This May 27, four Judges of Alta Verapaz faced a disciplinary process for an apparent improper use of facilities, In addition to the apparent finding of a minor in the office of one of the judges.
At the hearing, lawyer Sindie García, of the General Supervision of Courtshe presented the facts that are indicated and with which he asked the Disciplinary Board of the Judicial Agency to are dismissed from your positions.
According to investigation, the judges William Arturo Chen, José Alfredo Quiñónez, Luis Alejandro Paniagua and Wálter Fabricio Rosales Hernández They would have incurred different faults.
The judges allegedly used the facilities of the judicial agency in Alta Verapaz for consumption of alcoholic beverages, starring scandals and the finding of a child under 15 years in the office of Judge Rosales Hernández.
During the conclusions the lawyer Garcia He presented the facts attributed to each judge.
“The facts that have been accredited against judicial officials They are declared and fully enable the request for their dismissal and separation to the position of first instance judges who have held until today, ”said lawyer García.
The lawyer cited article 113 of the Constitution, and said that “Employees and public officials must be honorable people in the exercise of functions“, and asserts that the four judges” suffer and lack the honorability to continue in office.
Four Judges of Alta Verapaz face a disciplinary process for improper use of facilities where a complaint indicates the intake of liquor with people outside the courts and the finding of a minor in the office of one of the judges.@Guatevision_tv @prensa_libre pic.twitter.com/chryxlrsl
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Origin of the complaint
The origin of the case, according to Garcia, dates back to September 2023when the sixth vowel and president of the Amparo and Prejudice Chamber, Sergio Amadeo Pineda Castañedaannounced that he received Complaints of civil society of Alta Verapaz against judicial personnel.
In them, it was indicated that Judges and magistrates who provided their service in that department, would be linked to establishments dedicated to human trafficking and al liquor consumptionand that they had how Coexists to minors
In addition, some held sentimental with judicial auxiliary personnel of their Judicaturesas secretaries.
The informed caused a PRELIMINARY INSPECTION AND RESEARCH of the General Supervision of Courtsto comply with the Judicial career law.
Investigation of judicial authorities
Garcia explained that, during the proceedings that the General Supervision of Courts He carried out, anomalies were detected such as the presence of a teenager in the office of Judge Walter Fabricio Rosales Hernández, for whom there was no explanation, because he was neither a worker, a student nor a relative of employees.