The Impeachment Commission began with the analysis of 14 projects for requests for Impeachment to the members of the highest court of Justice.
For iProfessional
01/27/2023 – 11:26 a.m.
Within the framework of the opening of the period of extraordinary sessions Convened by President Alberto Fernández, the Political Judgment Commission began the debate on the projects presented by legislators from different parliamentary blocs, as well as civil society organizations, against the members of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.
In this regard, the Head of the Commission, CCarolina Gaillard (FdT), explained that “impeachment is not a criminal trial.” “This is a cause to remove from office those officials who do not perform well in the function in which they have been appointed,” she pointed out.
In an informative meeting, the deputy also announced that in the development of the following meetings, an analysis of whats different files, for which the authors of the projects will be received; as well as, the admissibility report will be analyzed in order to assess whether or not there is support to move forward and open the summary stage.
It is worth mentioning that Carlos Rosenkrantz, Ricardo Lorenzetti, Horacio Rosatti and Juan Carlos Maqueda They are the current ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.
The voice of the deputies
From the Civic Coalition, the first vice president of the Commission, deputy JJuan Manuel Lopez, He proposed inviting lawyers and representatives of civil society to analyze the admissibility reports, while stating: “We want separation of powers and we are going to defend the independence of the Judiciary.”
Then, the president of the Frente de Todos bloc, German Martinezassured that “we are facing a situation of extreme institutional gravity”, and in that sense he considered: “We have to give all the political debates based on the different perspectives”.
In turn, from Buenos Aires Identity, deputy Alexander Rodriguezexpressed his position against the Impeachment and questioned “the political attack regarding the expansion of the members of the Supreme Court.”
From the PTS – Left and Workers’ Front – Unity, the deputy Myriam Bregmann He asserted that “there are great reasons to question this Court,” although he referred to the dilemma of knowing “when the request for impeachment is an attack on the institutions or when it is an act of Justice.”
For his part, the deputy of the Frente de Todos Leopold Moreau clarified that it is not “a trial of the Court, but of its 4 members.”
Then the deputy Ana Carrizo (Radical Evolution) declared itself “in favor of political trials,” but remarked: “There must be a partisan consensus.”
In another sense, the deputy Sabrina Akhmechet (Pro) stated: “They are attacking the National Constitution, the Justice and the division of powers”, while his counterpart Fabio Quetglas (UCR) referred to the need to “improve the quality of Justice”, although he considered : “This is not the ideal way to improve it”.
