The former senator of National Party (PN), Gustavo Penadésalleged health issues to the Justice, so the Forensic Technical Institute (ITF) It will determine whether or not the politician should go to a prison; Meanwhile, PN will request the expulsion in the Senate.
The whites will ask for the expulsion of the High camera of the former senator, alleging article 155 of the Constitution which establishes that “each Chamber may correct any of its members for disorderly conduct in the performance of their duties and even suspend them in the exercise of their duties, by two-thirds of the votes of the total number of its members.”
The bench of National Party will present a request to the other parties to remove the former senator from the Chamber due to the 22 sexual crimes perpetrated by the nationalist politician.
“Health reasons”
After learning of the former senator’s accusation, where he would have to undergo preventive prison for 180 days until his trial begins, Penadés presented a request invoking health reasons, for which he could not submit to prison.
In the argument, Penadés’ defense indicated that the politician suffers from ischemic heart disease and diabetes, Therefore, it could be possible that you will not be attended to correctly if you have an emergency inside the prison.
Faced with this, the prosecutor’s team Alicia Ghione established that the former senator’s case would be studied by the ITF to determine if Penadés “is in a position to comply with preventive detention in the detention center.” Meanwhile, the former senator is detained in the prison of Florida, waiting to be seen by a coroner since Tuesday night.
The accusations
The former senator was charged by the criminal judge Marcela Vargaswho accepted this Tuesday the formalization of Penades for a total of 22 crimes, and the History teacher, Sebastian Mauvezinaccused of being the link between the victims, for 7 crimes with similar characteristics.
Penades He was charged with 11 crimes of remuneration for sexual exploitation of minors, 4 crimes of especially aggravated sexual abuse3 crimes of aggravated sexual abuse1 crime of rape1 crime of corruption of minors and 1 crime of violent indecent assault in real reiteration as author.
For its part, Mauvezin He was charged with 7 crimes of contributing to the sexual exploitation of minors in real reiteration as the author, according to the spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office, Javier Benech.
Source: Ambito
