Bolivia Approves the Possibility of Suspending the Attorney General and Intervening in the Appointment of an Alternate
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Bolivian leader Rodrigo Paz enacted a law to replace the head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, arrested for alleged ties to drug trafficking. Washington withdrew his visa and Congress will vote for his suspension. The Paz government ignores the interim prosecutor appointed by the Attorney General’s Office.
The Bolivian Plurinational Legislative Assembly (PLA) agreed to empower the House to suspend directly the head of the Public Prosecutor's Office when he is charged with a serious crime, as was the case with the current incumbent Roger Mariaca.
The president of the South American country, Rodrigo Paz, enacted legislation amending article 25 of Law 260, which allows the Plurinational Legislative Assembly to suspend the head of the Attorney General's Office.
The Attorney General of Bolivia, Roger Mariaca, was arrested last Wednesday allegedly for leading a "criminal organization" to protect "narcoterrorism" in the country.
The President of Deputies, Roberto Castro, called the approval an “act of national conscience” and said it represents a step to “start changing the apparatus of justice.”
In ordinary session, the Chamber of Deputies approved this Friday night, in great detail, the bill amending Law 260, the Organic Law of the Public Prosecutor's Office, which establishes the mechanisms for the suspension of the Attorney General, Roger Mariaca, and the appointment of an interim.
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