Ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) deputy Rosa Amalia Pilarte was recently sentenced to five years in jail and the confiscation of several properties after the Supreme Court of Justice judges determined she could not show the legitimate source of these and several bank accounts with large balances in her name.
In her case, the Supreme Court of Justice judges determined she had strong ties to the drug trafficking activities of other members of her family, including her husband, sons and sister, whose cases are being held in the ordinary court jurisdiction.
Yet, the reality is that if the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) does not act to remove her from her duties at the Chamber of Deputies, she will continue to hold her parliamentary immunity until her term expires on 16 August 2024, and stay out of jail, as reported in Noticias SIN.
Rosa Amalia Pilarte is the first woman legislator to be convicted by the Supreme Court of Justice. She follows in the footsteps of fellow PRM legislator, Miguel Gutierrez who was sentenced to jail in a Miami court.
Pilarte’s jail order cannot be implemented until her parliamentary immunity is removed either by the expiration of her term in August or by decision of the PRM party to divest her from the position for major faults in office.
Pilarte was ordered to serve jail at the Rafey women’s jail in Santiago.
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Noticias SIN
24 June 2024