Héctor Recalde used his power as president of that body's Impeachment Commission to delay, again, this Wednesday, the drawing of an instructor in both cases. He said he could not be objective when Lijo "is possibly about to access" the Supreme Court.
The disciplinary process has already been delayed for a year. It is not known whether Recalde acted on his own or with the approval of former president Cristina Kirchner, who until now, at least in public, has not expressed herself in public in favor or against Lije's nomination for Supreme Court seat. For the senator judge, the move is "to gain time by seeing how the hand comes in the Senate," Recalde wrote in a letter to Córdoba Senator Luis Juez that Recalde has "been underfoot” for more than a year. The representative of the magistrates and judge Alejandra Provitola said that "I support this postponement because I did not see these writings." The complaint against judge Juan Carlos Linares was also from deputy Juan Manuel López for not having thoroughly investigated a presentation by Elisa Carrió. The file of the complaint against the judge of the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation Juan Carlos Geminiani was returned to the Judiciary Labor Commission. Two opinions were approved to advance the full implementation of the federal criminal procedural code in the jurisdiction of Rosario. And progress was made in the implementation of a more agile contracting mechanism to meet the deadlines established in the Executive Branch Decree to put into effect on May 6 the adversarial system in that jurisdiction hit by drug trafficking. The plenary session of the Council of the Judiciary of the Nation also approved the elevation of shortlists with candidates for judges for Mar del Plata, Rafaela, Salta, and the Federal Chambers of Social Security. The complaint against judge Juan Carlos Linares did not reach the votes to be dismissed within the 3-year period, who is accused of being sexist for his colleagues in that court.