US EditionCosta Rica debates stripping president of immunity over corruption allegations
Costa Rica's congress debates lifting immunity amid bribery charges involving $32,000 linked to a campaign adviser, requiring a supermajority of 38 votes in the 57-member assembly.
- Costa Rica's Congress did not achieve the 38-vote supermajority needed to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of immunity for prosecution on corruption charges, obtaining only 34 votes in favor and 21 against.
- Twenty-One lawmakers voted against the immunity lift, and two were absent, marking a historic first vote regarding a sitting president.
- Prosecutors accuse Chaves of pressuring a video producer to divert funds from a contract awarded by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration to a campaign adviser.
- Chaves denies the allegations, claiming he is a victim of politically motivated prosecution.
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Effort to strip Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves of immunity falls short in congressional vote
Effort to strip Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves of immunity falls short in congressional vote.
Carlos Felipe García, deputy of the Christian Social Unity Party (PUSC), said that his decision to vote for the lifting of the immunity of President Rodrigo Chaves could have a high personal and political cost. “If the price of this decision is to say that up to here my political career arrives, pardon me, on May 1, 2022 I took an oath that implied the consequences of it,” he said Monday from the legislative plenary, justifying his decision to s…
Historic Debate in Costa Rica: Presidential Immunity at Risk?
Costa Rica's congress is debating whether to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his immunity due to corruption allegations. Prosecutors claim Chaves pressured a video producer to divert funds to a former adviser. The Legislative Assembly's vote requires a supermajority. If unsuccessful, Chaves remains in office, potentially extending his immunity.
It would be the first time in recent history that a President-in-Office is facing such a process.
Effort to strip Costa Rica President Chaves of immunity falls short in congressional vote
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica’s Congress fell short Monday of the supermajority required to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of immunity in order to prosecute him on corruption charges. Chaves’ opposition needed a 38-vote supermajority, but only managed 34 votes in favor of lifting the president’s immunity. Twenty-one lawmakers voted against the effort and two more were absent. It was the first time such a vote had occurred about a sittin…
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