US EditionBolivia’s New President Kills Justice Ministry After Years Of Politicised Trials
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Bolivia's new President Paz dissolved the Ministry of Justice, responding to an escalating conflict within his government. Closure was one of his promises. A dispute over the occupation of the judicial department accelerated the decision.
In Bolivia, the government will eventually not have a Minister of Justice. New President Rodrigo Paz announced on Thursday 20 November, to the general surprise, the outright abolition of this ministry. In a country where justice is very politicized, the announcement was received rather positively, even though there are still many questions about this closure.
Bolivia’s New President Kills Justice Ministry After Years Of Politicised Trials
(Analysis) When Rodrigo Paz Pereira went on television in La Paz this week to announce that “the Ministry of Justice has died”, he was not just cutting one ministry to save money. He was trying to bury an institution he calls “the ministry of persecution” – a symbol of how Bolivia’s justice system has been […]
Rodrigo Paz called on his election promise to abolish the department. A few hours earlier, he had fired the Minister of Justice
Rodrigo Paz justifies the move by claiming that the 20-year-old left-wing predecessor governments had used the ministry to persecute the opposition.
The Press Office of the Presidency has not confirmed details of the restructuring of the functions assigned to the Ministry of Justice or the future of its units.
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