For the first time in the history of Costa Rica, the judicial authorities have made a request to Parliament – where the opposition is dominated – calling for the removal of President Rodrigo Chavez’s immunity in order to move a criminal procedure for corruption. With an open conflict between the powers, the Supreme Court plenary decided by a majority in its extraordinary meeting to “forward to parliament a request for the removal of immunity” by President Chavez, according to a statement by the judiciary. Mr Chavez, a 64 -year -old conservative economist, is accused by the Attorney General, Carlo Zeus, with whom he is in a personal conflict of forcing a communication services company recruited by the presidency to pay $ 32,000 to his personal friend and his former friend. The prosecutor’s office accuses the president of corruption, an offense that raises a sentence ranging from two years in prison to eight years in prison for […]
Source: News Beast
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