Áñez presents a last appeal against her 10-year prison sentence for the 2019 crisis

The defense of the former interim president of bolivian jeanine anez (2019-2020) filed an appeal on Monday before the Supreme justice court (TSJ) to annul the sentence of 10 years in prison that was imposed on the former president last year for the “coup d’état II” case.

“This is an extraordinary resource that precisely in the case of the ex-president deserves to file it because there are several grievances, there are several violations”, the lawyer told local media Luis Guillen.

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Guillen pointed out thatof not having a favorable response from the Supreme justice courtThey will go to the Inter-American Court of Human Rightsafter exhausting the corresponding instances in the Bolivian Justice.

The interim former president was initially arrested, in March 2021, for the case known as “coup d’état I”, in which he is accused of terrorism for the 2019 crisis in bolivianfrom which he derived the “coup d’état II”, among other processes.

For this case, a sentencing court sentenced her in the middle of last year to ten years in prison, for having illegally placed herself in the line of presidential succession, and then a Criminal Chamber of La Paz confirmed that resolution.

Áñez said through her social networks, which are managed by her family, that she presented this appeal “demanding annulment of both the sentence and the writ of hearing against me, due to the incompetence of ordinary judges to try a former president and political interference denying me #JudgmentOfResponsibilities”.

The former interim president has at least seven other processes open in ordinary justice.

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The ruling party points out that in 2019 there was a “coup d’état” against the then president Evo Moraleswhile the opposition maintains that the protests that led to his resignation were due to fraud in his favor in the annulled elections of that year.

The Government argues that Áñez should be tried in ordinary proceedings because the current Constitution and Law on Judgment of Responsibilities do not include the second instance, contrary to what is indicated in the Pact of San Josewhich recognizes the right of “appeal the decision before a judge or higher court”.

Source: Elcomercio

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