The magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), Irma Palencia, Mynor Franco, Gabriel Aguilera y Rafael Rojas They appeared this Thursday, March 14, before the Twelfth Pluripersonal Court of First Criminal Instance.
The robes are indicated by the Public ministry (MP) in the case of alleged anomalies in the purchase of the system Transmission of Preliminary Electoral Results (TREP), used during 2023 general elections in Guatemala.
He Public ministry issued arrest warrants once morest the magistrates on January 11for the crime of authority abuse y fraudin the case of Irma Palencia.
While, once morest Franco, Aguilera and Rojasthe accusation is for fraud.
The magistrates were stripped of their right to pretrial during a session in the Congress of the RepublicCelebrated on November 30, 2023.
The system Convenient had a cost of Q148 million that, in consideration of the Comptroller General of Accountswould have been overrated.
After making known the arrest warrants once morest magistratesit was known that They were on vacation and outside the country, so the respective first declaration hearings were not held.
During the arrival of the magistrates at the indicated court, this Thursday the 14th, the presiding judge Blanca Alfaro He came to greet the robes.
Alternative measures
This Thursday followingnoon, Judge Karen Chinchilla in charge of the twelfth court linked the four TSE magistrates to criminal proceedings for the crime of fraud for alleged irregularities in the acquisition of the TREP system used in the 2023 electoral elections.
The judge also ruled that there was no merit in favor of Judge Irma Palencia for the crime of abuse of authority.
Then, the judge issued substitute measures in favor of the magistrates. The officials were left with an arrest warrant, they must go to place their fingerprint in the MP and pay Q100 thousand, which they must make effective this Friday no later than 3:00 p.m.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Gabriel Aguilera said that they will rejoin the activities at the TSE as regular officials, where they will participate in a plenary session to learn regarding various issues, including those related to the Electoral Update and Modernization Commission (CAME), which discusses the reforms to the Electoral and Political Parties Law.
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