translated from Spanish: “Rancagua disaster”: Minister Maggi proposes to open a removal booklet for the three ministers of the Court of Appeals investigated

The opening of a booklet for the removal of the three ministers Of the Court of Appeals of Rancagua investigated by influence peddling, the Chief Justice Minister of the Supreme Court, Rosa María Maggi, proposed.
The judge delivered this Wednesday the final report of his investigation started last December against the Ministers Emilio Elgueta Torres, Marcelo Vásquez Fernández and Marcelo Albornoz, implicated in the “disaster of Rancagua”, the plot of irregularities that has Shaken the Chilean judiciary traffic of influences and failures to probity. “All these behaviors are described by the Minister as very serious, they infringe the provisions of the Organic Code of tribunals and indicates that it requests the maximum sanction established in this code which is four months of suspension. He also points out that all the above allows him to suggest to the court to make use of the rule that allows the removal of these people, “said the Minister spokesman of the highest court, Lambert cisterns.
It should be recalled that last April, the Supreme Court dismissed the request made by 5 Ministers of the highest court, to immediately initiate the removal process, on the grounds that it was necessary to wait for the finalization of the inquiry in charge of Minister Maggi.
With regard to the next steps, Minister Cisterns indicated that “the three ministers who were the subject of the investigation are already notified and the minister has sent the President of the Supreme Court his final report. Then, it begins at this time to run within three days for those involved to request allegations before the Supreme Court and be able to defend their position in the process. ”
In this case, Elgueta has already been formalized on 26 April by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for crimes of prevarication and illicit enrichment.

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