Juan Carlos Manríquez, Ángela Vivanco’s lawyer, confirmed that “we are probably going to exhaust international measures” after the dismissal of the now former Supreme Court minister.
The defense lawyer of the dismissed Supreme Court Minister, Ángela Vivanco, Juan Carlos Manríquez, confirmed that he is evaluating presenting appeals to international organizations for the decision of the highest court to decree the removal of the judge, as well as the approval of the constitutional accusation against her client by the Senate.
According to what was stated by the professional, in both cases “Mrs. Vivanco did not have equal rights and, therefore, her defense capabilities were also diminished.“.
“From that point of view, apart from the result, we retired satisfied for having done the best we could, what was within our reach and then exhaust in the national jurisdiction all the resources that the law allows us“Manríquez asserted after the decision of the Upper House, which also entails the fact that Vivanco will not be able to hold public office for five years.
Vivanco’s lawyer would resort to international organizations
When referring to the measures he will adopt in response to what happened in the Supreme Court, Juan Carlos Manríquez said that “we need to know the court’s ruling. There we could exercise a resource for replacement or other resourcesgiven that Parliament has already spoken,” he said.
He explained that “first we have to wait for two things. One, receive the full ruling from the court, and secondly Also wait for the resolution made by the Senate regarding the second accusation that has been brought from the Chamber of Deputiesand then exhaust the procedures that are still pending,” he said.
He then reported that “that route being exhausted, we are probably going to exhaust international measuresin the same way as the position of the other minister (Sergio Muñoz) who today was the subject of the same decision of this Parliament was even advanced and made clear.”
Ángela Vivanco’s lawyer also considered the second accusation “illegal and unconstitutional”and argued that “we have always maintained that the second accusation, the Senate having already exercised its sanctioning power, is exhausted, because the person who accuses is the same body, the Chamber of Deputies, not a new parliamentary commission. And who must rule next week is the same Senate, on the same facts, on the same person, in relation to the same object and with the same consequence,” Manríquez concluded.