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A severe setback suffered the attorneys for the defendants in the SQM case, then they asked the National Auditor, Jorge Abbott, judge them separately to streamline the process.
It is about the trial in the case for illegal financing of politics, which includes allegations of bribery, bribery and illegal taxes.
Let us remember that this next October 5 the oral trial preparation hearing against the former general manager of the company, Patricio Contesse, the former senator Pablo Longueira, Marco Enríquez-Ominami and your advisor, Christian Wagner, plus five other people.
In this context, lawyers Samuel Donoso, Alejandro Espinoza, Octavio Sufán, Carlos Mora and Ciro Colombara, Along with the other defenders, they sent a letter to the National Prosecutor, Jorge Abbott, on September 11, according to La Tercera.
In the letter, the lawyers asked the highest authority of the Public Ministry intervene to separate the trials and, in this way, expedite the case that began in 2015.
According to the publication, the lawyers ask that the pertinent measures be adopted to “be able to seriously give a progressive course to the case (…) and, in this way, respect the principles of due process, such as the right to an oral trial and to be tried. within a reasonable time ”.
Along these lines, they request that “the necessary procedural measures be taken for the differentiated prosecution of our clients.”
However, on Monday Abbott responded by rejecting the request outright.
“In the first place the investigation is in charge of the regional prosecutor of Valparaíso, so that the direction of the investigation corresponds exclusively to the mentioned prosecutor,” he replied.
In this regard, the National Prosecutor reminded them that the regional prosecutor of Valparaíso, Claudia Perivancich, He had already denied their request on September 8.
“It is no longer possible for the Public Ministry to exercise the powers to separate investigation”, sentence Abbott.
“The natural seat to resolve your request is the Eighth Court of Guarantee during the development of the hearing to prepare the oral trial,” he suggested.
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