Bolivia Approves the Possibility of Suspending the Attorney General and Intervening in the Appointment of an Alternate
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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.”
The Chamber of Deputies and Senators approved amendments to suspend a State Attorney General for criminal offences The Entry Legislators approve suspension of the Attorney General was first published in La Patria Bolivia.
The bill amends article 25 of Law 260 and provides that the ALP may order the final suspension by two thirds of the votes of the assembly members present and appoint, at the same session, an Acting Attorney General. La Paz, Oct. 2 (NOMOADA NEWS).- The House of Senators approved this Friday, on [...]
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