Correa's lawyer in Belgium says that "nothing in force" to stop him

Former President Rafael Correa, in an archive photo, from February 2018, in Guayaquil. API / Marcos Pin

The lawyer Christophe Marchand defender in Belgium of the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, badured today that there is "nothing in it" force "which makes it possible to arrest at this moment the president in this European country where resides, as a result of the request for preventive detention in Ecuador for the" Balda affair ".

"Right now, in my opinion, nothing is in force in Belgium to be placed in detention" Marchand told Efe, on the decision of Ecuadorian judge Daniella Camacho. accept the request of the Attorney General, Paul Perez, to order the prison for investigation purposes for Correa, in addition to a request to Interpol to locate him and extradite him.

"There was a trial in Quito with a decision by the judge to change the precautionary measures for a final decision of imprisonment.And it is without warning, suddenly, the decision of 39, national arrest " commented Marchand.

The Belgian jurist pointed out that the arrest warrant may "be on the way" although "Perhaps some appeals may be filed in Ecuador and that they can stop the demand a bit. "

On June 18, Camacho ordered Correa to appear every two weeks, beginning with a precautionary measure, after having been linked to the attempt to Abduction of ex-ambbadador Fernando Balda

Correa, on the other hand, supported by his lawyers in diplomatic settlements, chose to appear before the Secretariat of the National Court of Justice. Monday before the Consulate of Ecuador in Brussels, which motivated the applicant, Balda, to apply for preventive detention, a request that the Office of the Prosecutor also upheld for having ignored an express order The judge

According to Marchand, "there is a judge who asks to a person who resides not knowing how many thousands of kilometers to come every fortnight to sign a document. It is an impossible condition, it can not be fulfilled "

" That means that, ultimately, I did not want it to be fulfilled " set.

According to l & # 39; lawyer, Correa did not respect this order because "it seems to me, when I see all the way up to that moment, that it is a road full of illegalities , that the first idea was that he was not complying so that he could take this measure of detention "

Correa set his residence in Belgium last year, where his family lives EFE