Lawyers of the Public Criminal Defense presented a request to the constitutional Court (TC) to nullify the future formalization against the Secretary of the Senate, Raul Guzman.
Guzmán, a former Metropolitano Sur regional prosecutor, is under investigation after attending the restaurant “Loyola” of San Miguel in the middle of the quarantine that affected the commune.
Therefore, the Bío Bío Prosecutor’s Office investigating the event requested its formalization by endanger public health, that is, to violate article 318 of the Penal Code.
However, its defenders filed an appeal before the TC, appealing to the unenforceability of unconstitutionality of said article. Therefore, they asked that the formalization be suspended until the petition is resolved.
Raúl Guzmán should be formalized on November 19 next with the prosecutor of the southern zone Patrick Rosas, and the consulting attorney from the same area, Roberto break, who ate with Guzmán as seen in a photo revealed by BioBioChile.
With them charges will be brought against the owners of the premises, Edelberto Loyola and Diego Aristondo, as well as another lawyer, who is presumed to have taken the photograph that generated the controversy and revealed the fact.
After hearing the request for the imputation of charges, the Senate Internal Regime Commission determined that Guzmán would partially leave its functions after being formalized, which could not finally happen if the appeal is successful.
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There is a possibility that the charges will be dismissed at the end of the investigation, therefore The accused (s) should NOT be considered guilty until Justice dictates sentence against him.
(Article 04 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)
