OPINION: Legislative  criminals at risk

As expected, the new Attorney General, his deputy and the deputy Attorney General of the Administration were ratified by the plenary session of the National Assembly. Some deputies, in a histrionic exercise, emphatically denounced the alleged abuses of the outgoing Procurator and the persecution by the Comptroller General of the Republic. They dared to request the dismissal of anti-corruption prosecutors by name. There were veiled warnings to the new head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office so that he does not mess with the real “boss”, who controls a faction of the most questioned deputies. The Assembly maintains a great debt to justice since it has hindered the reforms of the Public Procurement Law, He filed a proposal to address conflicts of interest and has refused to hand over the contract documents and payrolls of the past period. The country must understand that the new Procurator cannot work miracles, much less if key State institutions limit their collaboration. The new official must practice ingratitude towards those who appointed and ratified him. As the nation’s chief prosecutor, citizens expect him to pursue all crimes and criminals equally. – LA PRENSA, Dec 18