2024-01-03 16:01:48
The Neuquén Popular Movement (MPN) bloc presented a bill so that provincial deputies must explain the negative vote on the appointments of judges, prosecutors and defenders sent by the Judicial Council. «It seems unfair to us to answer no and not substantiate it. “It is neither more nor less than contributing with this modification to the institutional quality, to the democratic quality,” said legislator Gerardo Gutiérrez, author of the initiative.
What he proposes is a change in article 197 of the internal regulations of the Legislature. If approved, those who support the appointments will not be obliged to express their motivation, but those who reject it will be.
For a lawyer, for example, to become a judge, she must compete on the Council and be appointed. Once the document reaches the Legislature, the those who make up the Constitutional Affairs and Justice commission are interviewed. Only then does it go to enclosure where you vote. If you manage to bypass the political filter (this means gathering the necessary support), sworn in at the headquarters of the Superior Court of Justice.
The MPN, which Starting this year it is opposition for the first time in the history of the province, has a long history of silently rejecting sheets. The most recent case was that of Nadia Kubatovthe professional who was twice denied appointment to two positions she had won: criminal defender of Neuquén in 2019 y Chos Malal Guarantees judge last year.
The first time the then president of the MPN bloc slipped in an interview with DIARIO RÍO NEGRO that the problem was his “feminist” profile. On the second occasion, the reasons were not mentioned.
Asked regarding this change in position, Gutiérrez replied: “Look, we We have been deputies since December 10, 2023 and we are the ones who are making up this block, the current one, in the Legislature and this is a personal project that I presented, that I explained, that I justified it, I argued it before my colleagues and they all understood the importance of its objective and that is why they are accompanying it.
He added: “This is a step forward and fundamental in continuing in the places we occupy, and in the responsibility we have to generate greater awareness and clarity regarding the work we have to do, and the responses we have to give. Not only to those people who have gone through an entire process and managed to get their document passed to the Legislature, but for society “Also, it is important that it receives a response from legislators in terms of yes and no to continue generating greater institutional and democratic quality.”
He was optimistic regarding the support that the project will garner in the new ruling party embodied by Governor Rolando Figueroa.
The project bears the signature of the ten members of the MPN bloc. The only representative who comes from the previous composition is Ludmila Gaitán.
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