Court impeachment: Stornelli to maintain stance as declarant in writing and not go to MPs tomorrow

Carlos Stornelli He will maintain his position of declaring himself in writing as a witness before the Impeachment Commission of the Chamber of Deputies for the trial which has been initiated for presumed misconduct against the four judges of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. federal prosecutor will not appear tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. and faces the possibility that the ruling party will seek his removal as he warned last week.

Official sources informed GlobeLiveMedia that Stornelli informed the Attorney General of the Nation, Edouard Casal, in a note he sent her.

The discussion revolves around whether the prosecutor can testify in writing – as is his position – or whether he must do so in person – as claimed by the ruling party – The judicial officer was summoned by the commission as a witness because it was he who decided to close the complaint for illegal talk between Silvio Robles Advisor to the President of the Supreme Court, Horace Rosatti and the Minister of Justice and Security of the City of Buenos Aires on leave, Marcelo D’Alessandro.

The summons for Stornelli, who was summoned last week but did not show up, was approved with votes from the ruling party and rejection from the opposition. The prosecutor had asked the party in power to send him his requests in writing, protected by article 63 of the organic law of the public prosecutor’s office, which allows him to declare in this way.

But the commission rejected this modality. “As this commission is not an ordinary court, this exception does not apply.“, answered its title, Caroline Gaillard, who pointed out that the rules establish that witness statements are face-to-face. Stornelli points out that a law is above what is dictated by the regulations of a congressional committee.

From the opposition, MP Juan Manuel Lopez He criticized Gaillard for taking “the power to interpret the rules” and pointed out that Stornelli had not refused to testify but had asked to do so in writing and, therefore, “he is not a reluctant witness”.

“If you want him here to throw stones at him, say you want to throw stones at him. Otherwise, send him the questions, let him answer them and that’s it”, summed up the PRO MP alvaro gonzalez.

Thus, the pro-government majority approved to summon Stornelli again in person for tomorrow under the warning that if he does not appear, he will be considered a reluctant witness and his immunity will be requested to bring him to Congress by the public force. As a prosecutor, Stornelli enjoys immunity from arrest.

Two weeks ago, when the judges said Sebastian Ramos there Alejo Ramos Padille, the ruling party argued that the former decided to archive the cause of the leaked conversations between D’Alessandro and Robles based on an opinion from prosecutor Stornelli. Consequently, the Frente de Todos asked to summon the public prosecutor so that he Explain the reason for your decision.

The opposition opposed it, but the Frente de Todos affirmed its majority and approved the convocation by 16 votes. The pro-government bench pointed out that the precedent set by federal judges Ramos and Ramos Padilla, who appeared to testify, would leave in a very uncomfortable position to Stornelli if he chose not to attend.

On this occasion, the head of the official bloc, the German Martinez, he asked Judge Ramos if he had a relationship with D’Alessandro. The magistrate answered in the negative. Martínez pointed out that, based on new leaks of alleged discussions between Judge Ramos and D’Alessandro, it could be “analyze the possible false testimony”.

“What we had been warning about since the first meeting has been confirmed. They clearly knew that an illegal cat existed and so they asked the question that might later collide with this evidence. The maneuver is very clear,” the PRO MP said last week. Silvia Lospennato.

In the absence of Stornelli tomorrow, a new chapter will open in the discussion.