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The official of the Judicial Branch reported for sexually harassing his subordinates, He has already returned to his work after a controversial Supreme Court ruling and in the midst of the criticism left by that resolution.
The council of the Administrative Corporation of the Judicial Power had expelled from the institution Alex Munoz Prado -zonal administrator of the Administrative Corporation of the Judicial Power in Copiapó- after hearing several complaints of sexual harassment against him.
However, the Supreme Court – and despite accrediting the insinuations and touches – dismissed the sexual harassment and ordered the suspension, which it has already made effective.
According to the resolution, the official greeted the workers with kisses and tight hugs, brought her body closer and touched her back inappropriately.
Also, to one of them who had undergone a surgical intervention, he told her that he would put his finger in the hole of the surgery, and affirmed to look at the “poto and breasts” of his companions.
For this reason, the CAPJ council expelled him, but after an appeal, the Supreme Court held that Muñoz incurred in various opportunities in unnecessary and improper physical contact or approach, generating a hostile, offensive environment, but that the concurrence of the requirement element of a sexual nature should be discarded, considering that the actions were not intended to obtain non-consensual sexual favors.
Failure that brought various criticisms. The National Association of Magistrates,
He affirmed that the resolution “re-victimizes, discourages and unprotects women who work in the Judiciary.
This was explained by the president of the union, Soledad Piñeiro, who also emphasized that he hopes to reverse what was decreed.
Meanwhile, the Executive Director of the Association of Feminist Lawyers, Barbara Sepulveda, described the resolution as serious.
It should be noted that the minister Carlos Künsemüller pleaded for a sanction of censorship in writing “Taking into consideration the resume”, while his peers in favor of his termination were: Angélica Repetto, Andrea Muñoz, Eugenia Sandoval, Rosa María Maggi and Sergio Muñoz.
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