NewsWhore
11-16-2009, 03:10 PM
Diario Libre's editorial today urges all eyes to be on the actions of the General Prosecutor Office given its determining character of operation. "Apparently, after an incriminating file is received from the Police and the National Drug Control Department, there is a short circuit that paralyzes the investigations," writes Adriano Miguel Tejada, executive editor of the newspaper. "The Police and the DNCD are not authorized to continue these cases and once the coercion phase is completed, not much happens either. One can say that cases reach the courts the way they were when the coercion order was issued.
"This is not what the much-criticized Penal Procedures Code had established. Rather the time of the coercion measure was to be used to expand the investigations, with the assistance of those who know how to investigate, i.e. the members of the Police and the DNCD. To fail to do so is to give carte blanche to the criminals so they can play with justice.
"There are also some very serious indicators that commit the integrity of some members of the Prosecutor General Office and to date not one of these has had to face an accusation in court.
"The existence of a tape in which a prosecutor takes money from a home search into his jacket is available and if cases that are still in the public eye are investigated in depth, sufficient motives to initiate court cases against several prosecutors will come forth.
"We need to save the Prosecutor General Office. This misbehavior and laziness cannot be ignored, let alone rewarded," writes Tejada.
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"This is not what the much-criticized Penal Procedures Code had established. Rather the time of the coercion measure was to be used to expand the investigations, with the assistance of those who know how to investigate, i.e. the members of the Police and the DNCD. To fail to do so is to give carte blanche to the criminals so they can play with justice.
"There are also some very serious indicators that commit the integrity of some members of the Prosecutor General Office and to date not one of these has had to face an accusation in court.
"The existence of a tape in which a prosecutor takes money from a home search into his jacket is available and if cases that are still in the public eye are investigated in depth, sufficient motives to initiate court cases against several prosecutors will come forth.
"We need to save the Prosecutor General Office. This misbehavior and laziness cannot be ignored, let alone rewarded," writes Tejada.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)