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Wiens backed the conviction of Hernán Rivas and again questioned the Judiciary
The Colorado leader said the ruling came late and attributed its progress to public and media pressure. He also linked the case to his criticism of the Public Prosecutor's Office and the ruling party.
Arnoldo Wiens valued the conviction against former senator and former member of the Council of Magistrates’ Jury of Impeachment Hernán David Rivas, although he stated that the process exposes the lack of independence of the judicial system, according to ABC Color.
According to that outlet, the presidential pre-candidate for 2028 for Colorado Añeteté said that the Judiciary fulfilled a long-pending obligation and considered that the progress of the case responded more to pressure from citizens and the media than to action by the Justice system itself.
Wiens stated, always according to ABC Color, that without that public demand, a fact that in his view had been known for years in political circles, among lawyers and in society would not have been sanctioned.
The leader also expressed his distrust of judicial action based on his own legal situation. ABC Color noted that Wiens is under indictment by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for having halted the Metrobús project and that he attributes that case to a persecution aimed at protecting former minister Ramón Jiménez Gaona during the government of Horacio Cartes.
In that context, he questioned the selectivity of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and warned that the delay in acting in the Rivas case will have consequences for institutional credibility. For Wiens, the episode reflects the extent to which Justice can become subordinated to political power.
According to ABC Color, he also maintained that while judges and prosecutors do not act independently and focus their efforts on real crimes instead of pursuing opponents of the ruling party, there will be no peace.
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