The Attorney General of the Republic has challenged the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) judge of Special Instruction, Frank Soto Sanchez, who is hearing a request to unblock a series of assets confiscated from the Inmobiliaria Rofi SRL company, whose main shareholder is Senator Felix Bautista. The challenge originated when the magistrate suspended the hearing of the process and ordered it sent to the Chief Justice of the SCJ, Mariano German Mejia, so that he could empower the Plenary of the high court to hear the case.
Assistant Attorney General Carlos Castillo Diaz suggested the disqualification, saying that judge Soto Sanchez had prejudged the merits of the case in one of the resolutions where he declared his ability to hear the request for the removals. “The judge has prejudged the merits of the request established in his decision when the Justice Department adopted a precautionary measure that affects fundamental rights at the time of requesting that warning notes to third parties should be registered.” Initially, the Justice Department representative asked the judge to withdraw from hearing the case.
Frank Soto is a member of the influential Central Committee of the ruling PLD party, and senator Felix Bautista is the party’s organizational secretary.
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