2024-08-13 17:01:00
Furthermore, the former president of the Judicial Council does not authorize public defenders to represent him in this case. Terán wants to lead his own technical defense.
The former president of the Council of the Judiciary, Wilman Teranprosecuted for the cases Metastasis e Judicial Independenceand imprisoned in jail The Rock (Guayaquil), does not authorize public defenders to represent him in the second process, as stated in a letter sent to the judge of the National Court of Justice (CNJ), Julio Ingain which he also points out that he denounced the magistrate for an alleged contravention.
On Thursday, July 11, at the evaluation and preparatory hearing for the Judicial Independence case, Inga declared Terán defenseless and ordered two public defenders check are file in view of the reinstallation of the proceedings, which is scheduled for Thursday, July 18.
But the former head of the Judiciary responded in a document:
I do not authorize any public or private defender to exercise such defense.
Terán wants to lead his own technical defense. He admits that he will seek support from other lawyers, but he wants to be the one to present the arguments and lead the strategies at the different stages of the case.
However, he stresses that he is in “permanent helplessness”since -indicates- the National Service of Comprehensive Care for Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) does not provide you with the facilities to prepare.
He claims that, in prison, the SNAI has not allowed him to access a computer, information from the tax file or physical documents. He mentions that he is “incommunicado” and “without light.”
And he noted:
It is not a question of me being transported from La Roca to the hearing on the day and time to say that I have been summoned to appear physically. It is the fact of granting me adequate time, in the appropriate place, to organize my defense.
Finally, he asks Inga to review these aspects, but warns her that, through the legal team that supports him, he has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office for alleged failure to report (Article 277 of the COIP).
With this appeal, Terán is trying to get the judge to excuse himself from continuing with the case.
The former president of the Judiciary has been in prison since December 13, 2023 for the Metastasis case, in which he is charged with an alleged crime of organized crimeBut on December 28 he was also ordered to be held in preventive detention for the Judicial Independence case, in which he is being prosecuted for alleged obstruction of justice.