The criticism of Ariel Lijo's nomination for the Supreme Court of Justice
by Javier Milei
added another instance of questioning this Thursday. It was when the
Bar Association of the City
of Buenos Aires
turned to the Council of the Judiciary
to highlight that "there are
complaints
" against the controversial federal judge that "
have not merited any processing
."
The claim was by letter, sent to the authority of the highest court,
Horacio Rosatti
, but in his role as head of the judicial oversight body. It bears the signature of Alberto Garay, president of the Buenos Aires Bar Association.
"
At stake is the people's right to information
regarding the candidate's background contained in a judicial file whose records
must be known by society
and the authorities and the
transparency
of judicial and administrative actions," Garay reproached Lijo and the research that points to it.
In that sense, the CABA Bar Association highlighted its "
surprise
" because "there are complaints against Dr. Lijo that have not merited any processing." "One of them is from the year 2023 (file 107/2023) and the other is from the current year (35/2024)," they pointed out, in reference to complaints made against the judge by
Elisa Carrió and the Civic Coalition
.
The entity of Buenos Aires lawyers had already issued its public position of criticism about Lijo and his nomination for the Supreme Court. "It is public knowledge that a large number of
civil society
entities and groups , including this College,
have severely objected to the new nomination
of the aforementioned judge for various reasons," they recalled.
In the text sent to the Judiciary, the lawyers request access to the
cases involving the federal judge
and demand "
urgent processing of the complaints
made against the aforementioned magistrate."
And they recalled a specific one, presented by the entity: "In 2016, with the intervention of that Council, this College carried out an audit in the federal courts in order to
scrutinize how they processed corruption cases
involving public officials. As a consequence of that task and despite the obstacles that stood in the way of our work, it was possible to establish - among other things - that
the court in charge of Dr. Ariel Lijo presented irregularities
in the processing of
more than 20 cases
." "This College denounced these events," they reproached the Judiciary.
They also require "in light of the records that exist there,
an audit
be arranged on the actions of Judge Julián Ercolini in that case" that focuses on his colleague in the Comodoro Py courts.
The letter recalls that the case that originated Carrió is a "complaint of illicit association" that "
involved Judge Lijo , among others", and that "according to reports,
a report presented in the case by the UIF
was ignored in the investigation
" .
"In this report , severe suspicions and financial inconsistencies
of the aforementioned applicant would be raised
," they highlighted with an eye on Lijo and to know the details to be contrasted when presenting challenges to his background before the application to fill the vacancy left by the judge. Elena Highton of Nolasco upon retirement.
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