2023-12-12 17:14:00
Panorama general: The president-elect went to court to request the investigation file of the Semilla Movement Corruption case, however, the court denied him access.
Visibly upset, the president-elect declared: “We demand that the right to defense be respected and that we be allowed access to the file” after being denied access. According to the president-elect, there are 33 requests rejected by the Public Ministry and 15 by the court.
What you should know: Arévalo criticized the court’s attitude in not granting him the case file and emphasized that “without access to the file we cannot exercise the right of defense.”
Arévalo’s lawyer commented that “the judge never shows his face, he always sends the officer with excuses.” The reason cited for the denial of access was that there were three parties involved and only one could be allowed access, a justification that Arévalo rejected.
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