The Plenary of Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) held a session in which it was agreed instruct the inspector general that the corresponding complaints by possible commission of criminal offenses during the constitution process of the political party Seed Movement.
The TSE instruction corresponds to the requirements made by the Special Prosecutor’s Office once morest Impunity (Feces) of Public ministryfor an investigation into alleged irregularities registered in the 2023 electoral process.
In July 2023, the judge Seventh Penalty Fredy Orellana ordered to suspend the legal personality of the Seed Movementat the request of the Feci.
As indicated on that occasion Rafael Curruchichehead of the Fecesa citizen complaint was received regarding a irregular membership in the partywhich caused a investigation into possible irregularities in the party constitution.
In the session held recently by TSE magistratesit is mentioned that on March 18 an official letter was received from the Feci, in which the judge Orellana requires a report on the measures or administrative acts taken following the presentation of details of the Public Ministry investigation.
In the TSE instruction it is mentioned that in the extended office for Feci justify three sentences issued in which it would be established that the Pro Formation Committee of the Seed Movement Political Party would have benefited from TSE workers.
He TSE indicates that the 2023 election results were validated and official in accordance with the Electoral and Political Parties Law and indicates that the facts related to the constitution of the Semilla party They date back to 2018.
The TSE instruction is directed to the director of the Citizen Registry and to the head of the Department of Political Organizationsto start the Established procedure in the Electoral and Political Parties Law.
The Inspector General is instructed that, in accordance with the analysis of the information provided to him sent in a timely manneras well as the official letter sent by the Feces and attached documentation, present the complaints that apply.
They doubt the judge
After the TSE instruction related to the suspended political party, Movimiento Semilla, was made public, the organization issued a statement through its lawyer and deputy, Andrea Reyes.
The congresswoman, who is in charge of the legal defense of the organization, estimates that the instruction carried out by the TSE is due to an order issued by the judiciary that is in charge of the criminal phase once morest Movimiento Semilla. “What happens is that the instruction comes from the instruction of Judge Freddy Orellana. What the judge is doing is forcing the TSE to participate openly and harshly once morest the Movimiento Semilla party.”
But even if there is a judicial instruction, for Reyes the judge’s orders might even be illegal, since it is an ordinary judiciary that issues instructions once morest one of the highest courts in the country. “The complaint is understood as one more procedure than what Judge Orellana is requesting. Now that whether the judge is acting in law is what we have doubts regarding issuing those orders to a court of constitutional rank,” he concluded.
He @TSGuatemala will file a complaint for apparent anomalies in the creation process of the suspended political party, Movimiento Semilla. Political party that was born into legal life in 2018.@free Press@Guatevision_tv
— Douglas Cuevas (@dcuevas_gtv) April 3, 2024
The suspension once morest Seed match has caused its deputies to been declared independent and were prevented from forming Board of Directors, commissions y Work tables.
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