The removal of Minister Ángela Vivanco was unanimously accepted by the 16 regular ministers and three substitutes who made up the plenary session of the Supreme Court.
The plenary session of the Supreme Court removed today to Minister Ángela Vivancoafter not accepting any of the defenses presented by the judge’s defense.
This was confirmed by the president of the country’s highest court, Ricardo Blanco Herrerawho read the decision adopted by the 16 regular ministers and three substitutes.
According to what was reported by Blanco, the decision It was taken unanimously by the members of the plenary session of the Supreme Court.
In his reading of the resolution, the president of the Supreme Court indicated that in the case of the now former minister Vivanco “there is a pattern that moves away from good behavior,” and his “behavior reveals irregularities”.
Ricardo Blanco stated in the reading of the plenary decision that Vivanco “involved in behavior that affects the principles of transparency, impartiality, probity, integrity and transparency that govern the judiciary“.
According to the highest authority of the Judiciary, the aforementioned principles “of course take precedence over his right to immobility, having seriously compromised the foundations of the rule of law with their bad behavior“.
The case began to be heard from 09:00 hours with reading the details of the charges against the judgeby the Supreme Court rapporteur, Iara Barrios.
After the arguments delivered by Vivanco’s defense attorney, Cristóbal Osorio, the members of the court proceeded to debate the defense’s arguments, after which they delivered their resolution.
It is about the first expulsion of a member of the country’s highest court since 2001when Luis Correa Bulo was leaving his position.
The charges that led to Vivanco’s removal
Specifically, the Supreme Court decided to remove Ángela Vivanco based on the following charges:
1.- Interference in the last procedure for appointing the position of national prosecutor and in the appointments of real estate conservator of Viña del Mar and Concón.
2.- Irregularities committed in the processing and knowledge of the Belaz Movitec Spa consortium cause with Codelco.
3.- Intervention in appointment of ministers of courts in coordination with lawyer Luis Hermosilla Osorio.
4.- Interference in cases being processed and in the integration of chambers of the Supreme Court with lawyer Luis Hermosilla Osorio.
5.- Delivery of information about causes related to members of the Carabineros of Chile and the Armed Forces of knowledge of the Third Chamber of this court before the signing of the sentence and its notification, and make procedural recommendations to the aforementioned lawyer.
6.- Agreement with the already referred lawyer to obtain the numberappointment of members of this court related to their interests.
7.- Irregularities committed in the processing of cases 251,511-2023, 76,398-2020, 99,086-2022, 105,065-2023, 242,258-2023, 6,632-2024, 17,536-2019 and 33,342- 2019, by non-compliance with existing standards and criteria in this regard.