They ask for the defense of former president of Bolivia released 2:07
(CNN Spanish) -
The mixed commission of Plural Justice of the Legislative Assembly of Bolivia approved this Wednesday a liability lawsuit against former President Carlos Mesa for the case of the Quiborax company.
According to the official Senator Patricia Arce, the authorization of the trial against Mesa is due to accusations of "resolutions contrary to the Constitution, breach of duties and uneconomic conduct."
Through his Twitter account, the former president rejected the reactivation of the trial and attacked the bench of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS).
One of the worst infamies of the MAS, starring ministers who brought the country to its knees before a Chilean company and awarded it 42 million for illegally exploiting the Salar, is used again to reactivate a trial and bend my conscience.
You scoundrels! They are wrong again
- Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert (@carlosdmesag) September 1, 2021
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Now the issue must be dealt with in the plenary session of the Assembly and obtain two-thirds of the votes so that the liability judgment is carried out.
In 2018, the Attorney General's Office had presented to the Supreme Court of Justice an accusatory request for a liability trial against Mesa for alleged bribes in contracts for the construction of a highway as well as alleged illegal acts in the reversal of the concessions that the Chilean firm Quiborax had. in the Uyuni salt flat.
Accusations against Jeanine Áñez
Also this Wednesday, the Legislative Power received from the Prosecutor's Office an accusatory proposal against former interim president Jeanine Áñez for her alleged responsibility in connection with the deaths of protesters in 2019.
They ask for a trial in freedom for Áñez for his mental health 3:40
Áñez is being held in La Paz for the "Coup d'état" case, and has repeatedly denounced that her health is delicate, while arguing that such a coup never occurred.
Bolivian authorities say former interim president Jeanine Áñez tried to injure herself in prison
This Wednesday, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) confirmed to CNN that it had asked the Bolivian government for information about the state of health of the former interim president, after Carolina Ribera, Áñez's daughter, requested the intervention of this dependent body. of the OAS.
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