The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Mariano Germán Mejía has remained mute after the outrage following the accusations made by Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez to Supreme Court of Justice Miriam German Brito, who aspires to continue in her post. The accusations by Rodríguez were made during the televised judge’s assessment on 4 March and reaffirmed during a press conference on 12 March 2019. Germán Mejía has been widely criticized for not interrupting Rodríguez when the later violated the ruling. The media would later provide evidence that the accusations presented were fake news.
In an interview with Patricia Solano and Diana Lora, on La Cuestión on 107.7FM radio, Josefa Castillo, one of two opposition party members in the National Council of the Magistracy, said that when the recusal of Rodríguez was discussed internally at the Council on 12 March 2019, Germán Mejía alleged there were judicial reasons why the removal of Rodríguez from the deliberations regarding judge Miriam Germán Brito did not proceed and that there had not been a violation of the ruling. A majority of legal specialists, nevertheless, conclude there was a violation of the ruling that requires that accusations be presented to an aspirant seven days prior. The ruling also bans the presentation of anonymous accusations during the public hearing.
Furthermore, Germán Mejía did not participate in the press conference during which the Attorney General had committed to present an apology to the judge and announce he would abstain from participating in the deliberations regarding judge Germán Brito.
Rodríguez instead would announce he would remove himself from the deliberations on the judge, but then read on for several minutes from a prepared document whereby he defended the accusations he had made on Monday, 4 March.
Germán Mejía has said he does not aspire to continue in the Supreme Court of Justice.
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14 March 2019