The assemblyman of the Citizen Revolution, Leonardo Berrezuetarequested that the session be suspended until Terán appears before the House in Quito.

On July 17, before the meeting was installed, the Legislator insisted that Wilman Teran must appear in person. He said he had heard that the former president of the Council of the Judiciary would arrive at the Plenary at 1:30 p.m.

Wilman Teranin addition to facing impeachment proceedings, is being investigated for the cases Metastasis and Judicial Independence.

Wilman Terán arrived at the National Assembly from La Roca prison surrounded by a security contingent: Photo: Flickr Assembly

The trial will take place on July 17, 2024

At 12:20, session 944 of the Plenary session of the Assembly was reinstalled. In this, a letter was read from the SNAI. According to this, the presence of Wilman Teran. This is unlike what was mentioned on July 16.

In addition, it was reported that the transfer of Wilman Teran from Guayas could imply risks, due to the cases for which he is being investigated. Hence, the SNAI requested that the appearance be telematic.

However, the secretary of the Assembly, Alejandro Muñozreported that, at 11:44, minutes before the Legislative session was reinstated, another letter arrived from the SNAI.

The document stated that the entity coordinated the operation for the transfer and that, at 13:30, Wilman Terán would arrive in Quito. It was expected that he would arrive at the Legislative Assembly at 14:00. However, this did not happen.

With this announcement, the president of the Assembly, Henry Kronfleordered that the session be reinstated at 2:00 p.m.

The Plenary, in turn, has the task of dealing with the impeachment of the former member of the Council of the Judiciary, Maribel BarrenoShe exercised her right to defense on July 16, 2024.

Background to the trial of Wilman Terán

The impeachment of Wilman Terán began despite the fact that the report of the Oversight Commission recommended that the case be filed.

As it is a former officialimpeachment does not lead to dismissal, but it does lead to censure. This prevents people from holding public office for two years.

He Assemblyman Jorge Peñafielof the Construye benchwas the promoter of the process against Terán, arguing failure to fulfill his duties.

The accusation was based on an alleged violation of the voting system and irregularities in the process of suspension and dismissal of the Judge Walter MaciasThe official authorized the searches of the homes of the members of the Judiciaryat the request of the Prosecutor’s Office.

The standard for impeachment

The Constitution defines that the National Assembly can boost a impeachment a state authorities as ministers, attorney, comptroller, prosecutor, ombudsman, superintendents, and members of the electoral councilselectoral dispute, judicial dispute and citizen participation.

The trial can be given by failure to perform duties assigned by the Constitution and the law, during the exercise of their office and until One year after finishing.

Wilman Teran’s defense

Wilman Teran He was allowed to extend his defense for a period of three hours. During this time he could present evidence in his defense. If the impeachment trial reveals indications of criminal liability, the authorities will be notified.

The former president of Council of the Judiciary had 10 minutes to prepare his presentation. The defense began at 15:43in which they will have He began by recapitulating that he was not allowed access to the files in order to support the process.

The suspension and dismissal of the judge Walter Macias This is one of the reasons Terán was targeted in the impeachment trial. He said that this process occurs when judges act to the detriment of society.

According to they will havearound Macias There were complaints such as the falsification of a document to access the position of national judge, as well as alleged bribery.

Violating judicial independence This is another argument for impeachment. According to the defendant, a national judge had assumed functions and violated the right of a citizen to access independent defense.

Other aspects of defense

Wilman Teranin turn, alluded to the fact that Macias He was one of the judges in the case of alleged rape that the assemblyman faced Peter Calo.

The appeal hearing of the case, he said, was scheduled for a Monday and the Walter Macias’ suspension postponed the proceedings.

“We already know why Drop He is accused of a crime of rape towards an adult (…). That police report is what serves as the start of the criminal proceedings against me and with which I am taken to prison. For having given the decision in the face of a deadlock of votes…”.

Terán also assured that he took action with other justice officials, such as the judge of Manabí, Gina Z., who “released femicides”.

On alleged actions of the Prosecutor

The former president of Council of the Judiciaryin about two and a half hours, he spoke about the procedures that the fiscal Diana Salazar.

He mentioned that there is a sea of ​​lies and that the Prosecutor lies in her case, “so I see that she lies in the Purga case and in the Plaga case.” According to him, in the latter the judge should be prosecuted. Walter Maciasmentioned for influence peddling, etc.

To the case Metastasis He described it as “a plague of lies.” There are also fallacies in the “famous Bribery case,” he said.

He called on the assembly members to monitor these cases and to SNAI. “The Attorney General has become the owner of the SNAI“. He stated that on July 17, 2024, he was taken out of the cell The Rock just at 12:45.

In the same way, Wilman Teran He appealed to the Assembly to form an independent commission because the “apparatus of Prosecutor’s Office“This,” he added, “is not because corruption is not being fought, but because it seems to be hiding a wing of the mafia and corruption.”

“I do believe and rescue in the dignity and human essence (of the Fiscal), in her sense of responsibility and honesty, what I am sure of is that the weight of the position has blinded her.”

According to Wilman Teranthere is no independent justice system and the right to a defence is not respected. He gave the names of judges who would not comply with the proceedings.

Terán, at the same time, referred to The Rock and the conditions in which it is found here. “If prisons are going to be like this, they should impose the death penalty once and for all”.

During the days he was in prison 4, in Quito, he said, he spoke with an alleged informant of the Prosecutor’s OfficeHe also warned that his life and that of his family are in danger. He has been deprived of his liberty for seven months.

About the sentence against Rafael Correa

“Yes, I was the one who passed the sentence against Rafael Correa (former president of Ecuador), it was not Mrs. Diana Salazar. She was only the prosecutor, yes, the attorney general, who made the accusation. But, I also say this openly, how I regret having yielded to that series of influences, to those emissaries who circulate around there. Remember the night before the resolution was announced, or do you want to do a telephone examination too?

These were the statements about the Bribery case, in which the Former President of Ecuador.

In it Bribery casethe Prosecutor’s Office investigated the alleged irregular contributions that contractors of the State. This through cash or crossing invoices, for the benefit of a political movement, received by high-ranking government officials. Correa.

Wilman Teranin turn, recalled that since the beginning of his administration he was asked if he is Correista. On this he said a sentence without specifying: “You know what I think, with frank directness, fighting for social rights or knowing someone who they have not seen with a political tradition, seems to scare them and everything that scares them and they do not know, they demonize.”

Who is Wilman Teran?

Before becoming the head of the Judicial Council, Wilman Terán was a judge of the National Court of Justice. He was part of the Specialized Civil and Commercial Chamber and the Specialized Chamber for Family, Childhood, Adolescence and Juvenile Offenders.

The person now under investigation for the Metastasis case graduated as Doctor of Jurisprudence and Lawyer of the Courts and Tribunals of the Republic for the Central University of Ecuador.

His academic record includes a postgraduate degree in Human Rights from the Central University of Ecuador and obtained another fourth-level degree in Criminal Law and Criminology from the Regional Autonomous University of the Andes.

Wilman they will have He is also a specialist in Criminal law and Indigenous Justice.

By: EL COMERCIO