The Association of Fiscal Magistrates denounces “permanent harassment” from the political system towards the Attorney General’s Office.
The Association of Fiscal Magistrates of Uruguay declared conflict over the “permanent harassment and harassment by a certain part of the political system towards the Attorney General’s Office”, and as a first measure it will not serve lawyers from today.
The discomfort of the prosecutors increased after learning that an article included in the Accountability bill —which was generally approved yesterday in the plenary session of the Senate and is currently undergoing the treatment of its articles in the High camera- establishes the inhibition of these officials from the Power of attorney to practice law for three years after his cessation.
After several complaints without seeming to reach a satisfactory response, the Association of Fiscal Magistrates of the Uruguay decided to enter a permanent assembly and resort to forceful measures to promote a platform of claims whose first point is the non-approval of the controversial article 630 of the Accountability.
“That the inadequacy between the prosecutor and judge salarieslegally equivalent, which was generated by the parliament itself in 2022″ and that “sufficient resources are provided for institutional strengthening and the effective fulfillment of the tasks assigned to the Prosecutor’s Office,” are the rest of the union’s demands, some of which they have been carrying out for years, together with the salary equalization between deputy and assigned prosecutors.
Likewise, the Association called for a conference press conference for this Thursday, October 5 at 7 p.m. to give details of the conflict. Before, they will hold an evaluation session of the Permanent Assembly.
Another controversial article for the judicial system
Last week, and after criticism and the request for withdrawal by Association of Criminal Lawyers of Uruguay (AAP) of the Accountability bill that sought to modify the appeal process modify the appeal process in trial evidence, the initiative was finally withdrawn from discussion in the Senate.
The news was popularized by the senator of the Frente Amplio, Charles Carrera, who announced through his social networks that “coherence prevailed and the proposal to modify article 365 of the Criminal Procedure Code has just been withdrawn.” To this, the senator added that he would like to “know the brilliant mind that proposed it” and asked that the Procedural Penal Code (CPP) in the Accountability without prior debate.
Previously, the Association of Criminal Lawyers of Uruguay had issued a statement rejecting the modification, establishing that the initiative went against the principles to which the system aspires and even against common sense.
Source: Ambito
