Lawmakers said they complied with prosecutor Raúl Melara’s request to defile Arriaza Chicas when he served as deputy security minister.
As an example that in El Salvador the institutionalization works and should continue like this, the deputies took the decision of the judge who decreed a final revocation in favor of the director of police, Mauricio Arriaza Chicas.
“The procedures are carried out in accordance with what democracy requires, that we respect the institutional, that we do not use public institutions politically as February 9 to destroy the Assembly, the law of the strongest is not valid, here the institutional framework, the procedural part continues and if the law That being said, it must be respected because we are in a state of law and a state of legal security, “said Mauricio Vargas, deputy for ARENA.
According to Nidia Díaz, from FMLN, the Assembly decided, in accordance with the request made by the General Prosecutor, Raúl Melara, to separate Arriaza Chicas from his jurisdiction as Deputy Minister of Security, but explained that, although the courts exonerated, “his disobedience to the Constitution will go down in history.”
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“What we will continue to maintain is that Arriaza Chicas violated the Constitution and did not respect what the Constitution provides, that is, objectively, you can read in Article 132 which says that if for the third time it does not come” The pressure continues and the pressure came. he did not want to do it because of an assessment of the finance minister’s favor, which will always be recorded in history as disobedience, “Díaz said.
According to him, the parties did what they should have done in connection with the request made by prosecutor Melara, who considered that the jurisdiction of the person who was working as Deputy Minister of Public Security at that time should be removed. he resigned the day before, because he is no longer a deputy minister “, explained Díaz.
In view of this, they certified the Prosecutor’s Office that Arriaza Chicas had “usurped functions” and that there was “procedural fraud”.
In his turn, the deputy Raúl Beltrhán Bonilla, from PCN, appreciated that the resolution of the director of police that favors him “is the law and must be respected. It is the judge’s decision, well by law, it must be respected as such “.
The fifth justice of the peace in San Salvador fired Arriaza Chicas, arguing that the order issued by the Assembly to urgently bring the finance minister had no factual and legal arguments.
After the resolution became known, the Prosecutor’s Office also considered that it was due to procedural errors of the Assembly in this case.
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