The Paraguayan judge in the Edgardo Kueider case spoke about the senator’s future
Humberto Otazúthe Paraguayan judge in charge of the case of Edgardo Kueider, gave details this Sunday about the procedural future of the Argentine senator. In radio statements, the magistrate handling the case announced that if guilt is proven, “he may receive two and a half years of deprivation of liberty.” Meanwhile, Vice President Victoria Villarruel will define the session in the Senate to remove the Peronist legislator.
Regarding the judicial process, Otazú explained that the case has a period of six months to be completed, according to the Paraguayan Procedural Code. In dialogue with Radio Rivadavia, the magistrate detailed the steps to follow and the possible scenarios that Kueider will face.
“For us it is not a matter of such notoriety because he is not a Paraguayan official,” said the judge. Likewise, he clarified that the senator is considered “a simple tourist like any other foreigner who arrives in the country,” and that he is being watched by the Paraguayan police, who “are on top of him.”
Session in the Senate defined for the Edgardo Kueider case
During these hours, the senators of Union for the Homeland (UP) They seek to promote a session to remove Kueider.
The ball now belongs to the head of the upper house, Victoria Villarruel, who will initiate contacts with the Government to define if it calls a special session this Thursday to dismiss Edgardo Kueider as national senator in the face of resistance from the Casa Rosada to reopen the Senate based on a request from Unión por la Patria anticipated by Ámbito.
Kueider is poison stain. As an ally of La Libertad Avanza in the Senate, with his key vote in favor of the Bases law, The ruling party seeks to prevent the expulsion of the Entre Ríos legislator from causing him to lose a seat in the precinct. The thing is that the provincial legislator of Entre Ríos Stefanías Cora belonging to La Cámpora would enter in her place.
In Villarruel’s office they analyze the history of extraordinary calls. Milei is the only one who can set the agenda for this period but, strictly speaking, the expulsion of Kueider is a regulatory aspect of the plenary session that the senators themselves could resolve outside the agenda set by the National Executive Branch.
However, the process is not so simple. With 33 of its own senators, plus Martin Lousteau and other governors who would provide a quorum, once the session began, two-thirds of the votes would be needed to expel Kueider. A difficult number to obtain in December, with the return of legislators to their provinces.
Source: Ambito
