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06-27-2008, 02:50 PM
Chamber of Accounts members Juan Adalberto Lora and Jose A. Maceo have both resigned, effective immediately. Both cited family reasons for their decision. The members' resignation comes after Chamber of Deputies members voted unanimously to bring charges against the nine CA members for mismanagement and lack of transparency. Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez said that the resignations will exempt both accountants from going to trial. Hoy writes that Lora and Maceo's exemptions will cause a "domino effect" of resignations by other CA judges. Even if the judges had gone through the trial, Hoy cites Numeral 4 in Article 23 of the Constitution that states that if they are found guilty, the Senate would only be able to dismiss the CA members. Constitutional expert Eduardo Jorge Prats says nevertheless that if penal violations are detected during the Senate hearings, the former CA members could be tried judicially.
The Chamber of Accounts is the government body in charge of auditing government departments.
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The Chamber of Accounts is the government body in charge of auditing government departments.
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