This Friday, the justice of The Rioja accused the judge Norma Abate de Mazzuchelli, accused of having requested million-dollar bribes. The decision was based on the analysis of the testimony and video provided by the complainant.
The prosecutor Luis González Aguirre confirmed the processing, after the high Court of Justice (TSJ) of the province will reject the resignation of the magistrate. The official also confirmed that the penalty that Abate could receive is one to four years in prison.
The judge is charged with the crime framed in the article 266 of the Penal Codewhich establishes: “A public official who, abusing his position, requests, demands or causes payment or delivery improperly, by himself or through an intermediary, will be punished with imprisonment of one to four years and special disqualification of one to five years. , a contribution, a right or a gift or charges greater rights than those that correspond.”
“The behavior that the judge is accused of is having requested a contribution, abusing the exercise of her duties,” the prosecutor said in statements to the channel. All News.
Likewise, he explained that “there is a principle of evidence provided by the complainant, in audio and video format that supports what she stated. These circumstances, analyzed by the prosecution, determined sufficient elements for the investigating judge to investigate the case.”
Gonzalez Aguirre He indicated that “the statements were analyzed and it is clear that there is a precise and consistent story,” and added that “protective measures were requested to safeguard the physical and mental health of the complainant.”
Meanwhile, the Board of Directors of the Association of Women Judges of Argentina announced the decision to suspend Abate from her position as vice president, and also as a partner of the entity.
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