2024-09-08 05:17:25
The Court of Appeals of Talca refused to dismiss the case, as requested by the defense of deputy Francisco Pulgar, and set a date to hear the removal of immunity.
The Court of Appeals of Talca accepted the request for removal of immunity against the independent deputy (former PDG) Francisco Pulgar, as a result of a complaint filed against him for rape and threats against a minor.
According to the decision of the appellate court, which rejected the request for dismissal of the case presented by the parliamentarian’s defense, the hearing in which the eventual impeachment of the legislator will be resolved It was set for next Tuesday, September 10th..
In 2021, a 21-year-old girl filed a complaint against the legislator, whom she accused of raping her repeatedly since 2014, when she was 14 years old.
What Francisco Pulgar said about the request for removal of immunity
Having been informed of the appellate court’s decision to accept the request for his impeachment, Congressman Francisco Pulgar addressed the issue this morning in Congress, opportunity in which he accused the existence of a political operation against him.
Along with stating that he himself was requesting that it be formalized for the rape complaint against him, which was filed while he was a candidate for governor of the Maule Region, The legislator said that “I am innocent. I have never raped a woman.”.
Francisco Pulgar argued that there is a political motivation behind the complaint, since he is being attacked due to his role as an “environmentalist” parliamentarian. In this regard, he said that The young woman who filed the complaint is the current partner of someone very close to Vicente Marinkovicthe Maule regional director of the Superintendence of Electricity and Fuels (SEC), with whom For years there has been a rivalry.
“Three years of anguish are coming to an end, 40 months of anguish. You are going to hear that this has to have a gender perspective, you know? I totally agree, I am the father of three daughters and cases should always have a gender perspective.“, the deputy stated.
“But I ask you to add some spice, and read it a little more carefully, give it an environmental perspective. I am an environmentalist. Mr. Marinkovic, who generated this complaint, and I am not the one who is saying it, is under investigation. In 2016 he had already reported me for another incident.“, Francisco Pulgar then stated.