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Congress to Decide Whether to Lift Costa Rican President's Immunity in Extortion Case
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The Court of Plena intends to discuss, on Tuesday, July 1, a request for the lifting of the immunity of the President of the Republic, Rodrigo Chaves, to face an accusation for an alleged crime of concussion.The Plena Court will hold an extraordinary session to resolve this matter.The facts under investigation revolve around a $405,800 contract that the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) awarded to the company of the audiovisu…
San José (EFE).- The president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, described Wednesday as absurd and “political of the cheapest” the criminal charge against him for a crime of concussion in the management of funds donated by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), and by which Congress will analyze if he raises the law. “It was a matter of time for the Plena Court, dressed in the robe of institutionality, to make politics of the ch…
San José, 1 Jul (Prensa Latina) The Full Court of Costa Rica today asked the Legislative Assembly (Congress) to lift immunity to the president of the country, Rodrigo Chaves, and to the minister of Culture and Youth, Jorge Rodríguez, reported the newspaper Delfino.cr. The post Corte Plena tica asks Congress to release immunity to the president first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
The Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica sent a request to the Assembly Tuesday to withdraw immunity from the president of the country, Rodrigo Chaves, with a view to prosecuting him for allegedly favoring close collaborators with consulting contracts.
The Plena Court agreed to ask the Legislative Assembly to waive immunity to the President of the Republic, Rodrigo Chaves in a case related to a contract of over $400,000 funded by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE).The agreement is given after the Attorney General's Office accused Chaves of the crime of concussion.Concussion is a crime that is committed when a public official, abusing his position, forces or induces someo…
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