The Office of Public Ethics should issue a statement on the remarks by legislator Xiomara Rodríguez, from the National Restoration Party (PRN), who threatened the magistrates and violated the division of powers in August.
The magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) ask for a ruling on the alleged breaches of the duty of probity by Rodríguez. According to the complaint, Rodríguez would have “threatened” the magistrates who decided in favor of equal marriage.
On August 13th, during the session in the plenary, Ramírez sent a message to the members of the Constitutional Chamber, who had announced their decision to allow marriage between two men or two women.
On August 16th, lawyer Yashín Castrillo filed a complaint with the TSE demanding that the legislator’s credentials be withdrawn for “threatening” the magistrates, which represents an attack on judicial independence.
The TSE rejected the request, but asked the Attorney General’s Office to determine whether the woman incurred the apparent breach of the duty of probity.
Carlos Avendaño, head of the Christian fraction, said at the time that Rodríguez’s words were taken out of context and what she wanted to express was that, like other institutions such as the Comptroller General of the Republic, the magistrates must report to the Legislative Assembly.