The Disciplinary Instruction Chamber of the Attorney General’s Office opened a preliminary investigation against officials, yet to be determined, of the National Intelligence Directorate (DNI) for the apparent “tricks” and illegal surveillance that would have been carried out from there against the magistrate Jorge Enrique Ibáñez of the Constitutional Court.
“The complaints made about the possible persecution to which the members of the high Corporation would be subject, who also “They have denounced follow-ups, profiling and permanent monitoring,” the Public Ministry said in a statement.
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The control body detailed that it will review whether or not there are judicial authorizations from the intelligence bodies to carry out the apparent profiling and monitoring.
In this preliminary investigation they will hear from Magistrate Jorge Enrique Ibáñez to narrate and provide details about the circumstances surrounding the apparent illegal monitoring of which he would be a victim.
“The disciplinary action initiated by the Attorney General’s Office seeks to identify the possible perpetrators, determine the occurrence of the conduct, establish whether it constitutes a disciplinary offense and define whether or not it acted under a cause of exclusion of responsibility,” the ministry added. public.
Judge Ibáñez has already handed over to the Prosecutor’s Office the material that would prove the apparent illegal monitoring which, in addition, would have been extended to his wife and the assistant magistrates in his office.
“It is an absolutely irregular and arbitrary situation of which we are victims and I do not rule out that the same action could be taking place.” in relation to other magistrates of the Constitutional Court“, reads a letter that the magistrate delivered to the attorney general, Luz Adriana Camargo.
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The situation generated rejection from the high courts, who in a statement stated that this apparent persecution hits democracy and puts the autonomy of the judicial branch at risk.
Judge Ibáñez joined the Court in 2020. He is conservative in thought and has participated as a speaker in several decisions that have directly to do with the Executive.
Ibáñez, for example, presented last year a presentation in which he requested the overthrow of all the articles that gave life to the Total Peace law and that provided the legal framework for approaches, negotiations or submissions with illegal armed groups. . His presentation was unsuccessful and the law was saved.
