The controversy surrounding the case of Juliana Guerrero added a new chapter after the former advisor did not appear this Friday, November 14, at the conciliation hearing summoned by the Special Investigative Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.
The procedure, in which he was to face Congresswoman Jennifer Pedraza, had been scheduled in the midst of the controversy over the alleged irregularities in the academic titles that Juliana Guerrero would have presented when her name was considered to occupy the position of vice minister of youth.
According to official information, Guerrero asked to postpone the procedure alleging a “force majeure” situation; However, Judge Héctor Alarcón denied the request.
With this, Pedraza’s defense was left alone in the room, while the judicial environment discussed what path the process will take now. Experts consulted explain that, when the complainant does not attend a conciliation hearing without justifying her absence within a period of three days, the Court can order the filing of the complaint due to tacit withdrawal. Still, if Guerrero presents a valid excuse, a new subpoena could be ordered.
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For his part, Pedraza insisted that his complaint is not a personal confrontation, but rather a questioning of institutional failures in educational surveillance and in the appointment of public positions.
He recalled that the San José University Foundation annulled the degree that Guerrero claimed to have obtained, after verifying that there was no record of classes, evaluations or academic activity in the Public Accounting and Technology in Accounting and Tax Management programs.
In addition to the action in Court, Juliana Guerrero faces investigations by the Attorney General’s Office and the Prosecutor’s Office, while Pedraza also denounced her for alleged procedural fraud and falsification of public documents, including former directors of the San José Foundation in her accusation.
These facts are part of a file that continues to expand and that could lead to new judicial decisions in the coming days.
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