2024-09-21 19:23:30
Vivanco turned to the oversight body after Congress twice denied him access to the file being processed by the Ethics Commission against him.
Supreme Court Minister Angela Vivanco filed a complaint complaint to the Comptroller General of the Republic to challenge the removal against him, within the framework of the investigation of the Audio case.
Vivanco, who in 2018 became the youngest member in the history of the Supreme Court, at 55 years of age, He went to the supervisory body after Congress twice denied him access to the file being processed by the Ethics Commission against him.
According to El Mercurio, the document presented by Angela Vivanco indicates that she requests that the organization “rule that the presidential decree that complies with the removal of a judge is illegal (…) if it fails to satisfy the guarantee of due process, in terms of giving access to the entire file and evidence to the accused judge.”
“On September 9, in order to prepare the report requested in the removal notebook and In order to properly prepare my defense at that location, I requested a copy of the records of the two previous Ethics Commissions, documents that I were rejected according to the resolution dated September 11, 2024,” Vivanco explained in the letter addressed to the Comptroller’s Office.
The suspended minister also added that The Supreme Court denied his request to access a “copy of records” for the same objectives previously stated.”
In light of the above, Vivanco said that the challenge “is requested on a specific matter, which is the review procedure,” adding “it is not an abstract request,” and that it seeks to “protect the Constitutional norm.”