Defense discrimination in the case of an entrepreneur

19 Jun, 2015

Source: La Tribuna

Tito Hernández, legal counsel for entrepreneurs, Schucri Kafie and Juan Madrid, complained that the judge did not take into account various valid arguments so that precautionary measures be granted to his clients.

Hernández expounded that in the presentation of evidence so that his clients would be able to defend themselves without incarceration, sufficient proof was submitted, but all of it was denied.

Defense presented by schucry Kafie and Juan Madrid’s legal counsel

1.- Voluntary presentation of the accused on June 13, 2015, at 10:00 A.M.

2.- Enough family related and economic proof to insure that the accused were not flight risks. (denied).

3.- Legal credentials as honorary attaché which according to the Vienna Convention intervenes with his diplomatic relations and the effective exercise of his duties.

4.- The alleged felony was subject to bail.

5.- Application of article 96 of the Constitution of the Republic in which the accused is favored by the senior citizen law upon the date of signing the contract in 2011.

6.- Respect of article 89, that every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.