Plenary of the Judiciary ratifies the suspension measure of the prosecutor who would be investigated in the Naomi Arcentales case

The plenary session of the Judicial Council (CJ) declared, this Tuesday morning, the nullity of the decision made by the former president of the organization, María del Carmen Maldonado, who left the suspension against the prosecutor of the province of Manabí, Juan Carlos Izquierdo, who would be related to the case investigating the death of Naomi Arcetales, an event that occurred in early December last.

According to the plenary session of the CJ, the revocation dictated by Maldonado, which became known after resigning from the position of president of the Judiciary, not only lacked motivation, but it was also explained that they had not changed the circumstances that initially generated the suspension. The ratification of Izquierdo’s suspension was taken by the plenary session six days after Maldonado lifted it.

Doubts about the investigation of the death of Naomi Arcentales make the victim’s mother and lawyer ask the Prosecutor’s Office to transfer the case to Quito

Maldonado resigned from being the head of the CJ last Wednesday, due to differences with a sentence of the Constitutional Court (CC) that removed him from the presidency of that body the power to suspend judicial officials.

The new president of the CJ, Fausto Murillo, stated that in order to make the decision to ratify the suspension of Izquierdo, the respective legal reports were requested from the General Directorate and legal, and treatment of this issue was prioritized at Tuesday’s meeting.

According to the plenary of the CJ, the decision to revoke the former president lacks sufficient motivation, since it simply María del Carmen Maldonado would have indicated that she revokes it because she has presented her resignation from the position of president of the CJ. “That brief motivation given by former President Maldonado, according to the recommendation of the technical area, affects that decision as irremediable nullity,” Murillo said.

Luigi García, a lawyer for the victim’s family, believes that former President Maldonado’s decision was to return the responsibility to the CC and tell it: “Look at this emblematic case, I have to revoke it because you have made a mistake in granting the powers that should be granted to the President of the Judiciary.”

Outside the Council of the Judiciary, north of Quito, at the same time that the plenary meeting was taking place, García, Sara Sabando, Naomi’s mother, together with other relatives and friends They staged a sit-in to demand justice not only in the case, but also to ratify the suspension of the prosecutor who is being investigated as a suspect in the crime.

Sabando, before entering a meeting in the Council of the Judiciary, said he hopes that the decision made by the plenary session of the CJ is the correct and transparent one., in order to regain confidence in the judicial system. “We need positive results for the victims, for the relatives of the victims.

Las Torres case: former Comptroller official confirms in his version the existence of orders to fade glosses

García, after learning that the suspension of the Izquierdo prosecutor was ratified, reported that the term of the suspension will be 90 working days.

“We will continue to ask for a fight, making the necessary sit-ins in the State institutions to expedite the processing and investigation in the Naomi case and to sanction to those responsible. (…) In this meeting we have delivered the necessary inputs regarding the reasons that we consider important to prevent the investigation from being obstructed and that in this way there can be transparency and procedural agility, “said García. (I)