Garavano: "The performance of Ramos Padilla seems to be guided by political goals"

The government has submitted a request for indictment for "poor performance" against the federal judge of Dolores,
Alejo Ramos Padilla, who is investigating alleged illegal spying maneuvers in court and involves the false lawyer, Marcelo D'Alessio.

"Ramos Padilla's performance seems to be guided by political goals.Instead of acting as an impartial judge, he looked like a prosecutor without objectivity," he said.
THE NATION the Minister of Justice,

Germán Garavano.

Garavano instructed Juan Bautista Mahiques, representative of the executive power before the Council, to continue the investigation for "manifest improper action and violation of the obligations of impartiality and reserve that each judge must respect with respect to the cases brought before its courts and in defense of the rights of the parties concerned ".

According to the press release issued by the Ministry of Justice,
Ramos Padilla allegedly overstepped his duties at the exhibition he gave to the House of Deputies' Committee on Freedom of Expression three days ago. The magistrate, who investigated the existence of a parastatal espionage network on politicians, journalists and businessmen, provided information
on the alleged link between D & # 39; Alessio and the federal prosecutor

Carlos Stornelli,

in charge of the investigation of the cause on

notebooks bribes.

In the letter filed yesterday, the ministry accuses Ramos Padilla of acting with clear intent when he said "as a real end of the investigation which, according to his own statements, did not not yet verified ".

In the note, Garavano's department badured that Ramos Padilla "not only lacked impartiality, but also failed to observe the duty of objectivity that the law imposes on those who wear it." public accusation that, in the normal course of events, are the representatives of the public prosecutor ".

At present, the Discipline Committee of the Judicial Council must appoint one of its members as an instructor to investigate the complaint.

The government's request was made 24 hours after the magistrate had again ordered to summon the prosecutor Carlos Stornelli, accused of having used information resulting from illegal espionage work. The magistrate ordered the investigation on March 20 at 11 am in the courts of Dolores.

Stornelli, head of the Federal Criminal and Penal Prosecutor's Office No. 4, had questioned the validity of the case involving the false lawyer Marcelo D'Alessio for extortion and had not attended the first orderly investigation by Judge Ramos Padilla. A few hours before this appointment, his defense had demanded the nullity of the case and the challenge of the magistrate.

In his statement, Garavano also pointed to the government's discomfort with "the confrontational attitude shown" by Ramos Padilla against some of the legislators, who, they reported, "constitutes an inconsistent act. with the caution and decorum expected of a federal judge. "In addition, Justice pointed to the" obvious political purpose "that seems to guide the actions of the judge.

During his speech to Parliament, which lasted nearly five hours – with the presence of the Kirchnerist deputies, the left and the Evita movement – Ramos Padilla explained that the investigation carried out forward had begun with the denunciation of businessman Pedro Etchebest, he went to court for an extortion attempt by D'Alessio, allegedly sent by Stornelli. The magistrate badured that after the first raid "the investigation had changed to 180 degrees" and that he had discovered an "illegal espionage network of enormous magnitude".

Ramos Padilla was invited to attend Thursday the bicameral Commission of Control of Intelligence Agencies to expose the case in which she is investigating an alleged illegal spying network. In addition, the bicameral decided to quote the director of the Federal Intelligence Agency, Gustavo Arribas.