Jeanine Anez
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Latin Press The popular forces in Bolivia are celebrating this Saturday the verdict of the Supreme Court (TSJ) confirming the tenyear prison sentence of former coup president Jeanine Áñez.
The TSJ declared the appeal filed by the defense of the former governor (20192020) unfounded and confirmed the conviction for unlawfully taking over the head of state in November 2019.
“The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, with the power conferred by Article 42.I.1 of the LOJ and the provisions of Article 419 of the CPP, declares the cassation appeal filed by Jeanine Áñez Chávez unfounded (…) “, expresses Auto Supremo number 2064/ 2023, which was released this Friday.
On June 10, 2022, the First AntiCorruption Court of La Paz sentenced Áñez to 10 years in prison for the crimes of unconstitutional and illegal resolutions due to the illegal manner in which he initially assumed the leadership of the Senate and, from then on, of the plurinational state.
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A criminal chamber in La Paz then confirmed this decision.
On that occasion, the judge stated that the evidence presented and provided at the hearing was sufficient for the members of the court to be “fully convinced” of the involvement and criminal responsibility of the former de facto representative.
Áñez seized power on November 12, 2019, following the forced resignation of President Evo Morales, provoked by violent protests led by thenSanta Cruz Citizens' Committee President Luis Fernando Camacho (currently imprisoned as a preventative measure at the Chonchocoro maximum security prison in La.) . Paz).
The decisive factors for this outcome were a police riot and the military's “proposal” that the former president resign.
From the position of second vicepresident of the Senate, Áñez appointed herself as its holder, surpassing the majority of the Movement for Socialism faction. From then on she became head of state before a legislative assembly that did not have the necessary quorum.
Luis Guillén, Áñez's lawyer, announced that he would appeal to the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights after unsuccessfully exhausting Bolivian judicial authorities.