The president of the Chamber of Deputies Lucia Medina has sent the request from the Attorney General asking for the removal of the privileged immunity for the legislator Alfredo Pacheco (PRM-National District) to the disciplinary committee of the Chamber. Pacheco is one of those accused in the Odebrecht bribery scandal.
The commission will hear the request within a 15-day period. The commission is headed by Santiago deputy, Demóstenes Martínez.
Meanwhile, the president of the Senate, Reinaldo Pared Pérez, has said that the Senate will hear the request for removal of immunity today, Wednesday 31 May, against Julio César Valentín (PLD-Santiago) and Tommy Galán (PLD-San Cristóbal), also involved in the same case.
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Diario Libre
Listin Diario
31 May 2017
