Another candidate koses inmunity

The sister of  a  prominent CD leader facing trial for embezzlement is the latest person to lose immunity granted by the Electoral Tribunal.

 magistrates of  the Electoral Tribunal (TE) decided to lift the imnuity of to the deputy of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen)  deputy Lourdes Cortés , at the request of the Supreme Court.

The General Secretariat of the Supreme  Court sent the request for the lifting of jurisdiction, since Cortés – Cambio Democrático- is investigated “for the alleged crime against public administration in the form of embezzlement, or the crime resulting from the investigation.”

Cortés, sister of former Labor Minister Alma Cortés, filed a motion for reconsideration before the TE.

In April 2015, the Court admitted a complaint filed on July 28, 2014 by the then Minister of Work and Labor Development (Mitradel), Luis Ernesto Carles.

She e is accused of an alleged damage of $7,200 for not having returned the payment of a per diem for an official trip she made to Switzerland in 2011.

Cortés enjoys electoral privilege because she is a candidate for Parlacen’s principal deputy.