Investigative journalist Nuria Piera said the Monday, 4 March 2019 assessment by Attorney General of Supreme Court of Justice judge Miriam Germán Brito has become a “failed political maneuver.” She criticized President Danilo Medina for not putting a stop to the statements by Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez when these were blatantly in violation to the National Council of the Magistracy ruling.
In addition to the violation of the ruling of the National Council of the Magistracy, the evidence presented in the assessment, including the anonymous letters, was later determined to be based on espionage and lies, said Piera during her recent TV presentation.
Piera speculated that President Danilo Medina, who presides the National Council of the Magistracy, did not act to put a stop to the questioning by Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez because the play had his backing.
In his comments after the interrogation by questioning by Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez, President Danilo Medina remarked that the judge [Miriam German Brito] could choose to not respond to any of the accusations and that the matter would be studied by the plenary of the Council.
“How can we ask the President to suspend the attorney general, I would ask him to suspend himself,” said Piera.
Expressing her indignation, Piera said: “The ostrich egg that your government has laid is too close to you. Silence makes you more suspicious.”
She concluded saying the President was responsible by action or omission.
In her statements, Piera also criticized that the president of the Supreme Court of Justice Mariano Germán remained mute despite the violation. The assessment by Attorney General Rodríguez was only objected to by the two opposition jurors, Jose Ignacio Paliza and Josefa Castillo of the PRM.
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11 March 2019