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Investigation of Former President Rodríguez
Following fours of a process that say former
president, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, taken off
a plane in handcuffs, months behind bars and
house arrest, the end is near, as a judge
yesterday ordered the Fiscalia (prosecutor's
office) to either file charges or close the
case within the next six months.
Judge Alejandra Rojas, yesterday set a time
limit of six months for the Ministerio
Público to put an end to the investigation
of the former president.
The reason for the court decision is based
on the Código Procesal Penal which sets out
one year maximum to carry out an
investigation of a case; that of the former
president is in its fourth year and with no
end in sight.
Former president Rodríguez, who governed
between 1998 and 2002 and was briefly
Secretary General of the Organization of
American States (OAS) in 2004, before
stepping down and returning to his country,
faces allegations of financial wrongdoing
during his presidential tenure in Costa
Rica.
After resigning from his post, Rodríguez
returned to Costa Rica, voluntarily, on 15
October 2004 and was placed first under
house arrest and two weeks later in jail,
later converted to house arrest, not being
able to leave the country and sign in at the
Fiscalia every two weeks.
Rafael Geraud, lawyer for the former
president, displayed pleasure at the court
decision to put a time limit on the
investigation, which according to the
lawyer, the Fiscalia has come up empty
handed. "In the four years of investigation
it has been demonstrated that the evidence
presented by the Fiscalia is unfounded",
said Geraud.
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