translated from Spanish: Lomas de Zamora attorney general suspended for 90 days

The Supreme Court of Justice of Bonaerense decided to hear the request of the Attorney General, Julio Conte Grand, and the attorney general of the judicial department of Lomas de Zamora, Enrique Ferrari, was suspended for 90 days, according to official sources. The resolution was confirmed after the joint vote of Ministers Daniel Soria, Eduardo Pettigiani, Hilda Kogan and Sergio Torres, with the accession – by their vote – of Minister Luis Genoud; while Minister Eduardo de Lazari voted in dissent.

As revealed, the Court granted a 90-day license to Ferrari and has rushed it to “take the necessary measures to restore the proper functioning of the attorney general’s office of the Lomas de Zamora judicial department, having to convene the most qualified officials of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, even if they serve in other judicial departments.” In addition, they confirmed that the Undersecretariat for Disciplinary Control will intervene by the prosecution, as instructed to the Undersecretariat for Management Control together with the Attorney General’s Office. On the other hand, it provided for the monitoring and control of the other criminal and disciplinary proceedings pending.

Conte Grand had asked for an investigation into whether the prosecutor engaged in “irregular conduct” in the handling of some cases, and the prosecutor denounced him for his alleged involvement in armed cases against political and trade union leaders, through a special tax unit. The prosecutor considered the crimes reported against Conte Grand and other officials to be “institutionally serious” through the Complex Crimes and Organized Crime Coordination Unit of the Attorney General’s Office of Lomas de Zamora.

Original source in Spanish