Now the Government says that the bicameral that will control the judges will not be able to sanction or remove them

03/03/2021 10:24

• Clarín.com

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Updated 03/03/2021 10:33

After the controversy generated by the impulse to create a bicameral commission in Congress to control the Judiciary, the Government had to go out and clarify that its functions will not have the possibility of sanctioning or removing judges.

On Tuesday it was ultra-K Senator Oscar Parrilli who had advanced the creation of the bicameral to even summon judges and prosecutors to testify.

Even Cristina Kirchner's lawyer, Graciana Peñafort, had recalled that it is the power of Congress to remove the judges of the Supreme Court. 

However, this Wednesday the Minister of Justice, Marcela Losardo, clarified that the idea is that the congress cannot sanction or remove magistrates.

"What the Bicameral cannot assume are attributions of other powers, such as disciplinary matters.

The Bicameral will not be able to sanction judges, that is not constitutional,

" he said.

On Monday, during the Legislative Assembly, President Alberto Fernández had asked that Congress exercise "crossed control" over the Legislative Branch.

"I want to ask Congress, with great respect, to assume its role of cross control over the Judiciary," he said during his opening speech.

And he added that "this is what our National Constitution provides."

News in development.

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