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<strong>STF</strong> <strong>na</strong> <strong>Mídia</strong><br />
Clipping Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l - Dia 26/10 à 09/11/2011
Índice<br />
10 de Novembro de 2011<br />
APFDigital - Politicas<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
DIPUTADOS APROBO EL AUMENTO PARA EL PODER JUDICIAL<br />
Bloomberg - Perso<strong>na</strong>l Fi<strong>na</strong>nce<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Bank of New York Mellon’s Board Sued by Shareholder Over Currency Trades<br />
El Pais - Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Corte Pe<strong>na</strong>l Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Sepultan a Gadafi en sitio secreto<br />
El Peruano - Noticia<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Ocma destituye a 40 magistrados<br />
El Universal - Estados<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Panistas exigen renuncia de presidente de IEE<br />
La Nacion - Información geral<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Lorenzetti avaló el expediente digital<br />
Los Angeles Times - Local<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
California Supreme Court rejects challenges to political districts<br />
The New York Times - The Opinion Pages<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court<br />
Dictators Get the Deaths They Deserve<br />
The New York Times - Politics<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Push for ‘Personhood’ Amendment Represents New Tack in Abortion Fight<br />
Denver Bussiness Jour<strong>na</strong>l - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Law group appeals for Mile High Cab to Colorado Supreme Court<br />
Los Angeles Times - Local<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
California high court rejects challenges to redistricting<br />
The Economic Times - Politics/Nation<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court<br />
Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam ready to surrender in Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court<br />
The New York Times - The Opinion Pages<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
The ‘Personhood’ Initiative<br />
The New York Times - Politics<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Lawyer Opposing Health Law Is Familiar Face to the Justices<br />
Bloomberg - Perso<strong>na</strong>l Fi<strong>na</strong>nce<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Goldman, Citigroup, Madoff, JPMorgan, MERS in Court News<br />
El Peruano - Noticia<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Participan más de doscientos magistrados<br />
El Universal - Metropoli<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Magistrado busca u<strong>na</strong> segunda presidencia del TSJDF<br />
El Universal - Nación<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Dictar sentencia cuesta $31 mil: Judicatura<br />
El Universal - Estados<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Ministra pide deslindar responsabilidades por Royale<br />
El Universal - Nación<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Cronología El caso Wallace<br />
El Universal - Nación<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Dan a plagiario de Wallace 131 años de cárcel<br />
Nación.cl - Tribu<strong>na</strong>les<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Suprema emite dura declaración en respuesta al Gobierno<br />
The New York Times - N.Y./Region<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Being Handcuffed? Press Send<br />
Yahoo Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l - New<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court<br />
Factbox: What is the Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court?<br />
Business Line - Industry & Company<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
2G case: CBI to oppose bail plea of 5 corporate heads in apex court<br />
El Peruano - Noticia<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Ocma suspende a juez en Lambayeque<br />
El Peruano - Noticia<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Compromiso por la justicia<br />
Nación.cl - Tribu<strong>na</strong>les<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Magistrados califican como “agresión” dichos de ministro de Justicia<br />
Diario La Prensa - Politica<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
El expediente digital llega a la Justicia<br />
Bizjour<strong>na</strong>is - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Appeals court: KCUMB doesn’t have to pay legal bills for ex-CEO Pletz<br />
Bloomberg - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
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Wells Fargo Sued by Loreley Fi<strong>na</strong>ncing Over $163 Million CDOs<br />
Bloomberg - World View<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Culture War Ens<strong>na</strong>res a Beloved Indian Epic: Choudhury<br />
Clarín - Política<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Falleció Sergio Montiel, ex gober<strong>na</strong>dor entrerriano<br />
Correio Del Uniroco - Notícias<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Darío Vivas: La derecha privatiza hasta los derechos políticos<br />
El Argentino - País<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Reclaman a Macri la aplicación de la Ley de Comu<strong>na</strong>s<br />
El Pais - Entrevista<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
La hora de racio<strong>na</strong>lizar la España autonómica<br />
El Pais - Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Argenti<strong>na</strong> debate ley de aborto; Fernández no está de acuerdo<br />
El País - Sociedad<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
La hora de racio<strong>na</strong>lizar la España autonómica<br />
El País - Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Corte Pe<strong>na</strong>l Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
La CPI busca al reemplazante de Moreno Ocampo<br />
El Peruano - Noticia<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
El juez que sentenciaba en verso<br />
El Peruano - Noticia<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Comunidad jurídica participa con la magistratura<br />
El Universal - Nación<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Cuitláhuac Sali<strong>na</strong>s, nuevo titular de la SIEDO<br />
El Universal - Nación<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Impug<strong>na</strong>n reglamento de radio y tv<br />
El Universal - Nación<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Halla IFE cuentas fantasmas en partidos<br />
Le Figaro - Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Cour pé<strong>na</strong>le inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>le<br />
Seif el-Islam/reddition: des négociations<br />
Los Tiempos - Economía<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Cocaleros y colonos suspenden bloqueos y a<strong>na</strong>lizan marcha a La Paz<br />
The Economic Times - Politics/Nation<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
We did not oppose Kanimozhi's bail: CBI<br />
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The New York Times - N.Y./Region<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Detective Is Found Guilty of Planting Drugs<br />
The New York Times - Politics<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
As Polls Slip, Perry Gets First Bounty of ‘Super PAC’ Ads<br />
The New York Times - Opinion<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Under ‘Color of Federal Law’<br />
The New York Times - Opinion<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
A Political Battle Over the Courts’ Power<br />
The Wall Street Jour<strong>na</strong>l - Article<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Olympus Names Review Panel<br />
USA Today - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Column: Jobs and civics go hand in hand<br />
USA Today - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Column: 'Juan Crow' law alive and well in Alabama<br />
USA Today - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
High court case on GPS surveillance could break new ground<br />
USA Today - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Justice Stevens' memoir: Modest tone but pointed critiques<br />
Yahoo Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Japan not safe for meeting with panel: ex-Olympus CEO<br />
Yahoo Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l - New<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Court rules WikiLeaks' Assange should be extradited<br />
Bloomberg - World View<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Culture War Ens<strong>na</strong>res a Beloved Indian Epic: Choudhury<br />
Bloomberg - Perso<strong>na</strong>l Fi<strong>na</strong>nce<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Abortion Ban Republicans Favor May Be Deadly in Latin America<br />
Bloomberg - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Visa, MasterCard See Potential $4B Settlement<br />
Bloomberg - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
CBS Ruling on Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl Exposure Upheld by Appeals Court<br />
Business Travel - Industry & Economy<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Apex Court calls for Land Act amendment<br />
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Correio Del Uniroco - Notícias<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Honduras inicia “Operación Relámpago” para combatir la violencia<br />
Correo Del Orinoco - Nacio<strong>na</strong>les<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
FGR instaló Doctorado en Ciencias Jurídicas mención Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Correo Peru - Política<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Desig<strong>na</strong>n a Rosa Florián como secretaria de coordi<strong>na</strong>ción de la PCM<br />
Correo Peru - Mundo<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Tanzania prefiere perder ayuda británica antes que aceptar la homosexualidad<br />
Crítica em Línea - Además<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Educadores interponen amparo contra descuento<br />
Diário de La Prensa - Política<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
El expediente digital llega a la Justicia<br />
Diário de La Prensa - Política<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Corte Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l de Justicia<br />
Mujica reclama termi<strong>na</strong>r la polémica con Argenti<strong>na</strong> por Botnia<br />
Diario El Argentino - Noticias<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Pacayut recurrirá a la Suprema corte de la Nación<br />
El Mundo Bolívia - Nacio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
SENADOR DEL MAS Anuncia dejar la investigación de las ONG´<br />
El País - Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Argenti<strong>na</strong> debate ley de aborto; Fernández no está de acuerdo<br />
El País - España<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Corte Pe<strong>na</strong>l Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
La CPI busca al reemplazante de Moreno Ocampo<br />
El País - Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Mensajes de los lectores<br />
El País - España<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
El PSE pide "desacralizar" algu<strong>na</strong>s leyes para evitar duplicidades<br />
El País - España<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Guiño del Gobierno al PP al hablar de u<strong>na</strong> Conferencia de Paz en 2012<br />
El País - Sociedad<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Congreso grande o pequeño<br />
El País - España<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Guiño del Gobierno al PP al hablar de u<strong>na</strong> Conferencia de Paz en 2012<br />
El País - Opiníon<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Austeridad<br />
El Universal - Primera<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Detecta IFE “cuentas fantasmas” en partidos<br />
El Universal - Nación<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Partidos reprueban auditoría del IFE<br />
El Universal - Nación<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
TEPJF declara infundada queja por consejeros de IFE<br />
La Nacion - Política<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
PGN e Itaipu: Resultados de la sesión de Se<strong>na</strong>dores<br />
La Nacion - Economía<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Por acciones de la Anses, se traban más juicios de jubilados<br />
La Nacion Chile - Portada Noticias<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Diputados PPD y PS rechazan nueva “lista negra” de Isapre Consalud<br />
La Nacion Chile - Portada Noticias<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Gobierno recibió informe de Carabineros por parte adulterado<br />
La Nacion Chile - Portada Noticias<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Matrimonio homosexual: TC rechazó el requerimiento de parejas gay<br />
Los Angeles Times - Business<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
CBS beats FCC again in Janet Jackson 'wardrobe malfunction' case<br />
Los Angeles Times - Business<br />
Justiça no Exterior | Supreme Court<br />
Amazon offers to serve as tax collector - for a price<br />
Los Angeles Times - Business<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Restaurant group to respond Friday to Cain accuser request<br />
Portal Paraguaio - Actualidad<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Centro de Estudiantes del STJ celebra sus 30 años de creación<br />
Reuters Argenti<strong>na</strong> - Articulo<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
G-20 esboza plan acción para reactivar crecimiento global<br />
Reuters General - Article<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
UK court rules WikiLeaks's Assange should be extradited<br />
The Economic Times - Politics/Nation<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
2G: A Raja completes 9-months in jail, never sought bail<br />
The Economic Times - Politics/Nation<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
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Denying bail a grave miscarriage of justice: Ram Jethmalani<br />
The Economist Times - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Monopoly after SC ban on mining helps NMDC<br />
The Economist Times - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
2G: DMK MP Kanimozhi, 7 others denied bail by court<br />
The New York Times - Opinion<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
As Polls Slip, Perry Gets First Bounty of ‘Super PAC’ Ads<br />
The New York Times - Opinion<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Under ‘Color of Federal Law’<br />
The New York Times - The Opinion Pages<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
A Political Battle Over the Courts’ Power<br />
The New York Times - N.Y./Region<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Detective Is Found Guilty of Planting Drugs<br />
The New York Times - Politics<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
As Polls Slip, Perry Gets First Bounty of ‘Super PAC’ Ads<br />
The New York Times - Editorial<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Tainted Witness<br />
The New York Times - Politics<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Meeting With Chinese, Official Tests Limits Set by Congress<br />
The New York Times - N.Y./Region<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Years Later, Lawsuit Seeks to Recreate a Wedding<br />
The New York Times - N.Y./Region<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Firing Sought for One of Two Officers in Bell Shooting Case<br />
The New York Times - N.Y./Region<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Trial Begins for Man Charged With Falsely Accusing Ex-Girlfriend<br />
The New York Times - World<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
British Court Says WikiLeaks Founder Can Be Extradited for Questioning<br />
The New York Times - Opinion<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Having the Watchdogs to Tea<br />
The Wall Street Jour<strong>na</strong>l - Article<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
U.K. Court Rejects Bid by Assange to Stop Extradition<br />
The Wall Street Jour<strong>na</strong>l - Article<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Court Affirms Ruling That FCC Wrongly Fined CBS<br />
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USA Today - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Judicial Review<br />
Ex-wife of Texas judge calls his brutal spankings an 'addiction'<br />
USA Today - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Column: 'Juan Crow' law alive and well in Alabama<br />
USA Today - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
High court case on GPS surveillance could break new ground<br />
USA Today - On Polítics<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Arizo<strong>na</strong> gives boot to redistricting leader<br />
USA Today - Communities<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Justice Ginsburg: A clean bill of health<br />
USA Today - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Texas judge questions daughter's motives in posting video<br />
USA Today - On Politics<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Group to decide whether Cain accuser can make statement<br />
USA Today - Sports<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Unbeaten New York team loses appeal in state court<br />
UY Press - Actualidad<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Suprema Corte de Justicia en sesión extraordi<strong>na</strong>ria por caso Damasco<br />
Yahoo Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l - New<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Court rules WikiLeaks' Assange should be extradited<br />
Yahoo Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l - News<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
CBS wins Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction ruling<br />
Yahoo Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l - World<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Supreme Court blocks Khadr extradition to U.S.<br />
Correo Del Orinoco - Comunicación y Cultura<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Co<strong>na</strong>tel anunció medidas cautelares contra las radioemisoras Machiques Stereo, Romance<br />
y K’lor<br />
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Diário de La Prensa - Economía<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Macri admitió que el subte podría aumentar a 3,40 pesos si se quitan los subsidios<br />
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El Argentino - País<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Venta de dólares: Se rechazó el primer recurso de amparo<br />
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El Mundo Bolívia - Nacio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Juez ciudadano procesado por renunciar a caso Porvenir<br />
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El Mundo Bolívia - Política<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
TSE dio a conocer a los titulares del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Supremo de Justicia<br />
El Pais - Nacio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Suprema Corte de Justicia<br />
Jueces con mucho poder y poco control de la Corte<br />
El País - España<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Nicolás Sartorius: "El 20-N Franco falleció en la cama pero su dictadura murió en la calle"<br />
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El Universal - Nación<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Corte Pe<strong>na</strong>l Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Fiscal: la CPI no juzga decisiones políticas<br />
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El Universal - Metropoli<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Alabama: ecos de la lucha por los derechos civiles<br />
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El Universal - Metropoli<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Acotan cláusula de gober<strong>na</strong>bilidad<br />
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El Universal - Cultura<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
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Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju granted bail by Supreme Court<br />
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Supreme Court dismisses Ayodhya verdict judge's plea<br />
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Denying bail a grave miscarriage of justice: Ram Jethmalani<br />
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Maoists refuse to meet Mukul Roy<br />
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Lula da Silva, el más admirado por los congresistas brasileños<br />
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Police GPS Device Use Triggers Clash Over Privacy at U.S. Supreme Court<br />
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Passport Clash Over Jerusalem at High Court May Shape Foreign Policy Power<br />
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Life Sentences for Juveniles Will Be Subject to U.S. Supreme Court Review<br />
Correo Del Orinoco - Multipolaridad<br />
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Costa Rica reforzará presencia policial en frontera con Nicaragua<br />
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Supreme Court to decide juveniles' life sentence<br />
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El juez poeta y la juez malhablada<br />
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Hinzpeter critica a jueces y al Ministerio Público: "Todos deben dar la cara"<br />
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Greek Leader’s Speech Hints at Decision on New Prime Minister<br />
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APFDigital - Politicas, 26 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
DIPUTADOS APROBO EL AUMENTO PARA EL<br />
PODER JUDICIAL<br />
PARANÁ, 26 OCT (APF.Digital)<br />
– La Cámara de Diputados dio sanción definitiva<br />
esta maña<strong>na</strong> al proyecto de aumento al Poder<br />
Judicial, sin tener en cuenta u<strong>na</strong> moción para<br />
incluir un artículo que contemple el cómputo de la<br />
antigüedad para los funcio<strong>na</strong>rios judiciales desde la<br />
matriculación como abogados • Según dijo a APF<br />
el diputado radical Jaime Benedetti, también<br />
recibieron, para ser a<strong>na</strong>lizado, copia del<br />
Presupuesto 2012 tratado anoche por la Cámara<br />
de Se<strong>na</strong>dores<br />
“Se trató el aumento al Poder Judicial y que fue<br />
aprobado por u<strong>na</strong>nimidad y en general, pero en<br />
particular el Bloque Radical hizo un<br />
cuestio<strong>na</strong>miento, fundamentalmente en cuanto a la<br />
forma en que se computa la antigüedad de los<br />
magistrados”, indicó Benedetti.<br />
Según detalló el legislador, el artículo 4º del<br />
proyecto de incremento a los judiciales establece<br />
que los magistrados comiencen a cobrar desde el<br />
momento en que se matriculan como abogados y<br />
no como funcio<strong>na</strong>rios judiciales: “Esto hace que<br />
alguien que se matriculó cuando tenía 25 años,<br />
pero que empezó a trabajar a los 40 comience a<br />
cobrar por unos cuantos años más. Esta propuesta<br />
no fue aceptada por el bloque mayoritario del<br />
Peronismo Federal y el oficialismo y quedó<br />
aprobado tal como vino del Se<strong>na</strong>do”, indicó<br />
Benedetti.<br />
Además, señaló que la ley aprobada sólo le otorga<br />
jerarquía legislativa a un acuerdo que ya se está<br />
aplicando en el Poder Judicial.<br />
• Ley de Presupuesto<br />
Por otra parte, Benedetti se refirió a la iniciativa del<br />
Se<strong>na</strong>do que ayer decidió enviar u<strong>na</strong> copia de la<br />
Ley de Presupuesto a la Cámara Baja para que<br />
pueda ser estudiado: “Tenemos ya la copia de esta<br />
ley de leyes para verla a medida que se vaya<br />
a<strong>na</strong>lizando en Comisión (de Hacienda y<br />
Presupuesto) de la Cámara de Se<strong>na</strong>dores”, añadió.<br />
“Si bien todavía el presupuesto no ingresó (a<br />
Diputados) hay otros temas para tratar y no<br />
descarto que allí se comience a recibir, como todos<br />
los años, a los funcio<strong>na</strong>rios de (Ministerio de)<br />
Economía para que nos informen perso<strong>na</strong>lmente<br />
cuáles son los grandes trazos”, apuntó.<br />
Por último, Benedetti dijo a esta Agencia que lo<br />
ideal es que el Presupuesto provincial se trate en<br />
esta gestión. “Sin embargo, lo importante es que<br />
esté aprobado para el año que viene”, culminó.<br />
(APF.Digital)<br />
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Bloomberg - Perso<strong>na</strong>l Fi<strong>na</strong>nce, 26 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Bank of New York Mellon’s Board Sued by<br />
Shareholder Over Currency Trades<br />
By David McLaughlin - Oct 26, 2011 2:01 AM<br />
GMT-0200<br />
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BK)’s chief<br />
executive officer and directors were sued by a<br />
shareholder after government officials alleged the<br />
bank defrauded clients through foreign-exchange<br />
transactions.<br />
The bank’s pricing practices for currency trades, as<br />
described in lawsuits by state and federal officials,<br />
have damaged its reputation and have caused or<br />
will cause it to lose business, the shareholder,<br />
Murray Zucker, said in a complaint filed yesterday<br />
in New York State Supreme Court.<br />
Chief Executive Officer Gerald Hassell and the<br />
directors “risked sacrificing a significant long-term<br />
revenue stream and hard earned reputation for<br />
short-term price gouging of institutio<strong>na</strong>l clients,”<br />
Zucker said. He is suing on behalf of the bank for<br />
damages caused by the directors’ actions.<br />
BNY Mellon was sued by the U.S. and the New<br />
York attorney general’s office this month over<br />
foreign exchange trades made on behalf of clients.<br />
The New York-based bank earned $2 billion<br />
through a 10-year fraud, according to Attorney<br />
General Eric Schneiderman. Florida and Virginia<br />
have also sued the bank.<br />
Kevin Heine, a bank spokesman, had no immediate<br />
comment on the lawsuit. The bank previously has<br />
denied that it defrauded clients and said it will fight<br />
the lawsuits by New York and the U.S. government.<br />
The case is Zucker v. Hassell, 11112133, New York<br />
State Supreme Court (Manhattan).<br />
To contact the reporter on this story: David<br />
McLaughlin in New York at<br />
dmclaughlin9@bloomberg.net<br />
To contact the editor responsible for this story:<br />
Michael Hytha at mhytha@bloomberg.net<br />
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El Pais - Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l, 26 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Corte Pe<strong>na</strong>l Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Sepultan a Gadafi en sitio secreto<br />
La nueva Libia. El exlíder y uno de sus hijos fueron<br />
sepultados en el desierto Saif al-Islam, su hijo que<br />
se preparaba para el poder, escapaba rumbo a<br />
Níger Rebeldes quieren que la OTAN se quede | w<br />
Exguardaespaldas cuenta cómo fue el ocaso del<br />
dictador<br />
TRÍPOLI | AP, AFP Y ANSA<br />
El depuesto dictador Muamar Gadafi fue enterrado<br />
ayer en el desierto, en u<strong>na</strong> tumba sin nombre, tras<br />
u<strong>na</strong> ceremonia sencilla en presencia de varios<br />
clérigos islámicos, tras casi 42 años de régimen<br />
autoritario en Libia y ocho meses de guerra civil.<br />
Un sobrino de Gadafi leyó u<strong>na</strong> oración antes que el<br />
cadáver del exdictador -junto con los de su hijo<br />
Muatassim y su ex-ministro de Defensa Abu Bakr<br />
Yunis- fuera entregado para su sepultura, dijo el<br />
vocero del consejo militar en la ciudad portuaria de<br />
Misrata, Ibrahim Beitalmal.<br />
Los cadáveres fueron conservados en un frigorífico<br />
industrial de Misrata durante cuatro días antes de<br />
ser trasladados antes del amanecer al lugar del<br />
enterramiento, que según Beitalmal "no estaba muy<br />
lejos" de la ciudad.<br />
Como parte de la ceremonia, los cadáveres fueron<br />
lavados conforme a los cánones islámicos. Un<br />
clérigo musulmán, un sobrino de Gadafi y los hijos<br />
de Abu Bakr recitaron varias plegarias antes de<br />
entregar los cadáveres para su inhumación,<br />
efectuada a las 5 de la maña<strong>na</strong>.<br />
Los nuevos líderes de Libia dijeron que no<br />
revelarán el lugar de la tumba por temor a que sea<br />
profa<strong>na</strong>da o transformada en un santuario por los<br />
incondicio<strong>na</strong>les del exdictador.<br />
Gadafi fue capturado el jueves cuando intentaba<br />
huir de su aldea <strong>na</strong>tal de Sirte, donde se había<br />
escondido desde que las fuerzas revolucio<strong>na</strong>rias<br />
conquistaron Trípoli hacía dos meses. Murió horas<br />
después en circunstancias poco claras y los líderes<br />
libios prometieron investigar el caso en respuesta a<br />
la presión inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
Durante el fin de sema<strong>na</strong>, el director de patología<br />
libio, Othman el-Zentani, realizó la autopsia de los<br />
tres cadáveres y tomó muestras de ADN a fin de<br />
confirmar sus identidades. El-Zentani dijo que<br />
Gadafi murió de un disparo a la cabeza, y dijo que<br />
el informe forense completo será publicado esta<br />
sema<strong>na</strong>, después que presente su reporte ante el<br />
procurador general.<br />
Ejecución. Ha circulado un video en el que se ve<br />
cómo u<strong>na</strong> turba golpea e insulta a Gadafi tras su<br />
captura. El grupo activista neoyorquino Human<br />
Rights Watch (HRW) dijo que hay sobrados indicios<br />
de que fue ejecutado.<br />
Los activistas de los derechos humanos advirtieron<br />
que la nueva Libia podría comenzar por mal<br />
camino si se confirma el linchamiento, pero muchos<br />
libios creen que si Gadafi no hubiese muerto,<br />
habría sido inconveniente un prolongado juicio,<br />
además de que habría dificultado el camino hacia<br />
un nuevo país.<br />
El cuerpo de Gadafi, su hijo y el ministro fueron<br />
sepultados luego de exhibirse durante casi u<strong>na</strong><br />
sema<strong>na</strong> en Misrata. La cámara frigorífica donde<br />
estaba fue visitada por hombres, mujeres y niños<br />
libios.<br />
HRW, además, denuncia que en Sirte se están<br />
realizando ejecuciones contra dece<strong>na</strong>s de exleales<br />
al depuesto líder. Según precisó, se hallaron ya 53<br />
cuerpos en la ciudad <strong>na</strong>tal de Gadafi, donde vivió<br />
refugiado los últimos días de su vida.<br />
Fugado. Saif al-Islam, otro de los hijos de Gadafi,<br />
sobre quien pesa u<strong>na</strong> orden de captura de la Corte<br />
Pe<strong>na</strong>l Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l (CPI), se acercaba ayer a la<br />
frontera con Níger, según afirmó un responsable<br />
tuareg del norte de ese país.<br />
El hijo del exlíder, de 39 años, "está cerca de la<br />
frontera con Níger, todavía no entró a Níger, pero<br />
no está lejos. Parece que está siendo escoltado por<br />
excombatientes tuaregs, pero esa información<br />
todavía no la puedo confirmar", declaró este<br />
representante de la región de Agadez, que solicitó<br />
el anonimato. Antes de las revueltas, Saif al-Islam<br />
se preparaba para ser el heredero del régimen.<br />
Sobre este hijo de Gadafi y el ex jefe de los<br />
servicios de inteligencia libios, Abdalá al Senusi<br />
(también requerido por la CPI), cuñado y ex brazo<br />
derecho del coronel, "están ambos cerca de la<br />
frontera con Níger", insistió la fuente. El sitio donde<br />
se encuentra Saif al-Islam seguramente esté cerca<br />
del lugar en el que se halla Senusi, agregó el<br />
representante de Agadez.<br />
U<strong>na</strong> fuente guber<strong>na</strong>mental nigeri<strong>na</strong> había afirmado<br />
el sábado que Senusi había sido "visto" en el<br />
extremo norte de Níger, fronterizo con Libia.<br />
En tanto, el rebelde Consejo Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
Transición (CNT), pidió ayer a la OTAN que<br />
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prolongue su misión en Libia durante un mes más.<br />
La Alianza Atlántica no contestó el reclamo, y hasta<br />
ahora sigue con el plan de abando<strong>na</strong>r el país el<br />
próximo 31 de octubre.<br />
El dictador pasó sus últimos días "estresado,<br />
indig<strong>na</strong>do y furioso"<br />
Trípoli | Muamar Gadafi, el poderoso líder de Libia<br />
durante cuatro décadas, pasó sus últimas sema<strong>na</strong>s<br />
saltando de un escondite a otro en su ciudad <strong>na</strong>tal<br />
de Sirte en un vaivén emocio<strong>na</strong>l, entre la rabia y la<br />
desesperación, mientras se desplomaba su<br />
régimen, dijo un allegado que ahora está preso.<br />
Gadafi, su hijo Muatassim y u<strong>na</strong> comitiva de dos<br />
dece<strong>na</strong>s de incondicio<strong>na</strong>les quedaron aislados del<br />
resto del mundo en su fuga desesperada, viviendo<br />
en casas abando<strong>na</strong>das sin televisores, teléfonos ni<br />
electricidad y usando velas para ilumi<strong>na</strong>rse, reveló<br />
Mansour Dao, miembro del clan de Gadafi y exjefe<br />
de guardaespaldas.<br />
Gadafi pasaba el tiempo leyendo, haciendo<br />
anotaciones o preparando té en u<strong>na</strong> estufa a<br />
carbón, dijo Dao en u<strong>na</strong> sala de conferencias<br />
-ahora empleada como celda- en el cuartel general<br />
de las fuerzas revolucio<strong>na</strong>rias en la ciudad de<br />
Misrata. "Él no conducía la batalla", dijo Dao. "Sus<br />
hijos lo hacían. Él no planeó <strong>na</strong>da ni pensó en un<br />
plan", agregó.<br />
Gadafi, que había regido un país de seis millones<br />
de habitantes con puño de hierro, "estaba<br />
estresado, realmente indig<strong>na</strong>do, a veces furioso",<br />
recordó Dao. "Mayormente estaba triste y<br />
enfadado. Creía que el pueblo libio todavía lo<br />
amaba, aun después que le dijimos que Trípoli<br />
había sido ocupada".<br />
El levantamiento contra Gadafi estalló en febrero y<br />
se intensificó rápidamente en u<strong>na</strong> guerra civil que<br />
concluyó formalmente el domingo, con la<br />
El Pais - Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l, 26 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Corte Pe<strong>na</strong>l Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
declaración de libertad de los nuevos líderes. La<br />
captura y muerte de Gadafi el jueves, junto con la<br />
conquista de Sirte, el último bastión del régimen,<br />
sentó las bases para esa proclamación.<br />
El día de la captura de Gadafi, el exdictador, Dao y<br />
un grupo de leales intentó escapar de Sirte en un<br />
convoy que incluía u<strong>na</strong> camioneta en la que viajaba<br />
Gadafi, pero el convoy fue atacado por la OTAN.<br />
Gadafi y Dao fueron heridos y capturados, y poco<br />
después mataron al exlíder.<br />
Dao, uno de más de u<strong>na</strong> dece<strong>na</strong> de capturados en<br />
ese entonces, dijo que perdió el conocimiento a<br />
causa de sus heridas antes de la captura de Gadafi<br />
y que no sabía qué había pasado con éste. Añadió<br />
que Gadafi huyó de su complejo residencial en<br />
Trípoli el 18 de agosto, justo antes de la entrada de<br />
los insurgentes. Y que después de la caída de la<br />
capital fue directamente a Sirte, junto a su hijo<br />
Muatassim. Su heredero, Saif al-Islam, buscó<br />
refugio en Bani Walid, otro bastión leal. AP<br />
El País Digital<br />
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El Peruano - Noticia, 26 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Ocma destituye a 40 magistrados<br />
Entidad ejecuta también campaña contra ruleteo o<br />
direccio<strong>na</strong>miento de casos<br />
El jefe de la Ofici<strong>na</strong> de Control de la Magistratura<br />
(Ocma), Enrique Mendoza, informó que un<br />
aproximado de 40 magistrados y funcio<strong>na</strong>rios del<br />
Poder Judicial fueron destituidos durante el año<br />
por diversas faltas e irregularidades.<br />
"Estamos por encima de las 35 o 40 destituciones<br />
en el año, tanto de magistrados y funcio<strong>na</strong>rios, y<br />
u<strong>na</strong> serie de amonestaciones y apercibimientos. Es<br />
a todo nivel, menos en la Corte Suprema, donde<br />
tiene competencia el Consejo Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de la<br />
Magistratura", dijo.<br />
Por otro lado, el titular de la Ocma indicó que ahora<br />
mismo se encuentra en ple<strong>na</strong> ejecución u<strong>na</strong><br />
campaña contra el denomi<strong>na</strong>do ruleteo o<br />
direccio<strong>na</strong>miento de demandas, para evitar que<br />
determi<strong>na</strong>dos jueces resuelvan determi<strong>na</strong>dos<br />
casos "a gusto del cliente", manifestó Mendoza.<br />
Además, resaltó que en los últimos meses se haya<br />
tecnificado el trabajo con la utilización de la<br />
informática para dar mayor agilidad a los<br />
procedimientos.<br />
"Esto va acompañado por u<strong>na</strong> serie de actividades<br />
de campo, que son las visitas judiciales ordi<strong>na</strong>rias y<br />
extraordi<strong>na</strong>rias", comentó el jefe de la Ocma.<br />
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El Universal - Estados, 26 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Panistas exigen renuncia de presidente de IEE<br />
Miércoles 26 de octubre de 2011 Dinorath Mota<br />
Corresponsal | El Universal Comenta la Nota<br />
PACHUCA. Un airada protesta de panistas en<br />
ple<strong>na</strong> sesión del Instituto Estatal Electoral (IEE)<br />
originó un enfrentamiento verbal entre la ex<br />
candidata al gobierno de Hidalgo, Xóchitl Gálvez, y<br />
el presidente del órgano electoral, Daniel Jiménez<br />
Rojo.<br />
La sesión donde el IEE rendía un informe fue<br />
interrumpida por medio cente<strong>na</strong>r de panistas,<br />
quienes entre gritos y pancartas responsabilizaron<br />
al órgano electoral de haber perdido las elecciones<br />
para presidente municipal en Mineral de la<br />
Reforma.<br />
Encabezados por Gálvez, los inconformes exigían<br />
a gritos la renuncia del presidente del IEE, Daniel<br />
Jiménez; en respuesta éste acusó de mentirosa a<br />
la ex candidata, “al menos yo no le miento a los<br />
hidalguenses”, acotó.<br />
El pasado 3 de julio se realizó la elección para<br />
presidentes municipales del estado, en la que el<br />
candidato del PAN a la alcaldía de Mineral de<br />
Reforma, Luis Baños, obtuvo la mayor votación. El<br />
PRI impugnó y el 16 de agosto, el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Electoral del Estado de Hidalgo (TEEH) revirtió el<br />
triunfo del panista.<br />
Los panistas llevaron el caso al Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Electoral<br />
del Poder Judicial de la Federación (TEPJF) y en<br />
días pasados, en sesión pública, los magistrados<br />
de la Sala Toluca desecharon la impug<strong>na</strong>ción del<br />
partido blanquiazul y dieron la razón al TEEH.<br />
El TEPJF ratificó el triunfo de Hernández, al<br />
proceder el alegato del PRI sobre la sustitución de<br />
un funcio<strong>na</strong>rio que no correspondía a la sesión.<br />
Ayer, los panistas ame<strong>na</strong>zaron que realizarán u<strong>na</strong><br />
serie de protestas hasta que se les devuelva el<br />
triunfo. Culparon al Instituto Electoral de las<br />
anomalías en el cambio de funcio<strong>na</strong>rio y dijeron la<br />
capacitación de éstos es responsabilidad del IEE.<br />
El presidente del IEE hizo un llamado a la cordura,<br />
sin embargo, los gritos en sesión subieron y<br />
exigieron su salida del IEE.<br />
Luis Baños dijo que se iniciará un plantón afuera de<br />
la sede del ayuntamiento de Mineral de la Reforma<br />
y ame<strong>na</strong>zó con no permitir el arribo del presidente<br />
electo, Filiberto Hernández. Xóchitl Gálvez<br />
responsabilizó al IEE de estos acontecimientos y<br />
dijo que en el órgano electoral no realizaron su<br />
trabajo de manera responsable.<br />
Los funcio<strong>na</strong>rios del IEE recordaron a la ex<br />
candidata al gobierno de Hidalgo que sus<br />
representantes de partidos se niegan a participar<br />
en la capacitación de los funcio<strong>na</strong>rios, “tienen que<br />
estar ahí los representantes de partidos y nunca<br />
van”, señalaron.<br />
Jiménez acotó que hay reglas establecidas y pugnó<br />
por el respeto a las instituciones.<br />
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La Nacion - Información geral, 26 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Lorenzetti avaló el expediente digital<br />
Dijo que otorgará mayor celeridad a la Justicia y<br />
que se necesitan políticas más perdurables<br />
"Hay un gran rechazo de la sociedad a la lentitud<br />
de la Justicia y la tecnología otorgará mayor<br />
celeridad al Poder Judicial que presta un servicio<br />
y en el que, del otro lado, hay u<strong>na</strong> necesidad".<br />
Esos conceptos pertenecen al discurso que brindó<br />
ayer el presidente de la Corte Suprema de<br />
Justicia, Ricardo Lorenzetti, en u<strong>na</strong> conferencia<br />
sobre "servicios informáticos y expediente digital en<br />
la justicia <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l".<br />
Durante la jor<strong>na</strong>da se debatieron en el Colegio de<br />
Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires los<br />
desafíos que presenta la ley 26.685, sobre la cual<br />
la Corte Suprema y el Consejo de la Magistratura<br />
tienen a cargo su implementación. También las<br />
exposiciones giraron en torno a la digitalización del<br />
Poder Judicial.<br />
Al igual que otros expositores, Lorenzetti insistió en<br />
que el proceso de incorporación de tecnología<br />
dentro del ámbito jurídico requiere un cambio<br />
cultural. "Yo entiendo que es difícil, pero hay que<br />
transformarse. No podemos dejar pasar esta<br />
oportunidad", afirmó el juez.<br />
"El Poder Judicial necesita políticas de Estado<br />
que deben durar varios años, esté quién esté; debe<br />
contar con políticas perdurables y consistentes",<br />
puntualizó el titular del máximo tribu<strong>na</strong>l ante los<br />
asistentes, público compuesto por abogados,<br />
jueces, funcio<strong>na</strong>rios, legisladores y representantes<br />
del ámbito jurídico.<br />
Al fi<strong>na</strong>lizar su discurso, Lorenzetti hizo hincapié en<br />
que la tecnología aumentará la rapidez en la<br />
selección de jueces. "En la Argenti<strong>na</strong> estamos<br />
acostumbrados a hacer cambios en la superficie y<br />
no a combatir el círculo vicioso que nos rodea",<br />
puntualizó el magistrado.<br />
Un cambio gradual<br />
Por su parte, Alejandro Fargosi, integrante del<br />
Consejo de la Magistratura, afirmó: "El cambio de<br />
paradigma tecnológico es algo que tenemos que<br />
tener muy presente. Es sabia la ley cuando<br />
especifica que debe ser gradual".<br />
Raúl Aguirre Saravia, presidente del Colegio de<br />
Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, expuso:<br />
"Debemos ser agentes de cambio y no de<br />
resistencia. Los avances en materia informática<br />
propician el cambio cultural que le da soporte y<br />
debe involucrar a todos los sectores del ámbito<br />
jurídico"..<br />
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Los Angeles Times - Local, 26 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
California Supreme Court rejects challenges to<br />
political districts<br />
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday<br />
u<strong>na</strong>nimously rejected two legal challenges to state<br />
Se<strong>na</strong>te and congressio<strong>na</strong>l districts drawn by a<br />
citizens commission.<br />
The new districts were drawn after voters approved<br />
initiatives to transfer authority for drawing the<br />
political boundaries from the Legislature to the<br />
commission. The transfer is intended to take politics<br />
out of the redistricting process and possibly<br />
produce candidates with more centrist views.<br />
But Republican leaders balked at the district<br />
boundaries certified by the commission in August<br />
and filed suit. They asked the state's high court to<br />
nullify the districts and draw new ones.<br />
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Some minority groups, particularly Latinos, also<br />
have complained that the new districts would dilute<br />
their clout in the voting booth.<br />
Opponents of the commission's work have been<br />
circulating petitions for a new ballot measure to<br />
repeal its districts.<br />
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The New York Times - The Opinion Pages, 26 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court<br />
Dictators Get the Deaths They Deserve<br />
By SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE<br />
Published: October 26, 2011<br />
“ALL political lives, unless they are cut off in<br />
midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure,”<br />
wrote Enoch Powell, the controversial but often<br />
perspicacious British politician, “because that is the<br />
<strong>na</strong>ture of politics and of human affairs.” But the<br />
political lives of tyrants play out human affairs with<br />
a special intensity: the death of a democratic leader<br />
long after his retirement is a private matter, but the<br />
death of a tyrant is always a political act that<br />
reflects the character of his power. If a tyrant dies<br />
peacefully in bed in the full resplendence of his rule,<br />
his death is a theater of that power; if a tyrant is<br />
executed while crying for mercy in the dust, then<br />
that, too, is a reflection of the <strong>na</strong>ture of a fallen<br />
regime and the reaction of an oppressed people.<br />
This was never truer than in the death, last week, of<br />
Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. The only difference<br />
between his death and those of so many other<br />
tyrants across history was that it was filmed with<br />
mobile phones, a facility u<strong>na</strong>vailable to<br />
contemporaries of, say, the Roman emperor<br />
Caligula.<br />
Despite brandished phones and pistols, there was<br />
something Biblical in the wild scene, as elemental<br />
as the deaths of King Ahab (“the dogs licked up his<br />
blood”) and Queen Jezebel (thrown off a palace<br />
balcony). It was certainly not as terrible as the<br />
death of the Byzantine emperor Andronicus I, who<br />
was beaten and dismembered, his hair and teeth<br />
pulled out by the mob, his handsome face burned<br />
with boiling water. In modern times, it was more<br />
frenzied than the semi-formal execution, in 1989, of<br />
the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, but not<br />
as terrible as the ghastly lynching, in 1958, of the<br />
innocent King Faisal II of Iraq (age 23) and his<br />
hated uncle, who were supposedly impaled and<br />
dismembered, their heads used as soccer balls. In<br />
1996, the pro-Soviet former president of<br />
Afghanistan, Najibullah, was castrated, dragged<br />
through the streets and hanged.<br />
Western leaders and intellectuals find Colonel<br />
Qaddafi’s lynching distasteful — Ber<strong>na</strong>rd-Henri<br />
Lévy worried it would “pollute the essential morality<br />
of an insurrection” — yet there are sound political<br />
reasons for the public culling of the self-proclaimed<br />
king of kings. Colonel Qaddafi’s tyranny was<br />
absolutist, mo<strong>na</strong>rchical and perso<strong>na</strong>l. The problem<br />
with such dictatorships is that as long as the tyrant<br />
lives, he reigns and terrorizes. As Churchill put it,<br />
“dictators ride to and fro upon tigers from which<br />
they dare not dismount.”<br />
Only death can end both the spell to bewitch and<br />
the prerogative to domi<strong>na</strong>te — and sometimes, not<br />
even death can snuff out power. “The terror<br />
inspired by Caligula’s reign,” wrote Suetonius,<br />
“could be judged by the sequel.” Romans were so<br />
terrified of the emperor that it was not enough to<br />
assassi<strong>na</strong>te him. They wanted to see him dead:<br />
fearing it was a trick and lacking cellphone footage,<br />
they had to be convinced. The mile-long line of<br />
Libyans who were keen to see Colonel Qaddafi’s<br />
cadaver in its shop-refrigerator-tomb would<br />
understand this perfectly.<br />
When Catherine the Great overthrew her husband,<br />
Peter III, in 1762, she knew that if anything<br />
happened to him, she would be blamed. Yet her<br />
entourage, led by her lover, Grigory Orlov, realized<br />
that as long as he lived, he remained the legitimate<br />
autocrat: they strangled him. His body was<br />
displayed to prove that he was dead, but<br />
nonetheless, Peter III impostors tormented<br />
Catherine for the rest of her life. Henry IV<br />
experienced similar troubles after the death of<br />
Richard II; a host of pretenders haunted the<br />
usurper.<br />
But such comebacks may be history: the cellphone<br />
videos, which show Colonel Qaddafi being beaten,<br />
and later, the bullet holes in his dead body, rob his<br />
last followers of the mystique necessary to lead an<br />
insurgency in his <strong>na</strong>me, charged with all the<br />
excitement of a (Saddam Hussein-style) heroic<br />
leader on the run. His preposterously exuberant cult<br />
of perso<strong>na</strong>lity was surely shattered by the spectacle<br />
of his pathetic demolition.<br />
Sometimes the killing of tyrants is specially<br />
designed to echo the leader’s vices. Shajar al-Durr,<br />
an Egyptian sultan’s widow who became (uniquely<br />
in Muslim history) a sultan in her own right, was<br />
notorious for her extravagance. When she<br />
murdered her new husband in 1257, his concubines<br />
beat her to death with her own clogs — both a sign<br />
of Arab contempt and the medieval equivalent of<br />
death by stiletto. It was said that Edward II,<br />
notorious for homosexual relationships with his<br />
favorites, was killed with a red-hot poker. The<br />
upside-down suspension of the dead Mussolini with<br />
his mistress in a town square sig<strong>na</strong>led the end of<br />
his pretensions to Caesarian heroism and<br />
Casanovan machismo.<br />
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For someone who so thrived in the age of<br />
television, an impresario of many a circus of public<br />
violence, Colonel Qaddafi faced an entirely fitting<br />
end. When he asked his frenzied killers, who had<br />
known no other ruler in their lives, “Do you not<br />
know the difference between right and wrong?” he<br />
had already taught them the answer. We may call<br />
this auto-tyrannicide. The manically terrifying but<br />
ruthlessly brilliant Mamluk sultan Baibars I, was<br />
more literally a victim: according to some accounts,<br />
he regularly poisoned his guests until, in 1277, he<br />
absentmindedly downed a glass of poisoned<br />
fermented camel’s milk himself. During the<br />
Crusades, the Atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo (in<br />
today’s Iraq and part of Syria), Zangi, who liked to<br />
castrate the children of enemies, and possibly his<br />
boy lovers as well, was supposedly stabbed in his<br />
bed by one of those humiliated eunuchs. When<br />
Stalin suffered a stroke in 1953, he had recently<br />
arrested dozens of doctors for treason. He lay in his<br />
own urine for more than 12 hours before his<br />
henchmen dared to call a doctor. He was not<br />
murdered — like Colonel Qaddafi, he was the<br />
author of his own destruction.<br />
There is no greater achievement for the tyrant —<br />
short of immortality — than to die in his own bed.<br />
He must control the time, place and consequence<br />
of death. This is possible with a gradual illness.<br />
“Now Herod’s sickness greatly increased upon him<br />
... God’s judgment upon him for his sins,” wrote<br />
Josephus about the king of Judea. “His entrails had<br />
ulcers ... an aqueous and transparent liquor had<br />
settled itself around his feet and the bottom of his<br />
belly. His genitals were rotting and gave birth to<br />
worms.” Yet the suppurating Herod ma<strong>na</strong>ged to kill<br />
one rebellious son and arrange the succession of<br />
three more before succumbing.<br />
Unlike mo<strong>na</strong>rchs, who pass power to their heirs at<br />
the moment of death to ensure the survival of the<br />
regime, tyrants must simply survive as long as<br />
possible. Hence inhumane struggles by<br />
indefatigable doctors to keep ailing dictators —<br />
Chairman Mao, Leonid I. Brezhnev, Marshal Tito,<br />
General Franco — alive. Only the ingenious North<br />
Koreans have solved this problem by declaring Kim<br />
Il-sung immortal, perpetual president.<br />
The courtiers of modern tyrants have sought to<br />
avoid the inconvenience of death by creating new<br />
hereditary mo<strong>na</strong>rchies. Outside the Arab world, the<br />
Kims of North Korea, Kadyrovs of Chechnya,<br />
Kabilas of Congo and Aliyevs of Azerbaijan all<br />
achieved this dictator’s dream. Few in the Arab<br />
world have done the same. Hafez al-Assad of<br />
Syria, who ruled from 1970, died in his bed in 2000,<br />
passing the presidency to his son Bashar. Colonel<br />
Qaddafi, Mr. Mubarak and Mr. Hussein all dreamed<br />
of it. But the spoiled heirs of such hereditary<br />
The New York Times - The Opinion Pages, 26 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court<br />
tyrannies usually lack the talent of their fathers.<br />
ALL tyrannies are virtuoso displays over many<br />
years of cunning, risk-taking, terror, delusion,<br />
<strong>na</strong>rcissism, showmanship and charm, distilled into<br />
a spectacle of total perso<strong>na</strong>l control. Tyrants are<br />
the greatest of all actor-ma<strong>na</strong>gers — omnipotent<br />
impresarios. They will last only as long as prestige,<br />
prosperity and a vestige of justice are maintained.<br />
Uninhibited bloodletting can also work — as Bashar<br />
al-Assad and Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali<br />
Khamenei, have demonstrated — until luck<br />
eventually runs out in the shape of treason, outside<br />
interference or a tsu<strong>na</strong>mi of rebellion like the Arab<br />
Spring. It is hard to imagine that there would be<br />
anything but giblets left if those two now fell into the<br />
hands of their people.<br />
If a tyrant cannot die in his own bed, the best he<br />
can do is try to stage ma<strong>na</strong>ge his downfall, because<br />
such characters find it unthinkable to exist without<br />
ruling. Colonel Qaddafi, like many others, was so<br />
<strong>na</strong>rcissistic that he first denied the fact of the<br />
revolution before embracing his own reckless,<br />
heroic role, the drama of the last stand: “I have set<br />
my life upon a cast,” says Shakespeare’s Richard<br />
III, “and I will stand the hazard of the die.” Colonel<br />
Qaddafi could have saved his family and thousands<br />
of lives by retiring to a villa and later facing the<br />
Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court. Yet the <strong>na</strong>rcissist<br />
envisages his downfall only as a mise-en-scène<br />
featuring his followers, family and country,<br />
consumed in his bonfire of egomaniacal nihilism.<br />
Colonel Qaddafi must have planned to die in battle<br />
like Richard III and Macbeth, or to kill himself. Yet<br />
this monstrous poseur totally bungled his own<br />
death.<br />
The master class in the death of tyrants was given<br />
by Hitler who, even as Russian legions fought their<br />
way into Berlin, kept control long enough to plan<br />
and execute his testament, marriage and suicide:<br />
control to the end in a kerosene-fueled garden<br />
Götterdämmerung. But not even he achieved the<br />
brilliant dignity of the death of Charles I, denounced<br />
as a “man of blood” by his Puritan tormentors,<br />
whose grace before execution set a standard that<br />
Colonel Qaddafi could only dream of: “I am a martyr<br />
of the people,” he said before facing the ax. “I go<br />
from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown where<br />
no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the world.”<br />
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The New York Times - Politics, 26 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Push for ‘Personhood’ Amendment Represents New<br />
Tack in Abortion Fight<br />
By ERIK ECKHOLM<br />
With this far-reaching anti-abortion strategy, the<br />
proponents of what they call personhood<br />
amendments hope to reshape the <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l debate.<br />
“I view it as transformative,” said Brad Prewitt, a<br />
lawyer and executive director of the Yes on 26<br />
campaign, which is <strong>na</strong>med for the Mississippi<br />
proposition. “Personhood is bigger than just<br />
shutting abortion clinics; it’s an opportunity for<br />
people to say that we’re made in the image of God.”<br />
Many doctors and women’s health advocates say<br />
the proposals would cause a dangerous intrusion of<br />
crimi<strong>na</strong>l law into medical care, jeopardizing<br />
women’s rights and even their lives.<br />
The amendment in Mississippi would ban virtually<br />
all abortions, including those resulting from rape or<br />
incest. It would bar some birth control methods,<br />
including IUDs and “morning-after pills,” which<br />
prevent fertilized eggs from implanting in the uterus.<br />
It would also outlaw the destruction of embryos<br />
created in laboratories.<br />
The amendment has been endorsed by candidates<br />
for governor from both major parties, and it appears<br />
likely to pass, said W. Martin Wiseman, director of<br />
the John C. Stennis Institute of Government at<br />
Mississippi State University. Legal challenges<br />
would surely follow, but even if the amendment is<br />
ultimately declared unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l, it could disrupt<br />
vital care, critics say, and force years of costly court<br />
battles.<br />
“This is the most extreme in a field of extreme<br />
anti-abortion measures that have been before the<br />
states this year,” said Nancy Northup, president of<br />
the Center for Reproductive Rights, a legal<br />
advocacy group.<br />
Opponents, who were handing out brochures on<br />
Saturday to tailgate partiers before the University of<br />
Southern Mississippi football game in Hattiesburg,<br />
said they hoped to dispel the impression that the<br />
amendment simply bars abortions — a popular idea<br />
in Mississippi — by warning that it would also limit<br />
contraceptives, make doctors afraid to save women<br />
with life-threatening preg<strong>na</strong>ncies and possibly<br />
hamper in vitro fertility treatments.<br />
The drive for personhood amendments has split the<br />
anti-abortion forces <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>lly. Some groups call it<br />
an inspired moral leap, while traditio<strong>na</strong>l leaders of<br />
the fight, including Natio<strong>na</strong>l Right to Life and the<br />
Roman Catholic bishops, have refused to promote<br />
it, charging that the tactic is reckless and could<br />
backfire, leading to a Supreme Court defeat that<br />
would undermine progress in carving away at Roe<br />
v. Wade.<br />
The approach, granting legal rights to embryos, is<br />
fundamentally different from the abortion<br />
restrictions that have been adopted in dozens of<br />
states. These try to <strong>na</strong>rrow or hamper access to<br />
abortions by, for example, sharply restricting the<br />
procedures at as early as 20 weeks, requiring<br />
women to view ultrasounds of the fetus, curbing<br />
insurance coverage and imposing expensive<br />
regulations on clinics.<br />
The Mississippi amendment aims to sidestep<br />
existing legal battles, simply stating that “the term<br />
‘person’ or ‘persons’ shall include every human<br />
being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or<br />
the functio<strong>na</strong>l equivalent thereof.”<br />
A similar measure has been defeated twice, by<br />
large margins, in Colorado. But the <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
campaign, promoted by Personhood USA, a<br />
Colorado-based group, found more receptive<br />
ground in Mississippi, where anti-abortion<br />
sentiment crosses party and racial lines, and where<br />
the state already has so many restrictions on<br />
abortion that only one clinic performs the<br />
procedure.<br />
In 2009, an ardent abortion foe <strong>na</strong>med Les Riley<br />
formed a state personhood group and started<br />
collecting the sig<strong>na</strong>tures needed to reach the ballot.<br />
Evangelicals and other longtime abortion<br />
opponents have pressed the case, and Proposition<br />
26 has the support of a range of political leaders. Its<br />
passage could energize similar drives brewing in<br />
Florida, Michigan, Monta<strong>na</strong>, Ohio, Wisconsin and<br />
other states.<br />
In Mississippi, the emotio<strong>na</strong>l battle is being fought<br />
with radio and television ads, phone banks and<br />
old-fashioned canvassing.<br />
Among the picnicking fans being lobbied outside<br />
the stadium in Hattiesburg on Saturday, Lauree<br />
Mooney, 40, and her husband, Jerry Mooney, 45,<br />
U.S.M. alumni, disagreed with each other. She said<br />
that she is against abortion but that the amendment<br />
is “too extreme.” Mr. Mooney said he would vote<br />
yes because “I’ve always been against abortion.”<br />
Shelley Shoemake, 41, a chiropractor, said the<br />
proposal is “yanking me in one direction and the<br />
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other.” She knows women who had abortions as<br />
tee<strong>na</strong>gers, and feels compassion for them. “I’ve got<br />
a lot of praying to do” before the vote, she said.<br />
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Mississippi will also elect a new governor on Nov.<br />
8. The Republican candidate, Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant,<br />
is co-chairman of Yes on 26 and his campaign<br />
distributes bumper stickers for the initiative. The<br />
Democratic candidate, Johnny DuPree, the mayor<br />
of Hattiesburg and the state’s first black major-party<br />
candidate for governor in modern times, says he<br />
will vote for it though he is worried about its impact<br />
on medical care and contraception.<br />
No one can yet be sure of how the amendment<br />
would affect crimi<strong>na</strong>l proceedings, said Jo<strong>na</strong>than<br />
Will, director of the Bioethics and Health Law<br />
Center at the Mississippi College School of Law.<br />
Could a woman taking a morning-after pill be<br />
charged with murder?<br />
But many leaders of the anti-abortion movement<br />
fear that the strategy will be counterproductive.<br />
Federal courts would almost surely declare the<br />
amendment unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l, said James Bopp Jr.,<br />
a prominent conservative lawyer from Terre Haute,<br />
Ind., and general counsel of Natio<strong>na</strong>l Right to Life,<br />
since it contradicts a woman’s current right to an<br />
abortion in the early weeks of preg<strong>na</strong>ncy.<br />
“From the standpoint of protecting unborn lives it’s<br />
utterly futile,” he said, “and it has the grave risk that<br />
if it did get to the Supreme Court, the court would<br />
write an even more extreme abortion policy.”<br />
Bishop Joseph Latino of Jackson, Miss., said in a<br />
statement last week that the Roman Catholic<br />
Church does not support Proposition 26 because<br />
“the push for a state amendment could ultimately<br />
harm our efforts to overturn Roe vs. Wade.”<br />
Conservative Christian groups including the<br />
American Family Association and the Family<br />
Research Council are firmly behind the proposal.<br />
Dr. Randall S. Hines , a fertility specialist in<br />
Jackson working against Proposition 26 with the<br />
group Mississippians for Healthy Families, said that<br />
the amendment reflects “biological ignorance.” Most<br />
fertilized eggs, he said, do not implant in the uterus<br />
or develop further.<br />
“Once you recognize that the majority of fertilized<br />
eggs don’t become people, then you recognize how<br />
absurd this amendment is,” Dr. Hines said. He fears<br />
severe unintended consequences for doctors and<br />
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women dealing with ectopic or other dangerous<br />
preg<strong>na</strong>ncies and for in vitro fertility treatments.<br />
“We’ll be asking the Legislature, the governor,<br />
judges to decide what is best for the patient,” he<br />
said.<br />
Dr. Eric Webb, an obstetrician in Tupelo, Miss., who<br />
has spoken out on behalf of Proposition 26, said<br />
that the concerns about wider impacts were<br />
overblown and that the critics were “avoiding the<br />
central moral question.”<br />
“With the union of the egg and sperm, that is life,<br />
and genetically human,” Dr. Webb said.<br />
Keith Mason, president of Personhood USA, said<br />
he did not agree that the Supreme Court would<br />
necessarily reject a personhood amendment. The<br />
ultimate goal, he said, is a federal amendment, with<br />
a victory in Mississippi as the first step.<br />
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Law group appeals for Mile High Cab to Colorado<br />
Supreme Court<br />
Cathy Proctor<br />
Reporter - Denver Business Jour<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Mile High Taxi Inc.’s fight for existence has moved<br />
to the Colorado Supreme Court , with an appeal<br />
filed Thursday by the Institute for Justice (IJ).<br />
Based in Arlington, Va., IJ describes itself as a<br />
libertarian public interest law firm.<br />
The institute is appealing Denver District Court<br />
Judge A. Bruce Jones’ September ruling, in which<br />
he sided with the Colorado Public Utilities<br />
Commission.<br />
The PUC on June 28 refused to license Mile High<br />
Cab, saying Denver already had too many cabs.<br />
Mile High had wanted permission to put up to 150<br />
cabs on Denver’s streets.<br />
IJ is arguing the PUC misapplied a 2008 state law<br />
that said new cab companies should be allowed if<br />
they’re fi<strong>na</strong>ncially and operatio<strong>na</strong>lly fit — elimi<strong>na</strong>ting<br />
previous standards that revolved around whether<br />
the public needed more taxis.<br />
“The best people to decide how many taxis Denver<br />
needs are the riding public and entrepreneurs,” said<br />
Robert McNamara, the institute’s lead attorney on<br />
the appeal, in an interview. “We don’t require the<br />
government to decide if there are enough<br />
hamburgers in town before someone opens a<br />
hamburger stand.”<br />
Mile High Cab first filed its request with the PUC for<br />
permission to operate in Denver in 2008.<br />
The institute also has a long history in Denver’s taxi<br />
market. The firm filed suit in 1993 that led to new<br />
laws that allowed Freedom Cabs to operate.<br />
Rowland Nwankwo, president of Mile High Cab,<br />
also was one of the origi<strong>na</strong>l litigants in the institute’s<br />
1990s-era Denver taxi case, according to the<br />
institute.<br />
“I am confident that we will win our fight for taxi<br />
freedom,” he said in a statement.<br />
The institute said it’s filed suits to open taxi markets<br />
in Cincin<strong>na</strong>ti, India<strong>na</strong>polis and Minneapolis.<br />
“We focus on economic liberty, the right to earn an<br />
honest living free from government interference,”<br />
IJ’s McNamara said.<br />
“At the heart of it has been freedom for taxi owners.<br />
It’s a great grassroots entrepreneurial opportunity. It<br />
doesn’t take a lot of education or capital and it’s a<br />
great way to get your foot on the bottom rung of the<br />
ladder.”<br />
In the 1990s, IJ’s lawsuit led to changes in state law<br />
that shifted taxi service from a “regulated<br />
monopoly,” which barred new competition in the<br />
market, to “regulated competition,” enough to allow<br />
Freedom Cabs to start operations in 1995,<br />
McNamara said.<br />
“IJ has fought for taxi freedom for more than 18<br />
years,” said Chip Mellor, the institute’s president,<br />
general counsel and co-foujnder, in a statement.<br />
“That work started in Denver, where we helped<br />
Freedom Cabs fight its way into Denver’s closed<br />
market. We’re glad to be back in Denver fighting for<br />
even more economic liberty for taxi entrepreneurs.”<br />
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California high court rejects challenges to redistricting<br />
The legal challenges were brought by Republicans<br />
seeking to overturn congressio<strong>na</strong>l and state Se<strong>na</strong>te<br />
voting district maps drawn by a citizens<br />
commission.<br />
By Maura Dolan and Anthony York, Los Angeles<br />
Times<br />
October 27, 2011<br />
Reporting from San Francisco and Sacramento --<br />
The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday<br />
to intervene in new voting districts drawn by a<br />
citizens commission, deciding u<strong>na</strong>nimously to reject<br />
two challenges to the boundaries.<br />
The high court considered the legal challenges,<br />
brought by Republicans seeking to overturn<br />
congressio<strong>na</strong>l and state Se<strong>na</strong>te district maps, in a<br />
closed session, and the judges did not comment on<br />
their reasons for rejecting the lawsuits.<br />
"We're disappointed that the court denied the<br />
petition on the Se<strong>na</strong>te districts without a hearing,"<br />
said Charles H. Bell, an attorney for the plaintiffs.<br />
Their lawsuit alleged that some of the boundaries<br />
violate state constitutio<strong>na</strong>l requirements that<br />
districts be compact and contiguous and fail to<br />
comply with the federal voting rights law governing<br />
minority representation.<br />
California voters took the redistricting task away<br />
from the Legislature and created the citizens<br />
commission to do it every 10 years, after the<br />
census, to adjust for population changes.<br />
The ruling leaves a referendum effort against the<br />
Se<strong>na</strong>te maps as the only avenue for GOP interests<br />
seeking to undo the work of the California Citizens<br />
Redistricting Commission. The panel's maps for<br />
state Assembly and Board of Equalization districts<br />
have not been challenged.<br />
Backers of a referendum have until Nov. 13 to<br />
gather some 504,000 sig<strong>na</strong>tures to place their<br />
measure on next year's ballot. If they succeed, the<br />
state Supreme Court will once again be required to<br />
decide whether to use the commission's districts or<br />
appoint special masters to draw new ones until<br />
voters can decide for themselves.<br />
State GOP spokesman Mark Standriff said the<br />
Republican Party supports the idea of an<br />
independent commission to draw California's<br />
political lines, but "the process got hijacked by<br />
political partisans along the way." A referendum, he<br />
said, would "give people a chance to fix the maps."<br />
A similar effort to overturn new congressio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
districts failed to get very far. But the party's drive<br />
against the Se<strong>na</strong>te maps recently got a big boost: a<br />
$1-million do<strong>na</strong>tion from Mercury Insurance<br />
Chairman George Joseph. He recently gave the<br />
money to the California Republican Party, which<br />
poured at least $900,000 into the referendum<br />
sig<strong>na</strong>ture-gathering effort this week.<br />
Jeff Green, a spokesman for Joseph, did not say<br />
why the insurance executive opposed the Se<strong>na</strong>te<br />
districts. Many a<strong>na</strong>lysts believe that the districts<br />
favor Democrats enough that Republican<br />
representation in the upper house could fall below<br />
the one-third threshold needed to block tax<br />
increases in Sacramento.<br />
This is the second time in recent months that<br />
Joseph has opened his checkbook to reshape state<br />
politics. Last summer, he contributed $8.1 million to<br />
an effort to place an initiative on the 2012 ballot that<br />
would allow insurance companies to hike certain<br />
fees to customers. Proponents are gathering<br />
sig<strong>na</strong>tures.<br />
Opponents of the lawsuits and referendum say the<br />
commission's maps simply reflect the drop in the<br />
percentage of Republicans in California's<br />
electorate. According to the California secretary of<br />
state, Republicans were 35% of state voters in<br />
2003 but just under 31% in February of this year.<br />
"The Supreme Court has struck a blow against<br />
politics as usual by upholding the fair and<br />
representative maps" drawn by the citizens panel,<br />
commissioner Stan Forbes said in a statement<br />
Wednesday.<br />
Paul Mitchell, a Democratic political consultant who<br />
has specialized in redistricting, said the court's<br />
Wednesday action also has implications for the<br />
referendum drive.<br />
"The court just threw out the lawsuits, saying in<br />
effect that these plans are legal," he said. "It<br />
creates a sense that these plans pass legal<br />
muster."<br />
Also on Wednesday, California Common Cause, a<br />
proponent of the ballot measures that voters<br />
approved last year and in 2008 to create the new<br />
redistricting system, filed a complaint with the<br />
state's ethics agency against the California<br />
Republican Party and one of the referendum<br />
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advocates, Fairness & Accountability in<br />
Redistricting (FAIR).<br />
The complaint alleges that the two violated<br />
campaign fi<strong>na</strong>nce disclosure rules by failing to<br />
properly disclose the major fi<strong>na</strong>ncial supporters of<br />
the proposed referendum. Representatives of FAIR<br />
could not be reached for comment. The GOP's<br />
Standriff called the complaint "frivolous" and said<br />
the Republican Party had filed amended<br />
disclosures that addressed all of its contributions.<br />
The redistricting commission produced new political<br />
maps last summer after several months of intensive<br />
public testimony. Some minority rights groups,<br />
particularly Latinos, complained that the maps did<br />
not properly reflect their growth and threatened to<br />
sue in federal court. So far, none has.<br />
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anthony.york@latimes.com<br />
Los Angeles Times staff writers Jean Merl in Los<br />
Angeles and Patrick McGreevy in Sacramento<br />
contributed to this report.<br />
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Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam ready to<br />
surrender in Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court<br />
LONDON: Former Libyan leader Muammar<br />
Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam has offered to surrender<br />
in the Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court (ICC) in The<br />
Hague if he is guaranteed his safety, Libyan<br />
officials said.<br />
The 39-year-old Seif has been on the run since the<br />
Nato airstrike on the city of Sirte last Thursday that<br />
led to his father's capture and subsequent<br />
execution, the Daily Mail reported.<br />
The offer of surrender raises the prospect of a trial<br />
in The Hague which could include new details of<br />
the background to the Lockerbie bombing (1988)<br />
and murder of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher.<br />
Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years, was<br />
captured by the Natio<strong>na</strong>l Transitio<strong>na</strong>l Council (<br />
NTC) fighters seven months after an inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
West-led alliance launched a military operation in<br />
Libya March 19.<br />
Seif and former intelligence chief Abdullah<br />
al-Senussi, the ousted Muammar Gaddafi's<br />
brother-in-law, had been trying to broker a deal<br />
through a third country - believed to be Niger - to<br />
hand themselves in, said a senior official in the<br />
Natio<strong>na</strong>l Transitio<strong>na</strong>l Council.<br />
Senussi is said to have fled into Niger late last<br />
week and there were reports last night that Seif had<br />
also crossed into the country where hundreds of<br />
millions of pounds of Gaddafi's smuggled money is<br />
held.<br />
Seif and Senussi are wanted on ICC warrants for<br />
genocide and crimes against the Libyan people.<br />
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A ballot measure going before voters in Mississippi<br />
on Nov. 8 would define the term “person” in the<br />
State Constitution to include fertilized human eggs<br />
and grant to fertilized eggs the legal rights and<br />
protections that apply to people. It is among the<br />
most extreme assaults in the push to end women’s<br />
reproductive rights.<br />
The aim is to redefine abortion and some of the<br />
most widely used forms of contraception as murder,<br />
obliterating a woman’s right to make childbearing<br />
decisions under the 1973 Supreme Court decision<br />
Roe v. Wade.<br />
Besides outlawing all abortions, with no exceptions<br />
for rape or incest or when a woman’s life is in<br />
danger, and banning any contraception that may<br />
prevent implantation of a fertilized egg, including<br />
birth control pills, the amendment carries many<br />
implications, some quite serious.<br />
It could curtail medical research involving embryos,<br />
shutter fertility clinics and put doctors in legal<br />
jeopardy for providing needed medical care that<br />
might endanger a preg<strong>na</strong>ncy. Preg<strong>na</strong>nt women also<br />
could become subject to crimi<strong>na</strong>l prosecution. A<br />
fertilized egg might be eligible to inherit money or<br />
be counted when drawing voting districts by<br />
population. Because a multitude of laws use the<br />
terms “person” or “people,” there would be no<br />
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The ‘Personhood’ Initiative<br />
shortage of unintended consequences.<br />
A similar ballot measure was handily rejected by<br />
Colorado voters in 2008 and 2010. But, in<br />
Mississippi, which has already imposed so many<br />
burdensome restrictions that the state has only one<br />
abortion clinic, there is a real possibility that voters<br />
will not react as wisely. Voter approval could<br />
energize similar “personhood” initiatives in half a<br />
dozen other states, including Florida and Ohio.<br />
Both the Republican and Democratic candidates for<br />
governor in Mississippi have endorsed the<br />
measure, even though some traditio<strong>na</strong>l leaders in<br />
the anti-abortion battle, including Natio<strong>na</strong>l Right to<br />
Life, have declined to do so, viewing it as a reckless<br />
strategy that could lead to a defeat in the Supreme<br />
Court. This extreme measure would protect<br />
zygotes at the expense of all women while creating<br />
a legal quagmire — at least until the courts rule it<br />
unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l, as they should.<br />
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Lawyer Opposing Health Law Is Familiar Face to the<br />
Justices<br />
By KEVIN SACK<br />
Published: October 26, 2011<br />
WASHINGTON — It would be hard for any lawyer<br />
to fathom a more riveting caseload than the one<br />
Paul D. Clement carried during his seven years in<br />
President George W. Bush’s Justice Department.<br />
As solicitor general for three years and deputy<br />
solicitor for four, Mr. Clement appeared before the<br />
Supreme Court 49 times, defended the<br />
administration’s detention of terrorism suspects,<br />
fought off challenges to the McCain-Feingold<br />
campaign fi<strong>na</strong>nce law and validated the prosecution<br />
of medical marijua<strong>na</strong> growers in a landmark<br />
commerce case.<br />
But if possible, the docket that Mr. Clement has<br />
compiled in the private sector as one of<br />
Washington’s leading appellate litigators may<br />
situate him even closer to the center of <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
discourse.<br />
At the moment, he is defending both Arizo<strong>na</strong>’s<br />
tough new law against illegal immigration and<br />
Congress’s prohibition against federal recognition<br />
of same-sex marriages. And if, as expected, the<br />
Supreme Court soon announces that it will hear a<br />
challenge to last year’s health care law, it seems<br />
increasingly likely that it will be Mr. Clement who<br />
argues, in the thick of the 2012 campaign, that<br />
President Obama’s sig<strong>na</strong>ture domestic<br />
achievement is unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
This week and last, Mr. Clement, 45, filed briefs<br />
supporting the Obama administration’s request that<br />
the court accept his health care challenge from<br />
among the several pending before it. He is lead<br />
counsel in the high-profile Florida case filed by<br />
Republican governors and attorneys general from<br />
26 states. In August, he and his co-counsel,<br />
Michael A. Carvin, won the only appellate ruling to<br />
invalidate the act’s keystone provision, which will<br />
require most Americans to obtain medical<br />
insurance, starting in 2014.<br />
That opinion, from the Court of Appeals for the 11th<br />
Circuit in Atlanta, directly contradicts a ruling from<br />
the Sixth Circuit in Cincin<strong>na</strong>ti, and both rulings,<br />
along with others, have been appealed to the<br />
Supreme Court.<br />
“I do think there’s a good chance that the court will<br />
take the 11th Circuit case,” Mr. Clement said in an<br />
interview in his M Street office. “It may take other<br />
cases as well. But in the 11th Circuit case you’ve<br />
got a statute of Congress struck down as<br />
unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l, in a way that creates a circuit split,<br />
and the federal government is petitioning. I’m not<br />
sure there’s ever been a case that had those three<br />
things going for it that wasn’t granted.”<br />
The other thing the 11th Circuit case may have<br />
going for it is Mr. Clement. As a former clerk to<br />
Justice Antonin Scalia, Mr. Clement maintains a<br />
breezy but respectful rapport with the justices. It is<br />
assumed that his familiar <strong>na</strong>me on a petition can<br />
improve the 1-in-100 chance that a case will be<br />
accepted for consideration.<br />
That is among the reasons Gov. Jan Brewer of<br />
Arizo<strong>na</strong> hired Mr. Clement to handle her state’s<br />
Supreme Court appeal of rulings against its<br />
groundbreaking immigration law. The speaker of<br />
the House, John A. Boehner, engaged him to<br />
contest challenges to the 1996 Defense of Marriage<br />
Act after the Obama Justice Department declared it<br />
was unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l and stopped defending it.<br />
Mr. Clement, who has argued more Supreme<br />
Court cases since 2000 than any other lawyer,<br />
made his 54th appearance in mid-October and has<br />
another scheduled for December. As a change of<br />
pace, he is among the lawyers representing the<br />
Natio<strong>na</strong>l Basketball Association in labor<br />
negotiations with its locked-out players, reprising a<br />
role he played for the Natio<strong>na</strong>l Football League last<br />
spring.<br />
Florida’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, said the<br />
plaintiffs in the health care litigation hired Mr.<br />
Clement at the appellate stage out of conviction<br />
that their case was “the ideal vehicle” for the<br />
Supreme Court.<br />
“Having Paul Clement as our lawyer cements that,”<br />
she said, “because his presence assures the<br />
Supreme Court that our arguments will be<br />
presented as professio<strong>na</strong>lly, intelligently and<br />
effectively as possible.”<br />
Justice Department officials said the health care<br />
law would be defended in the Supreme Court by<br />
the current solicitor general, Do<strong>na</strong>ld B. Verrilli Jr.<br />
Florida and the other plaintiff states have a contract<br />
with Mr. Clement, at discounted rates, that is<br />
capped at $250,000. In the same-sex marriage<br />
case, House Republicans recently tripled the cap<br />
on his fees to $1.5 million, paid from tax coffers.<br />
Without being precise, Mr. Clement confirmed<br />
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speculation that he typically bills in the range of<br />
$1,000 an hour.<br />
Other appellate specialists say Mr. Clement brings<br />
both exhaustive preparation and acute insight to his<br />
cases. The son of an accountant and a homemaker<br />
from Cedarburg, Wis., north of Milwaukee, he<br />
received his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown, a<br />
master’s in economics from Cambridge and a law<br />
degree from Harvard, where he helped edit the law<br />
review when Barack Obama was its president. Mr.<br />
Clement now lives in Alexandria, Va., with his wife<br />
and three sons.<br />
Despite his relative youth, Mr. Clement ranks eighth<br />
among active lawyers in the number of Supreme<br />
Court appearances. (The record belongs to the<br />
19th-century advocate Walter Jones, with 317,<br />
followed by Daniel Webster, according to the Yale<br />
Biographical Dictio<strong>na</strong>ry of American Law.)<br />
Mr. Clement has a winning record in the Supreme<br />
Court, but his losses include significant rulings<br />
against the Bush administration’s indefinite<br />
detention of enemy combatants. In 2004, he<br />
asserted under questioning from Justice Ruth<br />
Bader Ginsburg that the Bush administration did not<br />
torture, only to learn through news reports the next<br />
day that American soldiers had mistreated Iraqi<br />
prisoners at Abu Ghraib.<br />
Related<br />
“It’s the worst thing that can happen to you as a<br />
lawyer,” he said of being blindsided by inconvenient<br />
facts.<br />
Mr. Clement is admired by colleagues and<br />
adversaries for the straightforward clarity of his<br />
presentation. He famously argues without notes,<br />
leaving his hands free to jab and gesticulate,<br />
sometimes as if wringing an imagi<strong>na</strong>ry neck.<br />
“He just inter<strong>na</strong>lizes every single aspect of the<br />
case,” said Viet D. Dinh, Mr. Clement’s law partner.<br />
“He makes the argument not from memory but from<br />
total immersion.”<br />
Mr. Clement’s familiarity with the court was on<br />
display in an edgy exchange in 2009, when he<br />
argued in Perdue v. Kenny A. that lawyers<br />
occasio<strong>na</strong>lly deserved enhanced fees for<br />
exceptio<strong>na</strong>l performance. It had been barely a year<br />
since he left the solicitor general’s job, with its<br />
$158,500 salary, for a huge pay package at King &<br />
Spalding.<br />
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who had himself<br />
once enjoyed a lucrative law practice, started the<br />
ribbing. “Maybe we have a different perspective,”<br />
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the chief justice said. “You think the lawyers are<br />
responsible for a good result, and I think the judges<br />
are.”<br />
“And maybe your perspective’s changed, Your<br />
Honor,” Mr. Clement suggested, as the courtroom<br />
tittered.<br />
“Maybe your perspective has changed, too, Mr.<br />
Clement,” volleyed Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who<br />
then questioned whether good lawyering could be<br />
bought only with immense fees.<br />
“Well, on that,” Mr. Clement said, “my perspective<br />
has changed, Your Honor.”<br />
Because Mr. Clement’s caseload reads like the<br />
Republican Party platform — against same-sex<br />
marriage, tough on illegal immigration, pledged to<br />
the destruction of the Obama health care law — he<br />
is perceived by some as an ideological warrior.<br />
“He has really run the table of conservative<br />
causes,” said Walter Dellinger, who served as<br />
solicitor general under President Bill Clinton. “Paul<br />
is such a good advocate and such a cheerful friend<br />
that it’s easy to forget how conservative he is.”<br />
That reputation was likely reinforced by Mr.<br />
Clement’s principled resig<strong>na</strong>tion in April from King<br />
& Spalding after the firm, under inter<strong>na</strong>l and<br />
exter<strong>na</strong>l pressure, withdrew from the Defense of<br />
Marriage case.<br />
Officials at the firm said the case had not received<br />
proper review, but acknowledged that Mr. Clement<br />
had reason to believe it would be approved. Mr.<br />
Clement said he knew his representation might<br />
offend some, but felt bly that any act of Congress<br />
should receive a capable defense.<br />
In his resig<strong>na</strong>tion letter, he stressed that he was<br />
leaving not because of his views on same-sex<br />
marriage, which he did not volunteer, but “out of the<br />
firmly held belief that a representation should not be<br />
abandoned because the client’s legal position is<br />
extremely unpopular in certain quarters.”<br />
Decamping a firm with 800 lawyers, Mr. Clement<br />
landed at one with 12, Bancroft P.L.L.C., which was<br />
founded by Mr. Dinh, a law school friend and former<br />
Justice Department colleague.<br />
Mr. Clement resists discussing his own politics, and<br />
said he eagerly took work from wherever it came.<br />
He pointed to his recent representation of California<br />
inmates who won a United States Supreme Court<br />
order to reduce overcrowding, and of a human<br />
rights group seeking to obtain videotape of a prison<br />
murder.<br />
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“I’m sure I’ve been involved in a case that, if you<br />
just looked at that one case, would tick off almost<br />
everyone,” Mr. Clement said. “To me, being a<br />
lawyer means that you get in the fray.”<br />
Because Mr. Clement’s <strong>na</strong>me is included on most<br />
lists of potential Supreme Court candidates in a<br />
Republican administration, his caseload is<br />
scrutinized by court watchers for signs of<br />
positioning. Mr. Clement cannot help hearing the<br />
buzz, but said it played no role in his selection of<br />
cases.<br />
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“It sure doesn’t seem to, does it?” he asked. “You<br />
certainly don’t look at the cases I take and say,<br />
‘Boy, this guy’s being incredibly cautious.’ ”<br />
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Goldman, Citigroup, Madoff, JPMorgan, MERS in<br />
Court News<br />
By Elizabeth Amon - Oct 28, 2011 8:40 AM<br />
GMT-0200<br />
Basis Capital, an Australian hedge fund, said one of<br />
its funds filed a new lawsuit in state court in New<br />
York against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) over<br />
the sale of securities known as Timberwolf and<br />
Point Pleasant.<br />
The filing couldn’t immediately be confirmed from<br />
court records.<br />
A June 2010 lawsuit by Basis Capital’s Basis Yield<br />
Alpha Fund in federal court in Manhattan was<br />
dismissed earlier this year. U.S. District Judge<br />
Barbara Jones ruled the Australian fund couldn’t<br />
use U.S. securities laws to pursue its claims against<br />
Goldman Sachs.<br />
The earlier complaint says the fund was forced into<br />
insolvency after buying mortgage-linked securities<br />
created by Goldman Sachs, in what one Goldman<br />
Sachs executive described inter<strong>na</strong>lly as a “shi--y<br />
deal.”<br />
“We remain committed to holding Goldman to<br />
account,” Basis Capital director Stuart Fowler said<br />
in a statement yesterday.<br />
Edward Naylor, a Hong Kong-based spokesman for<br />
Goldman Sachs, said the U.S. bank acted<br />
appropriately and Basis Capital wasn’t misled.<br />
“Basis and Goldman Sachs relied on the same data<br />
on the underlying mortgages and both were well<br />
aware of the prevailing global market conditions,”<br />
Naylor said by phone yesterday. “Goldman Sachs<br />
was also an investor in Timberwolf securities and<br />
lost several hundred million dollars.”<br />
Lawsuits/Pretrial<br />
Citigroup’s $285 Million SEC Settlement<br />
Questioned by Judge<br />
Citigroup Inc.’s $285 million settlement with the<br />
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was<br />
questioned by a federal judge who asked both<br />
sides to justify the accord as fair.<br />
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, who in 2009<br />
rejected a $33 million settlement between the SEC<br />
and Bank of America Corp. (BAC), set a hearing on<br />
the matter for Nov. 9.<br />
Citigroup, the third-biggest U.S. bank, agreed this<br />
month to pay the money to resolve SEC claim that<br />
the New York-based company misled investors in a<br />
$1 billion collateralized debt obligation linked to<br />
risky mortgages.<br />
“Why should the court impose a judgment in a case<br />
in which the SEC alleges a serious securities fraud<br />
but the defendant neither admits nor denies<br />
wrongdoing?” Rakoff wrote in the first of nine<br />
questions he ordered the parties to address in the<br />
hearing.<br />
Danielle Romero-Apsilos, a Citigroup<br />
spokeswoman, declined to comment on Rakoff’s<br />
order.<br />
In September 2009, Rakoff rejected Bank of<br />
America’s settlement with the SEC over claims it<br />
misled investors about Merrill Lynch & Co.<br />
bonuses, saying the deal suggested “a rather<br />
cynical relationship between the parties.”<br />
In his five-page order yesterday, Rakoff told the<br />
parties to address whether the public has an<br />
interest in determining if the SEC claims against<br />
Citigroup are true and how the amount of loss to<br />
victims and the proposed judgment against the<br />
bank were calculated.<br />
In the Citigroup settlement, announced Oct. 19,<br />
both sides agreed to resolve claims that Citigroup<br />
structured and sold the collateralized debt<br />
obligations in 2007 without telling investors it was<br />
betting the underlying assets, about half of which it<br />
had helped select, would decline in value.<br />
The case is U.S. Securities and Exchange<br />
Commission v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,<br />
11-cv-7387, U.S. District Court, Southern District of<br />
New York (Manhattan).<br />
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Madoff Family May Keep $82 Million Under Ruling<br />
Limitation<br />
Ber<strong>na</strong>rd L. Madoff’s family would keep about $82<br />
million of “other investors’ money” under a ruling<br />
that limited a bankruptcy trustee to claiming from<br />
the owners of the New York Mets only two years of<br />
withdrawals from the Ponzi scheme, according to a<br />
court filing.<br />
The confidence man’s family took out $141 million<br />
in the six years before Madoff’s firm went bankrupt<br />
in 2008, of which less than $59 million was taken in<br />
the two years before the bankruptcy, trustee Irving<br />
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Picard said in a filing. Many other investors are<br />
trying to hang onto “stolen” money that belongs to<br />
customers who took losses in the fraud, he said.<br />
“But the trustee is a fiduciary of all customers and,<br />
as such, must make every effort to obtain redress<br />
for all the customers of BLMIS who fell victim to<br />
Madoff’s fraud,” he said in the filing in U.S. District<br />
Court in Manhattan yesterday, referring to the<br />
Madoff firm.<br />
Picard wrote about the Madoff family in court<br />
papers filed after U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff told<br />
him to explain why another investor, James Greiff,<br />
shouldn’t keep money he says he took “in good<br />
faith” from the Ponzi scheme. Rakoff’s Madoff<br />
caseload includes Picard’s suits against the Mets<br />
owners and Greiff.<br />
“These arguments implicate the questions about<br />
how to integrate the securities and bankruptcy<br />
laws,” Rakoff wrote in an order. Under securities<br />
law, some withdrawals from a brokerage firm may<br />
be protected from clawbacks, he has said.<br />
“Hiding behind the veil of ‘innocent investor,’ Greiff<br />
aims to keep money he now knows was stolen from<br />
other customers,” Picard told Rakoff.<br />
“This is a public disgrace,” Helen Chaitman, a<br />
lawyer for Greiff, said in an e-mail. “Picard owes a<br />
fiduciary duty to Mr. Greiff under the Securities<br />
Investor Protection Act. Yet, he attacks an innocent<br />
victim.”<br />
The case is Picard v. Greiff, 11-cv-03775, U.S.<br />
District Court, Southern District of New York<br />
(Manhattan).<br />
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Louisia<strong>na</strong> Must Give BP Data or Lose Spill Claims,<br />
Judge Says<br />
Louisia<strong>na</strong> must quickly turn over all documents BP<br />
Plc (BP/) has requested or face stiff fines and<br />
possible dismissal of the state’s claims for<br />
environmental and economic losses from the 2010<br />
oil spill, a judge ruled.<br />
If Louisia<strong>na</strong> fails to meet strict new deadlines, the<br />
earliest of which is Nov. 3, the state will be fined<br />
$2,500 a day, U.S. Magistrate Sally Shushan said<br />
in an order yesterday in New Orleans federal court.<br />
That fine rises to $5,000 a day after seven days<br />
and to $10,000 a day after 14 days, if Louisia<strong>na</strong><br />
continues to delay.<br />
“At the end of 21 days of non-compliance, the court<br />
will consider, either on its own motion or the motion<br />
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of any party, whether the claims of Louisia<strong>na</strong> in this<br />
MDL shall be dismissed in whole or in part for<br />
failure to prosecute,” Shushan said in a five-page<br />
order.<br />
Shushan is assisting U.S. District Judge Carl<br />
Barbier of New Orleans, who presides over more<br />
than 350 spill-related lawsuits that have been<br />
consolidated into a multidistrict litigation proceeding<br />
for pretrial processing.<br />
Louisia<strong>na</strong> must produce documents related to the<br />
first phase of the spill trial, to determine liability and<br />
which companies must pay for damages suffered<br />
by thousands of coastal businesses and property<br />
owners from the spill. On Oct. 12, after the judge<br />
had granted Louisia<strong>na</strong> one extension to the<br />
document production deadline, the state’s lawyers<br />
told Shushan they would need 14 to 16 more weeks<br />
to complete that task.<br />
“While the court appreciates that Louisia<strong>na</strong> is<br />
required to expend public funds to produce the<br />
documents, it is necessary that its document<br />
production be completed so that this MDL<br />
proceeding may progress as scheduled,” Shushan<br />
said. BP must be given the state’s documents with<br />
enough time to be “adequately prepared” for<br />
depositions scheduled to begin Nov. 14, she said.<br />
Amanda Larkins, spokeswoman for Louisia<strong>na</strong><br />
Attorney General James “Buddy” Caldwell, declined<br />
to immediately comment.<br />
The case is In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig<br />
Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April<br />
20, 2010, MDL-2179, U.S. District Court, Eastern<br />
District of Louisia<strong>na</strong> (New Orleans).<br />
Lehman Says Bankruptcy Judge Must Keep<br />
JPMorgan Lawsuit<br />
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said a bankruptcy<br />
judge must handle its $8.6 billion lawsuit against<br />
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) because the case<br />
involves “classic” bankruptcy claims and related<br />
common-law claims that don’t require a<br />
higher-court ruling.<br />
Lehman sued New York-based JPMorgan last year,<br />
saying the bank extracted assets that fatally<br />
weakened the firm before its 2008 collapse.<br />
JPMorgan said it took the collateral under a federal<br />
law e<strong>na</strong>cted to safeguard banks lending to faltering<br />
companies. It asked a district judge to decide the<br />
case.<br />
The exit from bankruptcy courts became common<br />
after a Supreme Court ruling in the An<strong>na</strong> Nicole<br />
Smith case described limits to the powers of<br />
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ankruptcy judges. JPMorgan, HSBC Holdings Plc<br />
(HSBA), UniCredit SpA and hundreds of individuals<br />
have asked district judges to handle suits brought<br />
by the liquidator of Ber<strong>na</strong>rd L. Madoff’s firm.<br />
JPMorgan’s effort to move the Lehman case is<br />
based on a “mischaracterization” of the claims and<br />
the Supreme Court ruling, the bankrupt firm said in<br />
a filing.<br />
The bank’s interpretation “is so overbroad as to<br />
require a radical alteration of the division of labor<br />
between bankruptcy courts and district courts,” it<br />
said yesterday in the filing in U.S. District Court in<br />
Manhattan.<br />
Joseph Evangelisti, a spokesman for JPMorgan,<br />
the largest U.S. bank, declined to comment on the<br />
filing.<br />
The District Court case is Lehman Brothers<br />
Holdings Inc. (LEHMQ) v. JPMorgan Chase Bank<br />
NA, 11-cv-06760, U.S. District Court, Southern<br />
District of New York (Manhattan).<br />
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Wal-Mart Workers Limit Gender Bias Suit to<br />
California Stores<br />
Lawyers for women who origi<strong>na</strong>lly sued Wal-Mart<br />
Stores Inc. (WMT) for sex discrimi<strong>na</strong>tion on behalf<br />
of 1 million co-workers <strong>na</strong>tionwide amended the<br />
lawsuit yesterday, limiting it to gender- bias claims<br />
by California workers.<br />
The filing comes four months after the U.S.<br />
Supreme Court in June barred the case as a class<br />
action covering all U.S. stores, saying the women<br />
failed to prove the world’s largest retailer had a<br />
<strong>na</strong>tionwide policy that led to gender discrimi<strong>na</strong>tion.<br />
The Supreme Court sent the suit back to federal<br />
court in San Francisco, where it was first filed in<br />
2001.<br />
The new filing alleges that Wal-Mart blocked<br />
women in California from promotions and paid them<br />
less in ma<strong>na</strong>gement and hourly positions than men<br />
doing comparable work. Lawyers for the women<br />
said they amended the suit to respond to the<br />
Supreme Court’s rejection of the <strong>na</strong>tionwide class.<br />
“The Supreme Court did not rule on the merits of<br />
the action, but only ruled that the class as certified<br />
could not proceed,” they said in yesterday’s filing.<br />
“It did not preclude prosecution of a class that was<br />
consistent with its newly announced guidelines and<br />
standards.”<br />
The amended lawsuit was filed by five current or<br />
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former company employees on behalf of all women<br />
working in California Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club<br />
stores from December 1998 to the present. At least<br />
95,000 current and former female Wal-Mart workers<br />
may be covered by the new complaint, said Brad<br />
Seligman, an attorney for the employees.<br />
The new filing won’t answer the Supreme Court’s<br />
concerns, said attorney Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.,<br />
who represents Bentonville, Arkansas-based<br />
Wal-Mart.<br />
“The Supreme Court rejected these very same<br />
class action theories when it reversed the plaintiffs’<br />
lawyers’ last effort in June,” he said in an e-mail.<br />
“The plaintiffs’ lawyers do not come close to<br />
meeting the standards for obtaining class<br />
certification and their arguments still rely on the<br />
same incorrect and discredited theories that the<br />
Supreme Court repudiated.”<br />
The California action is the first of “an armada of<br />
cases” to be filed against Wal-Mart on behalf of<br />
female employees in individual states or regions,<br />
said attorney Joseph Sellers, who also represents<br />
the women.<br />
The California lawsuit is Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores<br />
Inc., 01-cv-02252, U.S. District Court, Northern<br />
District of California (San Francisco). The Supreme<br />
Court case is Wal-Mart v. Dukes, 10-00277, U.S.<br />
Supreme Court (Washington).<br />
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New Suits<br />
Mortgage Registry MERS Sued by Delaware<br />
Attorney General<br />
Merscorp Inc., the operator of a <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l mortgage<br />
registry used by banks, was sued by Delaware’s<br />
attorney general for allegedly using deceptive<br />
practices that hide information from borrowers.<br />
The MERS database, which tracks ownership<br />
interests in mortgages, impeded the ability of<br />
homeowners to fight foreclosures and obscures its<br />
data, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden said<br />
in a complaint filed yesterday.<br />
“MERS engaged and continues to engage in a<br />
range of deceptive trade practices that sow<br />
confusion among consumers, investors and other<br />
stakeholders in the mortgage fi<strong>na</strong>nce system,<br />
damage the integrity of Delaware’s land records,<br />
and lead to unlawful foreclosure practices,” Biden<br />
said.<br />
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MERS tracks servicing rights and ownership<br />
interests in mortgage loans on its electronic<br />
registry, allowing banks to buy and sell loans<br />
without recording transfers with individual counties.<br />
MERS acts as the lender’s nominee, remaining the<br />
mortgagee of record as long as the note promising<br />
repayment is owned by a MERS member.<br />
Janis Smith, a spokeswoman for Merscorp, said the<br />
allegations in the suit have no merit.<br />
“MERS’s business practices are transparent,” she<br />
said in a phone interview. “There is no confusion.”<br />
“Merscorp has cooperated in good faith with the<br />
Delaware attorney general’s office and complied<br />
with their requests for information under a<br />
subpoe<strong>na</strong> issued earlier this year,” Smith said. “The<br />
lawsuit they filed was unexpected, and we disagree<br />
with the allegations made in their complaint.”<br />
The case is State of Delaware v. MERSCORP Inc.,<br />
CA6987, Delaware Chancery Court (Wilmington).<br />
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Two Innospec Ex-CEOs Charged Over Alleged<br />
Bribes in Indonesia<br />
Two former chief executive officers of Innospec Ltd.<br />
were charged with trying to bribe officials of the<br />
Indonesia government to win contracts to supply<br />
the fuel additive tetraethyl lead.<br />
Dennis Kerrison, 67, of Surrey, and Paul Jennings,<br />
54, of Cheshire, were charged yesterday with<br />
conspiracy to corrupt at a London crimi<strong>na</strong>l court.<br />
Kerrison was CEO of the company under its<br />
previous <strong>na</strong>me, Octel Corp., according to the<br />
Serious Fraud Office, which is prosecuting the<br />
case. The charges cover a six- year period, from<br />
2002 until 2008.<br />
Jennings is also accused of conspiring to bribe Iraqi<br />
government officials to secure contracts to supply<br />
products including tetraethyl lead, and for the<br />
officials to give poor reviews to a competing product<br />
manufactured by the Ethyl Corp. subsidiary of<br />
Richmond, Virginia-based NewMarket Corp. (NEU)<br />
Kerrison, who worked for Innospec until early 2005,<br />
has been cooperating with the SFO, he said in a<br />
statement sent by his spokesman.<br />
“It is a matter of great regret that they have not<br />
listened to the substantial points made by him,”<br />
spokesman Andy Wigmore said in the e-mailed<br />
statement. “He will be vigorously defending the<br />
allegation that he directed, ma<strong>na</strong>ged or was<br />
involved in bribery.”<br />
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Jennings’s lawyer, Angus McBride, didn’t<br />
immediately respond to a request for comment.<br />
Both men were released on bail and are scheduled<br />
to appear at a higher crimi<strong>na</strong>l court on Jan. 6.<br />
Madoff Trustee Sues Somers Dublin Seeking $86.4<br />
Million<br />
The trustee liquidating Ber<strong>na</strong>rd Madoff’s defunct<br />
firm sued Somers Dublin Ltd., an Irish affiliate of<br />
HSBC Holdings Plc, seeking $86.4 million.<br />
Trustee Irving Picard said he aims to recover<br />
“customer property” from companies that invested<br />
with Fairfield Sentry Ltd., a so-called feeder fund<br />
that placed money in Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.<br />
Picard demanded the return of any funds received<br />
from investments with Fairfield, according to the<br />
lawsuit filed yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in<br />
Manhattan.<br />
HSBC Securities Services (Ireland) Ltd. owns<br />
Somers Dublin, which has offices in Dublin,<br />
according to the complaint. HSBC Holdings, based<br />
in London, is Europe’s biggest bank. Somers<br />
Nominees (Far East) Ltd., a Bermudan company,<br />
was also <strong>na</strong>med in the lawsuit.<br />
Somers Dublin officials couldn’t immediately be<br />
reached for comment on the lawsuit after business<br />
hours in Ireland.<br />
Fairfield is in liquidation in the British Virgin Islands.<br />
The case is Picard v. Somers Dublin Ltd.,<br />
11-02784, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District<br />
of New York (Manhattan).<br />
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Trials<br />
Chelsea Owner Abramovich to Take Stand in<br />
Billio<strong>na</strong>ire Battle<br />
Roman Abramovich, the billio<strong>na</strong>ire owner of<br />
Chelsea Football Club, had to watch from the other<br />
side of the courtroom as his former business<br />
partner Boris Berezovsky called him a “gangster”<br />
who wasn’t smart enough to succeed on his own.<br />
In the next stage of a London trial pitting two of the<br />
world’s richest men against each other, Abramovich<br />
will take the witness stand to defend himself. His<br />
testimony is scheduled to begin Nov. 2.<br />
Exiled Russian businessman Berezovsky said he<br />
was intimidated by Abramovich into selling his<br />
stakes in state-owned companies for less than they<br />
were worth. He is seeking $6.8 billion in damages,<br />
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including interest, in the trial that began earlier this<br />
month.<br />
Berezovsky, who built Russia’s largest car<br />
dealership LogoVaz in the 1990s, was<br />
cross-examined for seven days, more than 30<br />
hours of court time, before stepping down from the<br />
witness box Oct. 17. In tense exchanges with<br />
Abramovich’s lawyer Jo<strong>na</strong>than Sumption, he was<br />
accused of money laundering and lying to support<br />
his case.<br />
“You are prepared to say anything in a document<br />
put before the English courts, whatever you think<br />
suits your case, whether it is true or not,” said<br />
Sumption.<br />
Abramovich, who is 53rd on Forbes’ list of the<br />
world’s richest people and rarely speaks in public,<br />
will probably have to spend at least as long as<br />
Berezovsky did on the stand, Max Hastings, a<br />
member of Berezovsky’s legal team, said in a<br />
phone interview last week.<br />
Karyl Nairn, a lawyer representing Abramovich,<br />
didn’t respond to an e-mail seeking comment on the<br />
trial.<br />
The two men present contrasting versions of the<br />
events which turned them from friends and allies<br />
into enemies. Berezovsky claims Abramovich told<br />
him the Russian state would seize his shares in<br />
OAO Sibneft and United Co. Rusal unless he sold<br />
them in 2001 and 2003.<br />
Abramovich said Berezovsky’s role was as a<br />
political power broker and that he had no actual<br />
stake in either company.<br />
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Verdicts/Settlements<br />
Citigroup Wins Approval of $13.5 Million Investor<br />
Accord<br />
Citigroup Inc. (C), the third-biggest U.S. bank, won<br />
court approval of a $13.5 million settlement of<br />
shareholder claims over the sale of its former<br />
Student Loan Corp. (STU) unit.<br />
The accord, which provided an extra $2.50 a share<br />
to Student Loan investors, was “an excellent result,”<br />
Delaware Chancery Court Judge Travis Laster said<br />
before approving the settlement yesterday at a<br />
hearing in Wilmington.<br />
Investors sued Student Loan in September 2010,<br />
alleging they were getting shortchanged in the $600<br />
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million sale to Discover Fi<strong>na</strong>ncial Services. (DFS)<br />
Laster declined to block the deal last year, saying<br />
shareholders could seek damages later in a trial.<br />
The Student Loan unit was one of at least 21<br />
Citigroup businesses put up for sale by Chief<br />
Executive Officer Vikram Pandit following the<br />
bank’s $45 billion bailout in 2008.<br />
Citigroup is “pleased the settlement has received<br />
the court’s approval,” Shannon Bell, a<br />
spokeswoman for the New York-based bank, said<br />
in an e-mailed statement.<br />
Student Loan, based in Stamford, Connecticut,<br />
agreed to the $30-a-share bid by Riverwoods,<br />
Illinois-based Discover in September 2010. The<br />
offer was 40 percent more than the trading price of<br />
the Citigroup unit’s shares at the time.<br />
The takeover made Discover the third-largest U.S.<br />
provider of private student loans, behind SLM Corp.<br />
(SLM) and Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) The sale to<br />
Discover also involved the acquisition of some loan<br />
portfolios by Citigroup and SLM, Laster said<br />
yesterday.<br />
Student Loan investors argued that directors didn’t<br />
shop around enough for the best price for the<br />
Citigroup unit and failed to make proper disclosures<br />
about the deal. Student Loan executives later<br />
disclosed more information about the fees paid to<br />
bankers advising them on the deal, Laster said.<br />
The Delaware case is Kahn v. Student Loan Corp.,<br />
CA5832, Delaware Chancery Court (Wilmington).<br />
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Ex-Primary Global Executive Fleishman Seeks New<br />
U.S. Trial<br />
Former Primary Global Research LLC executive<br />
James Fleishman, convicted of two counts of<br />
conspiracy in September as part of a U.S.<br />
crackdown on insider trading, is asking for the<br />
charges to be dismissed or for a new trial.<br />
Fleishman was convicted Sept. 20 by a federal jury<br />
in Manhattan of helping pass confidential<br />
information to fund ma<strong>na</strong>gers as part of an<br />
insider-trading scheme. Prosecutors said<br />
Fleishman obtained and passed confidential data<br />
from technology company employees who were<br />
moonlighting as consultants for Mountain View,<br />
California-based Primary Global. The secret tips<br />
were given to fund ma<strong>na</strong>gers who paid Primary<br />
Global fees for consultation calls, prosecutors said.<br />
Fleishman’s lawyer, Ethan Balogh, said in court<br />
papers filed Oct. 26 that prosecutors failed to<br />
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establish that any acts to further the conspiracy<br />
occurred in New York. Balogh also argued that<br />
Fleishman was improperly told that the only way he<br />
would be allowed to testify in his own defense was<br />
if he turned over to prosecutors diaries during a<br />
four-year period.<br />
Testimony about a June 2009 meeting in<br />
Manhattan between Fleishman and Karl Motey, an<br />
independent consultant who was cooperating with<br />
the government and wearing a body wire, failed to<br />
establish that Fleishman committed any<br />
wrongdoing during that meeting, Balogh said.<br />
“The government failed to present sufficient<br />
evidence of venue in the Southern District of New<br />
York,” Balogh said in court papers.<br />
A spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in<br />
Manhattan couldn’t immediately be reached for<br />
comment.<br />
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The case is U.S. v. Nguyen, 11-cr-32, U.S. District<br />
Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).<br />
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El Peruano - Noticia, 28 de Outubro de 2011<br />
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Participan más de doscientos magistrados<br />
Debatirán temas como seguridad ciudada<strong>na</strong> y<br />
descarga procesal<br />
Mejoras en el Poder Judicial.<br />
[Tarapoto] Con la asistencia de más de 200<br />
magistrados de todos los niveles, el presidente del<br />
Poder Judicial, César San Martín, i<strong>na</strong>uguró ayer<br />
en esta ciudad el Quinto Congreso Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
Jueces, que debatirá temas de trascendental<br />
importancia como la seguridad ciudada<strong>na</strong>, la<br />
descarga procesal, la medición del desempeño<br />
jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>l, el presupuesto institucio<strong>na</strong>l y las<br />
remuneraciones.<br />
Las palabras de bienvenida estuvieron a cargo del<br />
presidente de la Corte Superior de San Martín,<br />
Alfonso Chacón, quien agradeció la elección de<br />
Tarapoto como sede del Congreso. Luego, el<br />
presidente de la Comisión Organizadora, Víctor<br />
Prado, explicó los temas a tratar y la metodología<br />
de trabajo durante estos tres días de sesiones en<br />
los que participarán expositores <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les y<br />
extranjeros. Se elaborará u<strong>na</strong> encuesta para<br />
conocer la opinión de los magistrados.<br />
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El Universal - Metropoli, 28 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Magistrado busca u<strong>na</strong> segunda presidencia del TSJDF<br />
Sólo Édgar Elías Azar, actual presidente presidente<br />
del TSJDF y el magistrado Lázaro Tenorio Godínez<br />
serán quienes compitan por la presidencia en<br />
diciembre próximo<br />
Claudia Bolaños<br />
Hoy el presidente del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Superior de Justicia<br />
del Distrito Federal (TSJDF), Édgar Elías Azar, dio<br />
a conocer que volverá a contender por presidir<br />
cuatro años más el Poder Judicial local.<br />
Tan sólo él y el magistrado Lázaro Tenorio<br />
Godínez serán quienes compitan por la presidencia<br />
del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l y del Consejo de la Judicatura, en u<strong>na</strong><br />
elección que se realizará en diciembre próximo<br />
para asumir el cargo en enero de 2012.<br />
En sesión privada del pleno de magistrados,<br />
Tenorio Godínez y Elías Azar manifestaron su<br />
intención de participar en el proceso.<br />
El magistrado Lázaro Tenorio Godínez está<br />
adscrito a la Primera Sala Familiar, donde es el<br />
titular de la Ponencia 1 y se ha desempeñado<br />
como profesor en derecho familiar y civil en<br />
diferentes instituciones educativas del país, así<br />
como en materia de amparo, mediación y justicia<br />
para adolescentes.<br />
Y Edgar Elías Azar, quien preside actualmente el<br />
TSJDF y el CJDF, ha sido académico de diferentes<br />
instituciones educativas del país y ha participado<br />
como expositor y conferenciante en instituciones<br />
públicas y privadas y en foros <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les e<br />
inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les.<br />
Dijo que la competencia será interesante y dijo que<br />
ambos tienen la posibilidad de ga<strong>na</strong>r, "eso no lo<br />
sabemos pues el voto es secreto".<br />
Dijo que espera consolidar muchos proyectos que<br />
están a la mitad, como la creación de los<br />
comedores de trabajadores, escuela para jueces,<br />
oralidad en lo mercantil, y afianzar lo relacio<strong>na</strong>do a<br />
los juzgados para Adolescentes los de Ejecución,<br />
los cuales dijo son su mayor preocupación.<br />
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El Universal - Nación, 28 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Dictar sentencia cuesta $31 mil: Judicatura<br />
En 2007 cada sentencia costó 29 mil 900 pesos. El<br />
consejero federal, Jorge Moreno Collado, asegura<br />
que aunque el precio subió hemos ga<strong>na</strong>do en<br />
calidad y prontitud<br />
Alberto Morales<br />
En 2007 el Poder Judicial de la Federación<br />
resolvió casi 700 mil asuntos, frente al millón de<br />
casos del presente año; por lo que en promedio, en<br />
2007 cada sentencia costó 29 mil 900 pesos, en<br />
tanto que este año el costo promedio es de 31 mil<br />
381 pesos, lo cual implica que la justicia ha<br />
permanecido en el mismo rango de costo en el<br />
lustro mencio<strong>na</strong>do, pero hemos ga<strong>na</strong>do en calidad<br />
y prontitud, aseguró el consejero de la Judicatura<br />
Federal Jorge Moreno Collado.<br />
El consejero refirió que en los últimos cinco años el<br />
Poder Judicial de la Federación ha logrado que el<br />
costo de los juicios federales en el país se<br />
mantenga en el mismo rango, pero con la<br />
participación de un mayor número de órganos<br />
jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>les, con lo que se ha ga<strong>na</strong>do mayor<br />
calidad y prontitud en sus resoluciones.<br />
Moreno Collado adelantó que el PJF suscribirá un<br />
convenio con la Comisión Nacio<strong>na</strong>l Bancaria y de<br />
Valores, mediante el cual se dispondrá legalmente<br />
de toda la información relativa, cuando sea<br />
necesario, de los ingresos y cuentas bancarias de<br />
los trabajadores del PJF para transparentar su<br />
actividad y conducta.<br />
Durante su participación en el Semi<strong>na</strong>rio de<br />
Transparencia Judicial Federal, en el Instituto de la<br />
Judicatura Federal, el Consejero mencionó que el<br />
presupuesto autorizado a este organismo se dedica<br />
a mantener la operación de los órganos<br />
jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>les en toda la República y a la creación<br />
de nuevos órganos.<br />
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El Universal - Estados, 28 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Ministra pide deslindar responsabilidades por Royale<br />
Olga Sánchez Cordero dijo que es necesario u<strong>na</strong><br />
investigación puntual por parte de la PGR y de la<br />
Procuraduría estatal sobre el incendio en el casino<br />
que provocó la muerte de 52 perso<strong>na</strong>s<br />
Monterrey, NL | Viernes 28 de octubre de 2011<br />
Patricia Salazar Martínez / Corresponsal | El<br />
Universal18:58<br />
El deslinde de responsabilidades en torno al<br />
atentado al Casino Royale, en donde 52 perso<strong>na</strong>s<br />
murieron a causa de un incendio por presuntos<br />
miembros de zetas que operan en Nuevo León,<br />
corresponden tanto a la Procuraduría General de la<br />
República y a la procuraduría estatal, reveló la<br />
Ministra de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la<br />
Nación, Olga Sánchez Cordero.<br />
Al asistir a la i<strong>na</strong>uguración de la Sala de Juicios<br />
Orales sede del Poder Judicial establecida en la<br />
Universidad Metropolita<strong>na</strong> de Monterrey; la Ministra<br />
dijo que es necesario u<strong>na</strong> investigación puntual<br />
entre ambas dependencias, para deslindar<br />
responsabilidades en torno al multihomicidio.<br />
"Yo soy la primera que tengo interés en que se<br />
deslinde (la responsabilidad), sobre todo, las de<br />
nuestros jueces y de nuestros magistrados.<br />
Hay que hacer u<strong>na</strong> investigación, hay que hacer<br />
u<strong>na</strong> investigación muy puntual y sobre todo, y esto<br />
yo quisiera que quedara muy claro, deslindar la<br />
responsabilidad de cada uno en la esfera de su<br />
competencia".<br />
Dijo que en materia federal, la Suprema Corte de<br />
Justicia mantiene su interés en que se aplique la<br />
justicia en torno a este atentado a la casa de<br />
apuestas, de manera transparente, confiable y<br />
creíble para la población.<br />
"Las autoridades no podemos más que hacer lo<br />
que nuestra competencia y nuestras atribuciones<br />
constitucio<strong>na</strong>les y legales nos permiten realizar.<br />
Entonces no hay más y cada uno tiene su esfera<br />
de competencia, políticas públicas, permisos<br />
otorgados por las diversas autoridades federales o<br />
locales o estatales o municipales, jueces de distrito,<br />
tribu<strong>na</strong>les superiores", expresó Sánchez Cordero;<br />
al subrayar que todos tienen competencia en el<br />
deslinde de responsabilidades; luego de que en<br />
días pasados la PGR se desligara de la realización<br />
de peritajes en materia de seguridad industrial y<br />
protección civil.<br />
"Nosotros en el Poder Judicial Federal somos los<br />
más interesados en que nuestros jueces se<br />
comporten con excelencia, profesio<strong>na</strong>lismo,<br />
autonomía, honestidad, apegados a la<br />
Constitución y a la ley", señaló.<br />
En su conferencia magistral u<strong>na</strong> abordó la temática<br />
de la Reforma Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l de Derechos<br />
Humanos y su relación con la reforma en el<br />
sistema pe<strong>na</strong>l acusatorio; y estuvieron presentes<br />
jueces, magistrados locales; la presidenta del<br />
Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Superior de Justicia en el Estado;<br />
Bucha<strong>na</strong>n Ortega, y el presidente de la institución<br />
privada, Alfonso Romo Garza.<br />
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A más de seis años del plagio de Hugo Alberto<br />
Wallace, cuatro perso<strong>na</strong>s señaladas como<br />
responsables del secuestro recibieron sentencia<br />
conde<strong>na</strong>toria por el crimen del hijo de Isabel<br />
Miranda<br />
A más de seis años del plagio de Hugo Alberto<br />
Wallace, cuatro perso<strong>na</strong>s señaladas como<br />
responsables del secuestro recibieron sentencia<br />
conde<strong>na</strong>toria por el crimen del hijo de Isabel<br />
Miranda de Wallace, quien luego de la desaparición<br />
de su hijo se convirtió en activista y emblema en<br />
México.<br />
Aquí, la cronología del caso.<br />
2005<br />
11 de julio. El empresario Hugo Alberto Wallace<br />
Miranda es secuestrado en las instalaciones de<br />
Plaza Universidad, de acuerdo con las<br />
investigaciones realizadas por su madre la señora<br />
María Isabel Miranda.<br />
12 de julio. La señora Miranda denuncia ante la<br />
PGR y la Procuraduría capitali<strong>na</strong>, el secuestro de<br />
su hijo.<br />
30 de noviembre. Brenda Quevedo Cruz es<br />
detenida en la ciudad de Kentucky. Se le acusa de<br />
quien está involucrada en el secuestro y asesi<strong>na</strong>to<br />
de Alberto Wallace.<br />
2006<br />
22 febrero. Ante el retraso de las investigaciones y<br />
la detención de los implicados en el secuestro y<br />
muerte de Alberto Wallace, a través de tres<br />
espectaculares Isabel Miranda ofrece u<strong>na</strong><br />
recompensa económica de 250 mil pesos para<br />
quien entregue "vivo" a las autoridades a Jacobo<br />
Tagle Dobin, quien presuntamente participó en el<br />
plagio.<br />
15 de marzo. Isabel Miranda anuncia la captura de<br />
otro integrante de la banda que encabeza César<br />
Freyre Morales, alias "El Yanqui", y dice que<br />
continuará hasta detener a otros cinco<br />
sospechosos más.<br />
Por tercera ocasión, la madre de familia coloca un<br />
espectacular, esta vez en la calle de Medellín 150,<br />
en la colonia Roma, en el que ofrece u<strong>na</strong><br />
recompensa de 50 mil pesos a quien proporcione<br />
información de un cuarto cómplice, identificado<br />
como Tony Castillo Cruz.<br />
Cronología El caso Wallace<br />
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16 de marzo. Los golpes que recibió Hugo Alberto<br />
Wallace por parte de sus secuestradores le<br />
provocaron la muerte por paro cardiaco, informa la<br />
PGR.<br />
21 de diciembre. Un juez federal sentencia a cinco<br />
años de prisión a César Freyre Morales, presunto<br />
jefe de la banda de secuestradores a la que se le<br />
atribuye el plagio y homicidio del joven empresario.<br />
2008<br />
9 de junio. Isabel Miranda sale ilesa del ataque que<br />
perpetraron dos sujetos al disparar contra la<br />
camioneta que se disponía a abordar en sus<br />
ofici<strong>na</strong>s.<br />
11 de diciembre. El agente Marco Antonio Alquicira<br />
Díaz, considerado por la señora Isabel Miranda<br />
como pieza clave para localizar el cadáver de su<br />
hijo, es ejecutado de un disparo en la cabeza en su<br />
domicilio.<br />
2009<br />
29 de junio. Un juez de Estados Unidos autoriza la<br />
extradición de Brenda Quevedo a México para que<br />
sea juzgada por el secuestro y homicidio del<br />
empresario Hugo Alberto Wallace.<br />
25 de septiembre. Estados Unidos extradita a<br />
México a Brenda Quevedo Cruz, alias "Nadia<br />
Vázquez", informa la PGR.<br />
28 de septiembre. Isabel Miranda hace un llamado<br />
para promover la creación de la Ley Federal de<br />
Víctimas, que permita que las perso<strong>na</strong>s afectadas<br />
por diferentes delitos tengan voz y sean<br />
escuchadas.<br />
24 de diciembre. Un juez dicta sentencias que van<br />
de los 28 a los 47 años de prisión al ex policía de<br />
Morelos César Freyre Morales; a la bailari<strong>na</strong> Jua<strong>na</strong><br />
Hilda González Lomelí y a los hermanos Antonio y<br />
Alberto Castillo Cruz, cuatro de los partícipes en el<br />
secuestro y homicidio de Hugo Alberto Wallace.<br />
2010<br />
5 de enero. Isabel Miranda de Wallace cuestio<strong>na</strong> la<br />
sentencia que un juez federal impusó a cuatro de<br />
los secuestradores de su hijo y pide la intervención<br />
del Consejo de la Judicatura Federal (CJF). Por su<br />
parte, la Procuraduría General de la República<br />
(PGR) apeló el fallo judicial.<br />
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6 de enero. Isabel Miranda se reúne con el<br />
presidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la<br />
Nación, Guillermo Ortiz Mayagoitia, para expresarle<br />
su frustración tras la sentencia dictada a los cuatro<br />
secuestradores de Hugo Alberto Wallace.<br />
2 de marzo. Se<strong>na</strong>dores de distintas fuerzas<br />
políticas arropan la iniciativa de Isabel Miranda de<br />
Wallace para garantizar la "atención a las víctimas<br />
del secuestro".<br />
13 abril. La Primera Sala de la Suprema Corte de<br />
Justicia de la Nación admite la solicitud que hizo el<br />
procurador General de la República, Arturo Chávez<br />
Chávez, para que ejerza su facultad de atracción y<br />
revise las sentencias que le aplicó un juez federal a<br />
los secuestradores de Hugo Alberto Wallace, por<br />
considerar que fueron mínimas y merecían pe<strong>na</strong>s<br />
más altas.<br />
26 de abril. Alejandro Martí e Isabel Wallace<br />
acuden al Se<strong>na</strong>do de la República para participar<br />
en la negociación del dictamen de la llamada Ley<br />
Antisecuestro.<br />
19 de mayo. La Suprema Corte de Justicia de la<br />
Nación dicta que no intervendrá en el juicio de los<br />
secuestradores de Hugo Alberto Wallace.<br />
24 de agosto. Un tribu<strong>na</strong>l federal revoca las<br />
sentencias que se impusieron a cuatro integrantes<br />
de la banda que secuestró y asesinó al empresario<br />
Hugo Alberto Wallace, al considerar que el delito<br />
cometido no es competencia de la normativa<br />
federal sino de la local.<br />
7 de octubre. La Cámara de Diputados aprueba la<br />
Ley Antisecuestro, con la que se endurecerán las<br />
sanciones a quienes cometan este delito.<br />
4 de diciembre. Elementos de la Procuraduría de<br />
Justicia del Estado de México (PGJEM) capturan a<br />
Jacobo Tagle Dobin, el último de los presuntos<br />
implicados en el secuestro y homicidio del<br />
empresario Hugo Alberto Wallace Miranda.<br />
2011<br />
28 de octubre. El Poder judicial de la Federación<br />
dictó sentencia conde<strong>na</strong>toria para cuatro<br />
integrantes de la banda que secuestró a Hugo<br />
Alberto Wallace Miranda, con sentencias que van<br />
de los 78 a 131 años de prisión dentro de la causa<br />
pe<strong>na</strong>l 35/2006.<br />
Destaca la sentencia en contra de César Freyre<br />
Morales o José Antonio Hernández Lozano, quien<br />
tendrá que cumplir u<strong>na</strong> conde<strong>na</strong> de 131 años de<br />
prisión y veinte mil novecientos ochenta y siete<br />
días de salario mínimo.<br />
El Universal - Nación, 28 de Outubro de 2011<br />
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A Jua<strong>na</strong> Hilda González Lomelí o Sandra Jiménez<br />
Gutiérrez, de 78 años, 9 meses de prisión y cuatro<br />
mil doscientos noventa y dos días de multa, por su<br />
responsabilidad en los delitos de privación ilegal de<br />
la libertad en la modalidad de secuestro,<br />
delincuencia organizada, posesión de arma de<br />
fuego y cartuchos de uso exclusivo de las Fuerzas<br />
Armadas.<br />
A Tony Castillo Cruz se le dictó u<strong>na</strong> pe<strong>na</strong> de 93<br />
años, 6 meses de prisión, y u<strong>na</strong> multa de siete mil<br />
setecientos setenta y cinco días, por su<br />
responsabilidad en el delito Privación ilegal de la<br />
Libertad en la modalidad de Secuestro y<br />
Delincuencia Organizada.<br />
Y a Alberto Castillo Cruz, le fue dictada u<strong>na</strong><br />
sentencia 93 años, 6 meses de prisión, u<strong>na</strong> multa<br />
de siete mil setecientos setenta y cinco días, por su<br />
responsabilidad en el delito de Privación ilegal de la<br />
Libertad en la modalidad de Secuestro y<br />
Delincuencia Organizada<br />
Con información del Centro de Documentación de<br />
ELUNIVERSAL<br />
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El Universal - Nación, 28 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Dan a plagiario de Wallace 131 años de cárcel<br />
Imponen a César Freyre la mayor sanción por el<br />
secuestro de Hugo Alberto, hijo de la activista<br />
Isabel Miranda; a los otros tres implicados les<br />
dictan sentencias de 63, 79 y 93 años de prisión<br />
Alberto Morales/El Universal<br />
El Poder judicial de la Federación dictó sentencia<br />
conde<strong>na</strong>toria para cuatro integrantes de la banda<br />
que secuestró a Hugo Alberto Wallace Miranda,<br />
con sentencias que van de los 78 a 131 años de<br />
prisión dentro de la causa pe<strong>na</strong>l 35/2006.<br />
Destaca la sentencia en contra de César Freyre<br />
Morales o José Antonio Hernández Lozano, quien<br />
tendrá que cumplir u<strong>na</strong> conde<strong>na</strong> de 131 años de<br />
prisión y veinte mil novecientos ochenta y siete<br />
días de salario mínimo de multa<br />
Lo anterior, informó la Procuraduría General de la<br />
República (PGR) en un comunicado, por su<br />
responsabilidad en los delitos de privación ilegal de<br />
la libertad en la modalidad de secuestro,<br />
delincuencia organizada, portación de arma de<br />
fuego de uso exclusivo del Ejército, Armada o<br />
Fuerza Aérea.<br />
De acuerdo con la PGR el Magistrado del Segundo<br />
Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Unitario en Materia Pe<strong>na</strong>l del Primer<br />
Circuito consideró fundados los agravios hechos<br />
valer por el Ministerio Público de la Federación y<br />
modificó, al resolver el Toca Pe<strong>na</strong>l 321/2011, la<br />
sentencia emitida por el Juzgado Décimo Sexto de<br />
Distrito de Procesos Pe<strong>na</strong>les Federales en el<br />
Distrito Federal.<br />
En u<strong>na</strong> primera instancia, el Juzgado Décimo Sexto<br />
de Distrito de Procesos Pe<strong>na</strong>les Federales en el<br />
Distrito Federal condenó a César Freyre Morales<br />
63 años, seis meses de prisión, así como siete mil<br />
37 días de multa.<br />
Los otros tres sentenciados e implicados en el caso<br />
tendrán que pagar las siguientes conde<strong>na</strong>s:<br />
A Jua<strong>na</strong> Hilda González Lomelí o Sandra Jiménez<br />
Gutiérrez, de 78 años, 9 meses de prisión y cuatro<br />
mil doscientos noventa y dos días de salario<br />
mínimo de multa por su responsabilidad en los<br />
delitos de privación ilegal de la libertad en la<br />
modalidad de secuestro, delincuencia organizada,<br />
posesión de arma de fuego y cartuchos de uso<br />
exclusivo de las Fuerzas Armadas.<br />
A Tony Castillo Cruz se le dictó u<strong>na</strong> pe<strong>na</strong> de 93<br />
años, 6 meses de prisión, y u<strong>na</strong> multa de siete mil<br />
setecientos setenta y cinco días de salario mínimo<br />
de multa por su responsabilidad en el delito<br />
Privación ilegal de la Libertad en la modalidad de<br />
Secuestro y Delincuencia Organizada.<br />
Y a Alberto Castillo Cruz le fue dictada u<strong>na</strong><br />
sentencia 93 años, 6 meses de prisión, u<strong>na</strong> multa<br />
de siete mil setecientos setenta y cinco días de<br />
salario mínimo de multa por su responsabilidad en<br />
el delito de Privación ilegal de la Libertad en la<br />
modalidad de Secuestro y Delincuencia<br />
Organizada.<br />
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Suprema emite dura declaración en respuesta al<br />
Gobierno<br />
El pleno rechazó que el Ejecutivo considere los<br />
fallos de los jueces al promover ascensos, defiende<br />
independencia del Poder Judicial y advierte<br />
“riesgos en las garantías constitucio<strong>na</strong>les”. Esta<br />
jor<strong>na</strong>da, el ministro Ribera reafirmó sus dichos que<br />
gatillaron la polémica: “No estoy arrepentido”, dijo.<br />
Viernes 28 de octubre de 2011| por Nación.cl<br />
Defendiendo la independencia del Poder Judicial<br />
ante declaraciones de autoridades de gobierno<br />
sobre los criterios que se aplicarán a la hora de<br />
promover ascensos, el pleno de la Corte<br />
Suprema emitió hoy u<strong>na</strong> declaración donde<br />
advierte que tales planteamientos podrían afectar<br />
las garantías constitucio<strong>na</strong>les en el país.<br />
El documento señala que “es posible que los<br />
magistrados tengan presente, consciente o<br />
inconscientemente, la forma cómo repercutirá<br />
en su carrera profesio<strong>na</strong>l las decisiones que<br />
adopten respecto de las peticiones que le formulen<br />
los intervinientes. Esta posibilidad afecta<br />
objetivamente tanto las garantías<br />
constitucio<strong>na</strong>les de ser juzgado por un juez<br />
independiente e imparcial, como las de un<br />
debido proceso legal”.<br />
Ello, considerando que “se ha indicado a los<br />
magistrados de la República que el Supremo<br />
Gobierno, entre otros antecedentes,<br />
considerará la forma en que resuelvan las<br />
solicitudes de medidas cautelares perso<strong>na</strong>les<br />
de los imputados en los procesos pe<strong>na</strong>les, con<br />
vista a cursar los nombramientos”.<br />
La declaración, que fue enviada al Presidente<br />
Sebastián Piñera, al ministro de Justicia<br />
Teodoro Ribera (quien hoy dijo no estar<br />
arrepentido por sus declaraciones) y los jueces,<br />
subraya que “los criterios para la desig<strong>na</strong>ción del<br />
perso<strong>na</strong>l judicial deben ser objetivos y<br />
transparentes. Nosotros no revisamos el contenido<br />
de las resoluciones. Nosotros discrepamos, pero si<br />
está dentro del margen de la ley el juez tiene su<br />
independencia perso<strong>na</strong>l y eso es respetable”.<br />
En ese sentido rechaza que el gobierno anuncie<br />
que considerará los criterios de los jueces. “No<br />
tiene por qué tener influencia en su carrera<br />
funcio<strong>na</strong>ria, donde deben primar sus criterios<br />
objetivos, no sus opiniones o el contendido de sus<br />
resoluciones. No nos parece conveniente para la<br />
independencia del Poder Judicial que se<br />
utilicen ese tipo de criterios por sectores<br />
extraños a la judicatura”.<br />
Tras leer la declaración del pleno, el vocero del<br />
máximo tribu<strong>na</strong>l, Jaime Rodríguez Espoz,<br />
descartó que con esta declaración se esté<br />
haciendo “ningu<strong>na</strong> advertencia a un poder del<br />
Estado, sino que estamos formulando un<br />
respeto y apoyo a nuestros jueces”.<br />
Durante su discurso de juramento de nuevos<br />
abogados, el presidente de la Corte Suprema,<br />
Milton Juica, manifestó que “<strong>na</strong>die aparte de la<br />
jurisdicción puede, en caso alguno, ejercer<br />
funciones judiciales, revisar los fundamentos o<br />
contenidos de sus resoluciones, normativa que<br />
es necesario recalcar, sobre todo en esta época en<br />
que se observa u<strong>na</strong> devoción política para<br />
desbordar este necesario equilibrio”<br />
ESTADÍSTICAS<br />
En medio de la polémica, la Corte Suprema dioa<br />
conocer u<strong>na</strong> estadística del Sistema Procesal<br />
Pe<strong>na</strong>l elaborado por el Poder Judicial que revela<br />
que desde el inicio del nuevo sistema los jueces de<br />
garantía han concedido el 89% de las<br />
solicitudes de prisión preventiva presentadas<br />
por el Ministerio Público.<br />
Según los datos, de las 144.850 peticiones de<br />
prisión preventiva solicitadas por las fiscalías a<br />
los distintos tribu<strong>na</strong>les del país -entre el año<br />
2000 y el 30 de junio de 2011-, en 128.441 esta<br />
medida fue acogida por los tribu<strong>na</strong>les, y sólo en<br />
16.409 se rechazó. De esta última cifra, el<br />
Ministerio Público apeló en 3.419 ocasiones,<br />
consiguiendo revertir la decisión del tribu<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
garantía en 1.511.<br />
RIBERA MANTIENE POSICIÓN<br />
La declaración de la Suprema fue emitida tras<br />
conocerse u<strong>na</strong> entrevista del ministro de Justicia<br />
Teodoro Ribera, en donde éste no retrocede ni<br />
un milímetro en sus dichos sobre los "jueces<br />
garantistas".<br />
“¡Jamás! ¡Nunca! No estoy arrepentido”,<br />
declaró el secretario de Estado al Diario<br />
Fi<strong>na</strong>nciero, atribuyendo la molestia del Poder<br />
Judicial a que “hoy existe un estado de<br />
crispación que incrementa la sensibilidad".<br />
En la entrevista, Ribera añadió que “<strong>na</strong>die puede<br />
sentirse ame<strong>na</strong>zado cuando el ministro de<br />
Justicia ejerce las atribuciones que le confiere<br />
la ley”.<br />
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By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN<br />
Published: October 28, 2011<br />
The New York Times - N.Y./Region, 28 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Being Handcuffed? Press Send<br />
There is a b technological strain running through<br />
Occupy Wall Street, and software developers have<br />
been gathering at events in several cities to<br />
develop such tools for the demonstrators. One<br />
mobile app being developed, Shouty, would allow<br />
people to use their phones as radios, amplifying the<br />
human microphone at meetings in Zuccotti Park.<br />
But the app that has gained the most attention is<br />
called I’m Getting Arrested. It allows users to write<br />
a message and identify recipients — friends, family,<br />
a lawyer — in advance. Then, if they are about to<br />
be taken into custody, they can push a button to<br />
send a text message blast. Its developer, Jason<br />
Van Anden, created it in two days after an<br />
acquaintance <strong>na</strong>rrowly avoided an arrest at a<br />
demonstration several weeks ago.<br />
Since its release, the Android app has been<br />
downloaded nearly 10,000 times. But it is unclear if<br />
it has ever been used for its intended purpose or,<br />
indeed, whether it would be useful. The app is<br />
simple to use; it takes a few seconds to set up a list<br />
of phone numbers and a message. But curiously,<br />
the message would not include information about a<br />
user’s location and does not facilitate connection to<br />
social networks like Twitter and Facebook, which<br />
are in wide use at political demonstrations.<br />
The app also raises a question: If you do not have<br />
time to send a full text message when being<br />
arrested, will you have time to take out your phone,<br />
open the app and press the “Send” button for two<br />
seconds? I was once arrested at a political<br />
demonstration, and I do not remember having much<br />
time to pull out my phone.<br />
The app’s primary use so far seems to be as a<br />
political symbol. Downloading it is a statement —<br />
as is, apparently, reviewing it. Those who have<br />
given it positive reviews have generally done so to<br />
express support for the demonstrators. Those who<br />
have panned it have criticized its potential users<br />
rather than its lack of Facebook integration.<br />
At Zuccotti Park, and at Occupy marches and<br />
rallies, cellphones are ubiquitous. “I think people<br />
typically view the cellphones, or smartphones or the<br />
like, as a form of protection,” said Don<strong>na</strong><br />
Lieberman, the executive director of the New York<br />
Civil Liberties Union.<br />
Ms. Lieberman said the constant documentation of<br />
political demonstrations had served as a deterrent<br />
against aggressive action by the police.<br />
When arrests are made, she said, video from<br />
cellphones has served as evidence to support<br />
demonstrators who say they have been mistreated;<br />
it was cellphone images that showed the<br />
pepper-spraying of young women by a New York<br />
Police Department deputy inspector.<br />
But some people involved in the protests see<br />
cellphones as a mixed blessing.<br />
One question is whether the police could search the<br />
contents of cellphones seized during arrests,<br />
allowing them to glean information about the person<br />
being arrested or about the movement. Courts in<br />
different states have issued conflicting opinions<br />
about the rules restricting cellphone searches. The<br />
California Supreme Court ruled in January that<br />
police officers could examine text messages and<br />
other phone data without a warrant during an<br />
arrest. In response, legislators passed a bill<br />
requiring a warrant, but the bill was vetoed by Gov.<br />
Jerry Brown this month. New York’s courts have not<br />
ruled on the issue.<br />
The Police Department did not immediately<br />
respond to questions about its practices on<br />
searching phones during arrests.<br />
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, an advocacy<br />
group for perso<strong>na</strong>l digital rights, advised those<br />
carrying phones at demonstrations to lock them<br />
with passwords and to consider using apps like<br />
WhisperCore, which encrypts phone data.<br />
The best solution for people going into tense<br />
situations is simply to leave their phones behind,<br />
said Hanni Fakhoury, a staff lawyer with the<br />
foundation. But he acknowledged that his advice<br />
was likely to fall on deaf ears.<br />
“It kind of cuts against the advances of technology,”<br />
he said.<br />
JOSHUA BRUSTEIN<br />
Have a favorite New York City app? Send tips via<br />
e-mail to<br />
appcity@nytimes.com or via Twitter to<br />
@joshuabrustein.<br />
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Yahoo Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l - New, 28 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court<br />
Factbox: What is the Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court?<br />
By David Cutler and Gilbert Kreijger | Reuters – Fri,<br />
Oct 28, 2011<br />
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Court's prosecutor said on Friday that his<br />
office was in "informal contact" with Muammar<br />
Gaddafi's fugitive son, Saif al-Islam, regarding his<br />
surrender to the war crimes court.<br />
The ICC prosecutor has charged Gaddafi, Saif<br />
al-Islam and Libya's former intelligence chief<br />
Abdullah al-Senussi with crimes against humanity<br />
for the shooting and killing of civilians protesters in<br />
February, and issued arrest warrants in June.<br />
Below are some facts on the court.<br />
* The United Nations has ad hoc tribu<strong>na</strong>ls dealing<br />
with abuses in former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, but<br />
the ICC is the first permanent court set up to try<br />
individuals for genocide, war crimes and other<br />
major human rights violations.<br />
* The Rome Statute of the Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Crimi<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Court was established in 1998, and the treaty<br />
entered into force on July 1, 2002.<br />
* The court is now supported by 119 <strong>na</strong>tions,<br />
although still not by Russia, Chi<strong>na</strong> and the United<br />
States, which opposed the creation of the ICC,<br />
fearing it would be used for politically motivated<br />
prosecutions of its citizens.<br />
* Countries which are not party to the Rome Statute<br />
are not obliged to hand over suspects.<br />
* The court only has jurisdiction with respect to<br />
crimes committed after July 1, 2002, in countries<br />
that have ratified its treaty. However, the ICC can<br />
also prosecute if the Security Council refers a case<br />
to it regarding crimes committed in a country that is<br />
not a sig<strong>na</strong>tory to the treaty.<br />
* Proceedings before the ICC may be initiated by a<br />
state party, the prosecutor or the United Nations<br />
Security Council.<br />
* The ICC launched its first investigations in 2004,<br />
into crimes in Democratic Republic of Congo and<br />
Uganda, and issued its first arrest warrants in 2005<br />
for five leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army in<br />
Uganda, accused of stoking 19 years of conflict.<br />
The governments of both countries had asked the<br />
ICC to investigate.<br />
* The court is based in The Hague, Netherlands,<br />
and is funded by contributions from state parties<br />
and by voluntary contributions from governments,<br />
organizations and individuals.<br />
* The ICC is currently handling 11 cases, including<br />
the 2008 post-election violence in Kenya, alleged<br />
war crimes committed in the Central African<br />
Republic, and Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region,<br />
while the prosecutor's office is conducting<br />
exami<strong>na</strong>tions in several other countries including<br />
Afghanistan and Georgia.<br />
* The ICC is separate from the Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l Court<br />
of Justice (ICJ), the highest legal authority of the<br />
United Nations which is also based in The Hague<br />
and which was i<strong>na</strong>ugurated in 1946 to resolve<br />
disputes between states.<br />
(Reporting by David Cutler and Gilbert Kreijger)<br />
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Business Line - Industry & Company, 30 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
2G case: CBI to oppose bail plea of 5 corporate heads<br />
in apex court<br />
New Delhi, Oct 30:<br />
The CBI will oppose the bail of five corporate<br />
honchos in the Supreme Court which is to hear<br />
their petitions tomorrow, in connection with the 2G<br />
scam, days after it did not object to the bail pleas of<br />
DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others in the trial<br />
court.<br />
Sources in the investigating agency confirmed that<br />
it has instructed the lawyer to oppose the plea of<br />
corporate executives - Unitech Wireless’ MD<br />
Sanjay Chandra, Swan Telecom’s Director Vinod<br />
Goenka and Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani<br />
group’s executives Hari Nair, Gautam Doshi and<br />
Surendra Pipara - who have approached the apex<br />
court for bail.<br />
Earlier the agency on October 24 did not oppose<br />
the bail plea of Kanimozhi, Kalaig<strong>na</strong>r TV MD<br />
Sharad Kumar, directors of Kusegaon Fruits and<br />
Vegetables Asif Balwa, Rajiv Agarwal and<br />
Bollywood producer Karim Morani before a special<br />
CBI court here.<br />
It had, however, opposed bail plea of Swan<br />
Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa and A Raja’s<br />
former private secretary R K Chandolia in the trial<br />
court.<br />
Tomorrow’s proceedings in the Supreme Court<br />
assumes significance as the apex court had earlier<br />
said the accused in the 2G scam can seek bail after<br />
framing of charges against them which was done<br />
on October 22.<br />
Other accused in the case include former telecom<br />
minister A Raja, former telecom secretary<br />
Siddhartha Behura and three telecom firms<br />
Reliance Telecom Ltd, Swan Telecom and Unitech<br />
(Tamil Nadu) Wireless Ltd.<br />
All the accused have pleaded that they have not<br />
done anything wrong and refuted the charge of<br />
drawing illegal benefits in allocation of 2G<br />
spectrum.<br />
Keywords: 2G sam, Supreme Court, CBI, bail<br />
plea, five teleco heads<br />
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El Peruano - Noticia, 30 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Ocma suspende a juez en Lambayeque<br />
En lo que va del año se destituyó a 40 magistrados,<br />
revela Enrique Mendoza<br />
Campesinos piden justicia.<br />
La Ofici<strong>na</strong> de Control de la Magistratura (Ocma) del<br />
Poder Judicial dispuso, mediante resolución N°<br />
03-2011 del pasado 9 de setiembre, suspender<br />
preventivamente al juez Emiliano Pérez Acuña,<br />
extitular del Juzgado Mixto-Pe<strong>na</strong>l Uniperso<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
San Ig<strong>na</strong>cio, de la Corte Superior de Justicia de<br />
Lambayeque.<br />
La sanción a Pérez Acuña se activó tras u<strong>na</strong> queja<br />
presentada por el coadministrador de la<br />
Corporación Agrícola Ucupe, Segundo<br />
Montenegro, contra el magistrado en la demanda<br />
interpuesta por David Carrión contra Perales<br />
Huancaru<strong>na</strong> SAC y otros.<br />
De acuerdo con la investigación, Pérez Acuña fue<br />
suspendido por supuestas irregularidades<br />
cometidas en el mencio<strong>na</strong>do proceso, según el<br />
expediente Nº 175-2011. En agosto pasado,<br />
mediante resolución N° 2, Odecma Lambayeque<br />
resolvió abrir proceso discipli<strong>na</strong>rio administrativo<br />
contra el juez por presunta inobservancia de los<br />
deberes de función.<br />
Procesos<br />
Hasta este mes, la Ocma destituyó a cerca de 40<br />
magistrados y funcio<strong>na</strong>rios del Poder Judicial por<br />
cometer diversas faltas e irregularidades, informó el<br />
jefe del ente, Enrique Mendoza. "Estamos por<br />
encima de las 35 o 40 destituciones en el año, y<br />
u<strong>na</strong> serie de amonestaciones y apercibimientos. Es<br />
a todo nivel, menos en la Corte Suprema, donde<br />
tiene competencia el Consejo Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de la<br />
Magistratura."<br />
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Compromiso por la justicia<br />
[Tarapoto] Los magistrados ratificaron su<br />
compromiso de mejorar la impartición de la justicia<br />
en el país, durante la clausura del Quinto Congreso<br />
Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de Jueces, realizado en esta ciudad.<br />
El presidente del Poder Judicial, César San<br />
Martín, señaló que la cita permitió importantes<br />
reflexiones sobre seguridad ciudada<strong>na</strong>, descarga<br />
procesal, medición del desempeño jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>l,<br />
presupuesto institucio<strong>na</strong>l y haberes de los jueces.<br />
Sostuvo que con estas reuniones se ratifica la idea<br />
central de autogobierno judicial y la necesidad de<br />
escuchar a jueces y trabajadores para construir<br />
políticas, programas, planes y acciones que<br />
contribuyan a mejorar el servicio de justicia.<br />
El Peruano - Noticia, 30 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
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Nación.cl - Tribu<strong>na</strong>les, 31 de Outubro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Magistrados califican como “agresión” dichos de<br />
ministro de Justicia<br />
La asociación que los agrupa rechazó "las<br />
apreciaciones de quien, como integrante del<br />
aparato estatal, actúa en calidad de parte ante los<br />
tribu<strong>na</strong>les de justicia",<br />
Lunes 31 de octubre de 2011| por Nación.cl -<br />
La Asociación Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de Magistrados del Poder<br />
Judicial, catalogó como u<strong>na</strong> "agresión y presión<br />
indebida contra la independencia del juez", las<br />
declaraciones del ministro de Justicia, Teodoro<br />
Ribera, respecto a revisar la labor de los jueces.<br />
"Tales críticas y anuncio no pueden sino<br />
considerarse como u<strong>na</strong> agresión y presión indebida<br />
contra la independencia del juez, principio este que<br />
nuestro orde<strong>na</strong>miento jurídico garantiza a la<br />
sociedad toda", declaró la organización mediante<br />
un comunicado.<br />
La asociación rechazó "las apreciaciones de quien,<br />
como integrante del aparato estatal, actúa en<br />
calidad de parte ante los tribu<strong>na</strong>les de justicia",<br />
repudiando también "todo intento de presio<strong>na</strong>r a los<br />
jueces, condicio<strong>na</strong>ndo su eventual nombramiento<br />
en un cargo, para que sometan sus decisiones a<br />
los intereses de cualquier grupo, idea o corriente<br />
política o filosófica".<br />
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Diario La Prensa - Politica, 01 de Novembro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
El expediente digital llega a la Justicia<br />
01.11.2011 | U<strong>na</strong> ley sancio<strong>na</strong>da en junio de este<br />
año, equipara el soporte electrónico con el antiguo<br />
sistema de papel. La Corte y el Consejo de la<br />
Magistratura tienen a su cargo la implementación<br />
de esa norma.<br />
Por Carlos E. Hartmann<br />
"Las organizaciones de la sociedad civil deben<br />
apoyar esta iniciativa para que se aplique con éxito.<br />
Los abogados, como auxiliares de la Justicia,<br />
estamos llamados a adecuarnos a u<strong>na</strong> gestión más<br />
ágil y transparente al servicio de los derechos<br />
ciudadanos. La sociedad nos va a valorar mejor si<br />
somos agentes de cambio y no si somos agentes<br />
de resistencia".<br />
Así lo señaló Raúl Aguirre Saravia, presidente del<br />
Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos<br />
Aires, al abrir la jor<strong>na</strong>da sobre Servicios<br />
Informáticos y Expediente Digital en la Justicia<br />
<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l. La Corte Suprema y el Consejo de la<br />
Magistratura tienen a su cargo la implementación<br />
de la norma -ley 26.685, sancio<strong>na</strong>da el 1º de junio<br />
del presente año-, que equipara, en el ámbito del<br />
Poder Judicial, el soporte electrónico con el<br />
antiguo sistema (legajo físico o soporte papel).<br />
Esa misma disposición legal, autoriza la utilización<br />
de documentos, firmas, comunicaciones, domicilios<br />
electrónicos y firmas digitales en todos los<br />
procesos judiciales y administrativos que tramitan<br />
ante el Poder Judicial de la Nación, con idéntica<br />
eficacia jurídica y valor probatorio que sus<br />
equivalentes convencio<strong>na</strong>les. El debate se realizó<br />
en Montevideo 640, sede de la entidad que nuclea<br />
a los letrados porteños, y participaron, entre otros,<br />
el presidente de la Corte Suprema Ricardo<br />
Lorenzetti, y el integrante del Consejo de la<br />
Magistratura de la Nación, Alejandro Fargosi.<br />
POLITICAS DE ESTADO<br />
Fue precisamente Lorenzetti quien explicó, ante el<br />
nutrido auditorio compuesto por magistrados,<br />
legisladores y abogados, el marco teórico y<br />
práctico en que se están efectuando los cambios<br />
mencio<strong>na</strong>dos.<br />
"El Poder Judicial necesita políticas de Estado<br />
perdurables, constantes, que puedan ir penetrando<br />
en cada uno de los estamentos", reclamó el titular<br />
de la Corte, para agregar seguidamente: "Hemos<br />
comenzado a trabajar en dos campos centrales:<br />
uno es la informatización y otro el cultural.<br />
Llevamos adelante u<strong>na</strong> de las licitaciones más<br />
grandes del Poder Judicial, sin que hubiese<br />
ningu<strong>na</strong> impug<strong>na</strong>ción y superando u<strong>na</strong> vieja y<br />
frustrante historia de fracasos".<br />
Explicó que desde febrero de 2012 no habrá más<br />
opción, todos los jueces y juezas tendrán que usar<br />
el nuevo sistema digital. "Es un software de gestión<br />
con u<strong>na</strong> capacidad extraordi<strong>na</strong>ria, flexible, que va a<br />
generar estadísticas. Hasta ahora no tenemos<br />
estadísticas confiables, pero las va a generar este<br />
sistema", detalló el presidente de la Corte.<br />
Según Lorenzetti, en el máximo tribu<strong>na</strong>l ya existen<br />
expedientes digitales (por ejemplo, notificaciones<br />
electrónicas) y la posibilidad de firmarlos<br />
digitalmente. Se ha empezado con experiencias<br />
piloto. Hubo un trabajo intenso en los últimos tres<br />
años, pero para que esa experiencia se traslade a<br />
todo el Poder Judicial, hace falta, en primer lugar,<br />
que sea gradual -no se puede pasar de cero a<br />
cien-, y en segundo plano, que cambien los usos y<br />
costumbres de jueces y abogados. Es un cambio<br />
cultural.<br />
"Hay que aplicar criterios de gestión privada al<br />
Estado. No privatizar el Estado, sino aplicar<br />
criterios de gestión. Y lo estamos haciendo. Por<br />
ejemplo, hace poco i<strong>na</strong>uguramos la mesa de<br />
entradas única de la Corte", dijo Lorenzetti.<br />
Un expediente que antes demoraba dos años en la<br />
Corte, ahora puede demorar un mes, o un mes y<br />
medio, consignó el magistrado. También aclaró que<br />
hubo expedientes de diez años de duración, con<br />
trámites complejos, y se los ha bajado a dos años.<br />
Ingresaron en su momento al máximo tribu<strong>na</strong>l<br />
70.000 causas por el "corralito", y más de 100.000<br />
por trámites jubilatorios. Pero se sacó todo el<br />
grueso de la carga de expedientes que tenía la<br />
Corte, en base a la gestión. Hoy existe u<strong>na</strong><br />
cantidad más reducida y manejable de casos.<br />
"Es hora de que nosotros asumamos la<br />
responsabilidad de concretar este objetivo, porque<br />
el Poder Judicial debe cambiar, debe dejar de<br />
mirarse a sí mismo. Y debe entender que además<br />
de ser un poder del Estado, presta un servicio.<br />
Debe mirar entonces también a quienes lo reciben.<br />
Tratarlos bien, rápido, no perder el tiempo, pensar<br />
que siempre del otro lado hay alguien que tiene<br />
u<strong>na</strong> necesidad. Para eso es que estamos nosotros<br />
aquí, poniendo lo mejor de nosotros mismos",<br />
concluyó Lorenzetti.<br />
OTROS DISERTANTES<br />
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La nómi<strong>na</strong> de disertantes se completó con Gerardo<br />
Vassallo, juez de la Cámara Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
Apelaciones en lo Comercial, y Carlos Moli<strong>na</strong><br />
Portela, juez del fuero Civil. Igualmente expusieron<br />
dos especialistas en informática -Eduardo Parody y<br />
Julio Quiñones-, mientras que Ele<strong>na</strong> Domínguez<br />
Pecco se refirió al proyecto "cero papel" en<br />
Tribu<strong>na</strong>les, en su calidad de coordi<strong>na</strong>dora de la<br />
Ofici<strong>na</strong> Regio<strong>na</strong>l de la Conferencia de Ministros de<br />
Justicia de Iberoamérica.<br />
Por su parte, Horacio Granero, presidente de la<br />
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Comisión de Alta Tecnología del Colegio de<br />
Abogados de la Ciudad, explicó los pasos<br />
graduales de la implementación del expediente<br />
digital.<br />
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Appeals court: KCUMB doesn’t have to pay legal<br />
bills for ex-CEO Pletz<br />
Steve Vockrodt<br />
Reporter - Kansas City Business Jour<strong>na</strong>l<br />
A Missouri appeals court has ruled that Kansas City<br />
University of Medicine and Biosciences does not<br />
have to pay former CEO Karen Pletz’s legal bills.<br />
The Tuesday decision by the Missouri Court of<br />
Appeals , Western District, is the third ruling in favor<br />
of the osteopathic university, which contends that it<br />
has no obligation to pay Pletz’s legal bills related to<br />
her civil or crimi<strong>na</strong>l trials on embezzlement and tax<br />
fraud charges.<br />
KCUMB’s attorneys — backed up by appellate<br />
court judges — have said the university has<br />
discretion about to whom and for how long it<br />
advances fees.<br />
A Jackson County Circuit Court judge twice had<br />
ruled against Pletz, who said her employment<br />
contract and university bylaws obligate the<br />
university to pay her legal costs.<br />
KCUMB is advancing legal fees to other university<br />
employees who have been called to testify in<br />
depositions related to the Pletz investigation.<br />
In December 2009, Pletz was suddenly fired from<br />
KCUMB, where she had served as the top<br />
administrator since 1995.<br />
The university claimed that Pletz looted more than<br />
$2 million in university money for perso<strong>na</strong>l uses.<br />
On March 30, a grand jury indicted her on similar<br />
charges, as well as tax fraud for using university<br />
money for charitable do<strong>na</strong>tions and claiming them<br />
on her perso<strong>na</strong>l tax returns.<br />
KCUMB initially advanced her fees but later<br />
decided to stop.<br />
Pletz’s attorneys cited university bylaws, as well as<br />
that KCUMB was advancing fees to others, as<br />
reasons that the university should do the same for<br />
Pletz.<br />
Attorneys for Pletz were not immediately available<br />
to comment about the ruling.<br />
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Wells Fargo Sued by Loreley Fi<strong>na</strong>ncing Over $163<br />
Million CDOs<br />
A Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) unit was accused by<br />
Loreley Fi<strong>na</strong>ncing in a lawsuit of allegedly<br />
conspiring to defraud it in the sales of $163.3<br />
million of collateralized debt obligations.<br />
Wells Fargo Securities LLC created the CDOs,<br />
made material misrepresentations and was unjustly<br />
enriched by the investments Loreley purchased,<br />
Loreley said in a summons filed yesterday in New<br />
York State Supreme Court in Manhattan. The<br />
document didn’t contain specifics about the<br />
allegations. Loreley wants its money back and<br />
unspecified punitive damages.<br />
Loreley is a group of special-purpose entities based<br />
in Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, a<br />
dependency of the U.K. with its own legislative<br />
assembly and known as a tax haven. The entities<br />
were formed for long-term investing in CDOs, pools<br />
of assets such as mortgage bonds packaged into<br />
new securities, Loreley said in an Oct. 5 lawsuit it<br />
filed against Deutsche Bank AG over $440 million<br />
in CDO purchases.<br />
Elise Wilkinson, a spokeswoman for San<br />
Francisco-based Wells Fargo, didn’t immediately<br />
return a voice-mail yesterday seeking comment on<br />
the lawsuit.<br />
Wells Fargo fell $1.14, or 4.4 percent, to $24.77<br />
yesterday in New York Stock Exchange composite<br />
trading. The shares have declined 20 percent this<br />
year.<br />
The case is Loreley Fi<strong>na</strong>ncing v. Wells Fargo<br />
Securities, 653037/2011, New York State Supreme<br />
Court (Manhattan).<br />
To contact the reporter on this story: Karen Gullo in<br />
San Francisco at kgullo@bloomberg.net<br />
To contact the editor responsible for this story:<br />
Michael Hytha at mhytha@bloomberg.net<br />
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Culture War Ens<strong>na</strong>res a Beloved Indian Epic:<br />
Choudhury<br />
Returning to New Delhi early last month, after two<br />
weeks on the road without much exercise, I passed<br />
my neighborhood park (where 10 laps every<br />
evening provide the reflective state of mind and the<br />
adre<strong>na</strong>lin that lead to columns such as this one)<br />
and realized there would be no run for me that day.<br />
It was the festival of Dussehra -- the day on which<br />
the victory of the godly king Rama of Ayodhya over<br />
his 10-headed antagonist Rava<strong>na</strong> of Lanka, and<br />
indeed of Good over Evil, is celebrated across<br />
India. In the middle of my park towered three<br />
effigies, each 40 feet high, of the bloodthirsty<br />
Rava<strong>na</strong>, to be burnt to ashes that evening like<br />
hundreds of other effigies across the city. As dusk<br />
fell, the streets of my neighborhood filled with<br />
hundreds of visitors, mostly families resplendent in<br />
festival finery, the children wearing red horns and<br />
piping on whistles and bugles, rippling with<br />
pleasure at the prospect of the shared <strong>na</strong>rrative and<br />
spectacle that would soon unfold in front of them.<br />
The story and the tradition in which millions of my<br />
countrymen were participating on Oct. 6 might be<br />
called the Rama katha (the word in many Indian<br />
languages for "story"), one of the oldest legends of<br />
the subcontinent and still the most popular,<br />
containing hundreds of archetypes, symbols,<br />
metaphors and proverbs that undergird Indian<br />
beliefs and ethical and philosophical ideas. The<br />
story is one of our greatest oral traditions and<br />
creates, as with many such <strong>na</strong>rratives handed<br />
down from one generation to another, a sense of<br />
the telescoping of time that allows people to speak<br />
of Rama and the events of his life as if they<br />
occurred in the recent past, not in the mists of<br />
mythological time.<br />
But there is also a textual genealogy to the<br />
tradition, which takes the form of various <strong>na</strong>rrations<br />
of the story in the Indian languages, many of them<br />
in dialogue with the version considered the ur-text,<br />
the enormous Ramaya<strong>na</strong> (about 50,000 lines of<br />
verse) composed in Sanskrit, the root and<br />
precursor of many modern Indian languages, by the<br />
sage Valmiki around the fifth century BC. In a<br />
preface to the most recent scholarly edition of<br />
Valmiki's text in English translation, the Indian<br />
economist and public intellectual Amartya Sen<br />
gives a sense of the story's power and geographical<br />
reach:<br />
The spread [of the Rama story across space and<br />
time] was, however, accompanied by many distinct<br />
transformations, some minor, some quite major [...]<br />
Within India there is a huge dichotomy, involving<br />
serious differences between the Northern and<br />
Southern versions. There are differences even<br />
between Northeastern variants and Northwestern<br />
ones, all in Sanskrit. As the Ramaya<strong>na</strong> gets<br />
translated into the later Indian languages, Hindi,<br />
Tamil, Kan<strong>na</strong>da, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, and<br />
others, the <strong>na</strong>rrative takes again many different<br />
turns. And there were particular variants seen from<br />
different perspectives, for example that of women,<br />
rather than men. And as the Ramaya<strong>na</strong> spread<br />
abroad, also like wild fire, with translations and<br />
adaptations across the eastern world, with<br />
Ramaya<strong>na</strong> stories circulating in An<strong>na</strong>mese,<br />
Balinese, Cambodian, Javanese, Khotanese,<br />
Laotian, Malayan, Sinhalese, Thai, Tibetan, and<br />
others, we get a huge cluster of generically linked<br />
but partially divergent <strong>na</strong>rratives.<br />
To the Rama story's many traditio<strong>na</strong>l versions<br />
across languages and cultures, we may add a<br />
modern one, again with a constituency mainly in<br />
north India, which has many towns and rivers<br />
<strong>na</strong>med in the Valmiki Ramaya<strong>na</strong> and believes itself<br />
uniquely connected to the epic through this "sacred<br />
geography." This is the idea of a political, martial<br />
Rama, returning to redeem Hinduism from the<br />
margi<strong>na</strong>lization it has suffered at the hands of the<br />
secular Indian republic put in place after<br />
Independence, as well as the violence inflicted by<br />
Islamic invaders over the last millennium. This<br />
Rama seems to want to unite all Hindus politically<br />
(though usually upper-caste Hindus in practice) in<br />
an effort to assert the domi<strong>na</strong>nce of "Hindu<br />
civilization" in multi-faith, multicultural modern India.<br />
Rama as a political symbol is central to the idiom<br />
and political program of the main opposition party in<br />
Parliament, the Bharatiya Ja<strong>na</strong>ta Party (BJP),<br />
which orchestrated in 1992, with the support of<br />
various militant Hindu groups, the bringing down of<br />
the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, on the grounds that<br />
it had been constructed by the Mughal emperor<br />
Babur on the site where Rama was thought to have<br />
been born, and deserved to be replaced with a new<br />
Ram temple. Indeed, the BJP often speaks of its<br />
ideal of government as "Ram Rajya," which would<br />
be modeled on an order that prevailed during the<br />
time of Rama. In the last three decades, the BJP,<br />
along with the mass media -- particularly in the form<br />
of a vastly popular television version telecast on<br />
India's <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l channel Doordarshan in the late<br />
1980s -- have done a great deal to homogenize the<br />
public understanding of story of Rama, privileging<br />
the versions of the story produced by Valmiki and<br />
by the 16th-century poet-saint Tulsidas in his<br />
Ramacharitama<strong>na</strong>s. The dangers of this reduction<br />
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of a widely circulated story to the authority supplied<br />
by one or two texts have been pointed out by<br />
historians such as Romila Thapar in a perceptive<br />
essay from 1989 titled "The Ramaya<strong>na</strong> Syndrome."<br />
This is the context of a controversial and deplorable<br />
recent decision by Delhi University, the country's<br />
leading institution, to excise from its history syllabus<br />
an essay by the Indian scholar of classics AK<br />
Ramanujan called "Three Hundred Ramaya<strong>na</strong>s."<br />
Ramanujan's scholarly text would be intriguing and<br />
even insightful to anyone who recognizes a secular<br />
right to inquire into the origins and variants of<br />
religious tradition. The ruckus was first raised by<br />
the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the youth<br />
wing of the BJP, in 2008, when it vandalized Delhi<br />
University's History Department in real or<br />
cooked-up outrage over the essay.<br />
The protesters claimed that the essay, which treats<br />
the many different versions of the Ramaya<strong>na</strong><br />
circulating in the subcontinent as "tellings" without<br />
privileging a particular one as authoritative,<br />
circulates many untruths about the Ramaya<strong>na</strong> and<br />
is offensive to Hindus. It is easy to see how the<br />
Ramaya<strong>na</strong> knowledge in Ramanujan's text -- for<br />
example, that in some versions, the villain Rava<strong>na</strong><br />
is really a kind of tragic hero, and that in one he is<br />
even, unknown to himself, the father of Sita, the<br />
woman whom he lusts after and abducts -- would<br />
seem heretical to those who would regard the<br />
Ramaya<strong>na</strong> not as story but as scripture. A sentence<br />
like "When we enter the world of Jain tellings, the<br />
Rama story no longer carries Hindu values" would<br />
inflame someone who sees the story as a vessel of<br />
idealized Hindu values: Rama's nobility and ideal of<br />
dharma or right conduct, Sita's famed chastity, the<br />
monkey-god Hanuman's sacrifice and devotion.<br />
In voting 111 to 9 to delete the text from the<br />
syllabus, then, Delhi University's Academic Council<br />
was, in an atmosphere of violence, intimidation and<br />
unreason, choosing to take the path of least<br />
resistance. Perhaps it reasoned that the backlash<br />
from the excision of the essay, which would be<br />
widespread but nonviolent, would be preferable to<br />
another round of vigilante justice from hotheads<br />
who would be able to frame the debate in such a<br />
way that they would have a groundswell of popular<br />
support.<br />
The university practically ensured the veto for<br />
Ramanujan's text by allowing for a referendum on<br />
the matter in the first place, when it should have<br />
stood its right to teach the syllabus it had origi<strong>na</strong>lly<br />
prescribed. One might say the Council, when faced<br />
with a vote, was being quite pragmatic. The ideas<br />
of humanistic inquiry and free speech are<br />
insufficiently grounded in Indian public life, and very<br />
few spaces -- even classrooms -- are free of the<br />
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weight and creeping pressure of religious belief.<br />
The evidence for this might be found not just in the<br />
youth wing's charmless and intimidating approach,<br />
but even in the report of the four-member academic<br />
committee appointed by the Supreme Court to<br />
look into the matter. The one dissenting member of<br />
the committee argued that he was skeptical that<br />
students -- even students of history -- would be able<br />
to tolerate the relativization of what many<br />
considered a sacred text, and further that teaching<br />
it was "likely to become more difficult in the case of<br />
a non-Hindu teacher."<br />
Meanwhile, the protestors were ignoring Hinduism's<br />
own tradition of honoring pluralism, opting instead<br />
for the gesture of a more modern believer, that of<br />
competitive religious chauvinism against the<br />
common enemy of secularists and "leftists." This<br />
was clear from a press conference held by the<br />
BJP's youth wing after Ramanujan's text was<br />
elimi<strong>na</strong>ted. Ragini Bhuyan of the Sunday Guardian<br />
reported, in a piece called "Ramanujan and the<br />
Ramaya<strong>na</strong>":<br />
Chahal [a youth group functio<strong>na</strong>ry] argued that the<br />
world erupted in protest when cartoons of Prophet<br />
Muhammad were published by a Danish<br />
newspaper. Christian organisations also protested<br />
against the portrayal of the Vatican in Dan Brown's<br />
worldwide bestselling thriller, The Da Vinci Code.<br />
Chahal went on to cite the example of the professor<br />
in Kerala who wrote a question in an exam paper<br />
referring to Prophet Muhammad, and who suffered<br />
the horrific fate of having his hands cut off. The<br />
inference was clear: other religions don't tolerate it,<br />
so why should Hindus?<br />
The press conference also brought to light some<br />
undercurrents in this battle. The press release<br />
[circulated by the organizations involved with the<br />
protest] says, "It is a well-known tactic of the<br />
Leftists to attack deep-rooted religious beliefs of<br />
Hindus." [...] Dr Awasthy claimed at the press<br />
conference that "these historians are all Left wing.<br />
This is a conspiracy by the Left." ... [The] press<br />
release also asks "Whether the same historians will<br />
recommend [sic] a <strong>na</strong>rrative by Salman Rushdie as<br />
a compulsory text for the study of the Quran or<br />
Islam?"<br />
And in one of the best responses to the<br />
controversy, the jour<strong>na</strong>list Hartosh Singh Bal<br />
offered the big picture:<br />
The ideological route from the Babri Masjid to the<br />
removal of this essay is clear. If Rama is to be a<br />
historic perso<strong>na</strong>ge, if the Ramaya<strong>na</strong> is to be<br />
history, then there cannot be many tellings, there<br />
cannot be many Ramaya<strong>na</strong>s, there cannot be many<br />
Ramas.<br />
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In a biting essay in The Telegraph, the historian<br />
Mukul Kesavan cited a poem by Ramanujan that<br />
would have served as an account of this unsavory<br />
episode:<br />
A part of Ramanujan’s oeuvre is a sharp poem<br />
called “Some Indian Uses of History on a Rainy<br />
Day”. The poem tells the story of an Indian<br />
professor of Sanskrit making his way around Berlin<br />
in 1935, u<strong>na</strong>ble to make sense of the city or its<br />
German signs till familiar symbols, a “gothic lotus<br />
on an iron gate” and “the swastika on the<br />
neighbour’s arm” give him a fleeting, spurious<br />
sense of home. A university’s academic guardians<br />
must know that there have been attempts in other<br />
times and places to fabricate an authorized past, to<br />
speak for an authentically Indo-European people, to<br />
concoct an ‘Aryan’ canon. Ramanujan’s essay is an<br />
intellectual antidote to projects such as these, it is a<br />
text that revels in the incredible diversity of our epic<br />
<strong>na</strong>rratives.<br />
I can only imagine that the vice-chancellor and the<br />
academic council made an honest mistake, that,<br />
prompted by a misplaced sense of prudence or<br />
superabundant caution, they offered “Three<br />
Hundred Ramaya<strong>na</strong>s” at the altar of a lumpen god,<br />
hoping to appease it. It won’t, of course: this god is<br />
insatiable. Instead of pandering to unreason, the<br />
university should be true to itself, stand its ground<br />
and reinstate Ramanujan.<br />
Even as some aspects of India's vibrant Ramaya<strong>na</strong><br />
tradition are, as Kesavan says, being sacrificed, the<br />
country's rich traditions of renewal and<br />
reinterpretation of the Rama katha continue in a<br />
parallel universe. Two excellent contributions to this<br />
tradition in English have appeared in the last six<br />
months. "Sita's Ramaya<strong>na</strong>," a graphic novel by the<br />
writer Samhita Arni and the folk artist Moy<strong>na</strong><br />
Chitrakar, is <strong>na</strong>rrated from the perspective of Sita<br />
and not Rama, and was recently on the New York<br />
Times bestseller list. "Lost Loves: Exploring Rama's<br />
Anguish" is a book by the scholar and Ramaya<strong>na</strong><br />
translator Arshia Sattar about the relationship<br />
between Rama and Sita, and their respective<br />
dilemmas after she is abducted by Rava<strong>na</strong>.<br />
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Sattar's book, one can safely assume, would also<br />
be attacked by the censorious religious right if it<br />
made its way onto a university syllabus. But in truth,<br />
it makes Rama come alive by making his problems<br />
come alive in all their moral complexity, holding that<br />
we can best understand the story only when we are<br />
furthest "from the all-encompassing bhakti universe<br />
[universe of devotion] that renders Rama's deeds<br />
unquestio<strong>na</strong>ble and beyond reproach." One might<br />
say that some of India's self-appointed guardians of<br />
knowledge and culture, breathing fire and hatred<br />
like the cardboard villain Rava<strong>na</strong> of their<br />
black-and-white Ramaya<strong>na</strong>, have in this particular<br />
episode successfully come between Ramanujan<br />
and university students. But it will be much harder<br />
for them to wedge themselves between India and<br />
its many Ramaya<strong>na</strong>s.<br />
(Chandrahas Choudhury, a novelist, is the New<br />
Delhi correspondent for the World View blog. The<br />
opinions expressed are his own.)<br />
To contact the author of this blog post: Chandrahas<br />
Choudhury at chandrahas.choudhury@gmail.com<br />
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Falleció Sergio Montiel, ex gober<strong>na</strong>dor entrerriano<br />
Sergio Montiel, político radical, ex diputado<br />
<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l y ex gober<strong>na</strong>dor de Entre Ríos en dos<br />
períodos, falleció ayer, a los 84 años, en Paraná,<br />
luego de u<strong>na</strong> larga enfermedad . Montiel fue uno de<br />
los radicales que más se opusieron al Pacto de<br />
Olivos , firmado por el entonces presidente Carlos<br />
Menem y el ex presidente Raúl Alfonsín, de quien<br />
fue un enco<strong>na</strong>do adversario y a quien acusó de<br />
haber recibido dinero a cambio de dicho acuerdo.<br />
Nació el 20 de octubre de 1927 en Concepción del<br />
Uruguay, se graduó de abogado en la Universidad<br />
Nacio<strong>na</strong>l del Litoral, y gobernó su provincia de<br />
1983 a 1987 y de 1999 a 2003. Casado con Martha<br />
Jordán, tuvo dos hijos y varios nietos. También fue<br />
diputado <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l, catedrático universitario,<br />
subsecretario de Justicia y presidió el Instituto de<br />
Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
Su padre, el teniente coronel Lino H. Montiel<br />
casado con Cándida Forzano, murió el 20 de julio<br />
de 1931, cuando era jefe del Regimiento 9 de<br />
Infantería de Corrientes y apoyaba al gobierno del<br />
general José Félix Uriburu, que derrocó a Hipólito<br />
Yrigoyen el 6 de septiembre de 1930. Murió<br />
baleado durante u<strong>na</strong> pelea con el teniente coronel<br />
Gregorio Pomar, ex edecán presidencial de<br />
Yrigoyen, quien se levantó en armas contra<br />
Uriburu.<br />
Sus hermanos mayores siguieron la carrera militar.<br />
El coronel Juan José Montiel Forzano, fallecido en<br />
2007 a los 89 años, se retiró en 1964; mientras que<br />
el general Lino Montiel Forzano sucedió a Antonio<br />
Bussi en el gobierno militar de Tucumán, en 1977,<br />
y presidió luego Yacyretá.<br />
El último tramo de su gober<strong>na</strong>ción, ya caído De la<br />
Rúa, fue muy tumultuoso pero contó con el<br />
respaldo del ex presidente Raúl Alfonsín y del<br />
entonces presidente Eduardo Duhalde. En<br />
diciembre de 2002, un fallo del Superior Tribu<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
Justicia de Entre Ríos restituyó en sus bancas a<br />
ocho legisladores leales al mandatario y frenó su<br />
destitución. Querían enjuiciarlo por decretar la<br />
emisión de 198 millones de bonos federales con los<br />
que pagaba sueldos.<br />
No fueron fáciles esos tiempos, pues el estado<br />
provincial casi no contaba con recursos. Inclusive,<br />
el 22 de febrero de 2003, el mandatario de 75 años<br />
fue agredido a puñetazos en Urdi<strong>na</strong>rrain, cerca de<br />
Gualeguaychú.<br />
Montiel logró por primera vez la gober<strong>na</strong>ción de<br />
Entre Ríos en los comicios del 30 de octubre de<br />
1983. Luego sufrió dos derrotas ante el PJ, Mario<br />
Moine (1991) y Jorge Busti (1995), para volver al<br />
sillón de Urquiza en 1999.<br />
El gober<strong>na</strong>dor Sergio Urribarri lamentó el<br />
fallecimiento de Montiel. “Como hombres de la<br />
democracia lamentamos su partida y<br />
acompañamos a su familia en el doloroso trance”,<br />
dijo.<br />
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Darío Vivas: La derecha privatiza hasta los derechos<br />
políticos<br />
"Están convirtiendo las candidaturas en un negocio<br />
que es contrario a la Constitución", advirtió<br />
El cobro de tarifas millo<strong>na</strong>rias para optar a la<br />
candidatura presidencial es el ingrediente que<br />
añade la derecha para privatizar los derechos<br />
políticos y hacer de la política un tremendo<br />
negocio, aseveró Darío Vivas, dirigente <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV).<br />
"Están convirtiendo las candidaturas en un negocio<br />
que es contrario a la Constitución", advirtió.<br />
Cuestionó que los sectores de oposición vendan en<br />
1 millón de bolívares la posibilidad de ser candidato<br />
presidencial en Venezuela, cuando la Carta Mag<strong>na</strong><br />
sólo establece que para aspirar a la Presidencia de<br />
la República es necesario ser venezolano y mayor<br />
de edad.<br />
"Eso demuestra los antivalores que rigen la política<br />
de la derecha; ya lo hicieron para los comicios<br />
parlamentarios y ahora están cobrando 1 millón de<br />
bolívares para quien quiera postularse a la<br />
Presidencia", señaló.<br />
Vivas recalcó que, ante la imposición de pagos<br />
para participar en las elecciones de 2012, el<br />
Consejo Nacio<strong>na</strong>l Electoral (CNE) está en la<br />
obligación de revisar la procedencia de los<br />
recursos que cancelarán los opositores para poder<br />
aspirar a u<strong>na</strong> candidatura: "Ese dinero puede<br />
provenir fácilmente del <strong>na</strong>rcotráfico o de la<br />
corrupción".<br />
Sostuvo que "a cualquiera le genera dudas" la<br />
disponibilidad de 1 millón de bolívares para<br />
comprar la posibilidad de participar en u<strong>na</strong> jor<strong>na</strong>da<br />
electoral: "Acción Democrática, Copei y todos sus<br />
derivados convierten en un negocio todo lo que ven<br />
y por eso hay que revisar de dónde saldrá ese<br />
capital".<br />
El dirigente socialista contrastó la visión<br />
mercantilista de la oposición venezola<strong>na</strong> con el<br />
proceso organizativo que adelantan las fuerzas<br />
revolucio<strong>na</strong>rias para garantizar la reelección del<br />
presidente Hugo Chávez, desde el PSUV y el Gran<br />
Polo Patriótico (GPP).<br />
"Estamos trabajando por los 10 millones de votos y<br />
no importa cómo la derecha se organice, porque el<br />
pueblo venezolano ya la conoce y le va a propi<strong>na</strong>r<br />
otra contundente derrota el 7 de octubre de 2012?,<br />
acotó. Fuente/AVN<br />
Foto/Archivo Versión para Imprimir Ir arriba | Ir a<br />
Portada<br />
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Reclaman a Macri la aplicación de la Ley de Comu<strong>na</strong>s<br />
El bloque del Frente para la Victoria (FPV) de la<br />
Legislatura exigió hoy la derogación del decreto del<br />
Ejecutivo porteño que crea las Unidades de<br />
Atención Ciudada<strong>na</strong> (UAC) por entender que "vacía<br />
de atribuciones a las Juntas Comu<strong>na</strong>les".<br />
El gobierno de Mauricio Macri pretende "sacarle<br />
competencia a los comuneros e ir en contra de la<br />
voluntad popular, mediante la creación de las<br />
UAC", afirmó el presidente del bloque de<br />
legisladores kirchneristas, Juan Cabandié.<br />
"El PRO comete un hecho de gravedad en contra<br />
de la ley de Comu<strong>na</strong>s, la cual fue votada para<br />
generar u<strong>na</strong> efectiva descentralización y<br />
participación ciudada<strong>na</strong>", agregó Cabandié en u<strong>na</strong><br />
conferencia de prensa del bloque de legisladores<br />
del FPV y aliados, junto a los 32 comuneros electos<br />
de esa fuerza.<br />
El kirchnerismo anunció además que impulsará un<br />
"plan de acción" con movilizaciones para que "el<br />
macrismo cumpla con la Constitución" de la<br />
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.<br />
Además de Cabandié estuvieron presentes en la<br />
rueda de prensa el ministro de Trabajo, Carlos<br />
Tomada, y los legisladores Gabriela Alegre, Tito<br />
Nen<strong>na</strong>, María José Lubertino, Gonzalo Ruanova,<br />
Gabriela Cerruti, Delia Bisutti y Aníbal Ibarra, entre<br />
otros.<br />
"Vamos a exigir la aprobación y el aumento del<br />
presupuesto, el cumplimiento de las competencias<br />
de las Juntas comu<strong>na</strong>les y la anulación de las<br />
UAC. Creemos en la decisión y elección popular",<br />
subrayó el presidente de la bancada.<br />
Por su parte, la diputada Alegre afirmó que "el<br />
gobierno de Mauricio Macri intenta vaciar de<br />
contenido a la Juntas Comu<strong>na</strong>les para impedir que<br />
tengan capacidad de gestión y control de los<br />
contratos de mantenimiento del espacio público".<br />
Según el bloque del FPV, el decreto de las UAC<br />
"viola el espíritu de la Ley Orgánica de Comu<strong>na</strong>s"<br />
al crear de hecho "u<strong>na</strong> junta comu<strong>na</strong>l paralela sólo<br />
en manos del macrismo".<br />
"Macri no quiere participación ni control por parte<br />
de los ciudadanos y de las fuerzas de la oposición,<br />
por lo que avanza con el vaciamiento de un órgano<br />
constitucio<strong>na</strong>l que fue votado de manera directa<br />
por los ciudadanos porteños, garantizando la<br />
pluralidad de sus representantes", señaló.<br />
El bloque kirchnerista fijó esta posición pocos días<br />
después de que el subsecretario de Atención<br />
Ciudada<strong>na</strong>, Eduardo Macchiavelli, afirmara que "el<br />
proceso de descentralización" hacia las Comu<strong>na</strong>s<br />
"requiere ir despacio", al presentar a la Legislatura<br />
el presupuesto de gastos para 2012.<br />
Según la ley 1.777 de 2005, la Ciudad debe poner<br />
en funciones el próximo 10 de diciembre las Juntas<br />
Comu<strong>na</strong>les, cuyas autoridades fueron elegidas el<br />
pasado 10 de julio.<br />
Pero, en agosto último, el gobierno de Macri creó<br />
por decreto las UAC, consideradas por diversos<br />
sectores de la oposición, también por el FPV, como<br />
un intento de quitar facultades de gestión a las<br />
Comu<strong>na</strong>s.<br />
"En el proyecto de Presupuesto 2012 el macrismo<br />
no reconoce a las Comu<strong>na</strong>s como jurisdicción y no<br />
se han incorporado las partidas presupuestarias<br />
necesarias para la puesta en funcio<strong>na</strong>miento de las<br />
Juntas Comu<strong>na</strong>les y los Consejos Consultivos<br />
Comu<strong>na</strong>les", denunció el bloque del FPV.<br />
El kirchnerismo anunció que, para lograr la<br />
derogación del decreto de las UAC, promoverá un<br />
"plan de acción" con "movilizaciones y campañas<br />
de concientización" frente a las sedes actuales de<br />
los Centros de Gestión y Participación Comu<strong>na</strong>l<br />
(CGPC).<br />
Además, señaló que se "reserva el derecho de<br />
accio<strong>na</strong>r judicialmente para obligar al Ejecutivo<br />
macrista a cumplir con la Constitución y las<br />
leyes".<br />
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La hora de racio<strong>na</strong>lizar la España autonómica<br />
Con su pretensión de devolver competencias<br />
onerosas, algu<strong>na</strong>s autonomías reabren el debate<br />
sobre la recentralización - No hay estudios que<br />
digan que más Estado significa más ahorro y<br />
eficacia<br />
JOSÉ LUIS BARBERÍA 02/11/2011<br />
El sistema autonómico gestado hace tres décadas<br />
parece haber entrado en barre<strong>na</strong> cuando ape<strong>na</strong>s<br />
quedan ya competencias que transferir y se<br />
estre<strong>na</strong>n los estatutos de segunda generación. En<br />
ple<strong>na</strong> crisis, el planteamiento revisionista cobra<br />
fuerza<br />
Es como si el motor del Estado autonómico se<br />
hubiera gripado repenti<strong>na</strong>mente tras 30 años de<br />
andadura y los mecánicos manejaran un<br />
diagnóstico dividido entre "preocupante", "grave" y<br />
"crítico". De la noche a la maña<strong>na</strong>, la crisis<br />
económica ha venido a suspender la marchosa<br />
competición entre los 17, de forma que donde<br />
antes se reclamaban alegremente competencias,<br />
ahora agradecerían mucho que, por favor, les<br />
liberaran de las que pesan como u<strong>na</strong> losa en las<br />
depauperadas haciendas autonómicas. Se<br />
acabaron los fastos, los gastos suntuosos, los<br />
aeropuertos sin aviones para despegar y tantos<br />
proyectos magníficos y costosos, al tiempo que se<br />
tambalean las televisiones autonómicas, las<br />
empresas semipúblicas y las que proveen a las<br />
Administraciones. "No nos llega", es el grito que<br />
surge de los cuatro puntos cardi<strong>na</strong>les autonómicos<br />
del Estado, aunque se oyen pocos golpes de pecho<br />
y se tiende a pensar que la responsabilidad recae<br />
fuera del territorio propio.<br />
El miedo al colapso fi<strong>na</strong>nciero está poniendo en<br />
circulación un término en desuso, exhumado para<br />
el momento. Es el vocablo "recentralizar", y puesto<br />
que esa es la palabra de moda, habría que saber si<br />
la gestión centralizada resulta más económica y<br />
eficaz, como suponen quienes creen que el Estado<br />
de las autonomías es un dispendio que este país<br />
ya no pueda permitirse. Ante el estupor general, la<br />
presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Esperanza<br />
Aguirre, ha anunciado su propósito de devolver las<br />
competencias de Justicia a la Administración<br />
central, al tiempo que adelantaba que tampoco le<br />
importaría prescindir de otras, como Cultura,<br />
Infraestructuras, Medio Ambiente o Economía. Los<br />
catedráticos constitucio<strong>na</strong>listas con más<br />
predicamento que acaban de clausurar el congreso<br />
inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l sobre federalismo y autonomías<br />
celebrado en Bilbao se echan las manos a la<br />
cabeza. ¿Devolver competencias? La<br />
Constitución y los estatutos no contemplan<br />
semejante posibilidad. Si lo que se da no se quita,<br />
lo que se acepta no se devuelve, así como así.<br />
Haría falta un acuerdo con el Estado, u<strong>na</strong> reforma<br />
estatutaria... pero ¿no es un contrasentido que<br />
des<strong>na</strong>turaliza la esencia de la autonomía?<br />
La presidenta de Madrid no está sola en esta<br />
iniciativa, es la abanderada de un planteamiento<br />
revisionista que comparten Murcia, Valencia y<br />
Castilla-La Mancha, comunidades gober<strong>na</strong>das por<br />
el PP y actualmente irritadas porque, en aras de la<br />
proclamada austeridad, el Gobierno central les<br />
exige cumplir la regla de gasto y el Instituto de<br />
Crédito Oficial solo se presta a cubrirles la mitad de<br />
la deuda. ¿Hay que tomarse en serio estos aires de<br />
revuelta autonómica desatados contra el Ejecutivo<br />
central o pensar que, por desengrasado que se<br />
halle el sistema, esos aires amai<strong>na</strong>rán en cuanto<br />
Mariano Rajoy se asiente en La Moncloa? Lo que<br />
sí sopla desde hace tiempo es un viento creciente<br />
de descrédito y desafecto hacia el Estado de las<br />
autonomías que parece haber hecho olvidar que,<br />
con los desajustes, duplicidades e ineficiencias que<br />
se quieran, la descentralización ha sido un invento<br />
sumamente beneficioso para este país.<br />
"En poco tiempo, el Estado autonómico ha pasado<br />
de ser considerado un sistema perfecto y habilitado<br />
para integrar a los <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>listas a ser visto como<br />
un instrumento ineficiente en lo económico e inútil a<br />
la hora de encauzar el problema de los<br />
<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>lismos", constata el profesor de Derecho<br />
Administrativo de la Universidad de Zaragoza, José<br />
Tudela. Parece evidente que el rechazo al sistema<br />
autonómico ha dejado de ser u<strong>na</strong> cuestión de la<br />
derecha extrema para extenderse por campos<br />
ideológicos donde priman la búsqueda de la<br />
eficacia y la preocupación por la igualdad y la<br />
equidad. Las noticias que dan cuenta de casos de<br />
adoctri<strong>na</strong>miento <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>lista o de margi<strong>na</strong>ción de<br />
los castellanohablantes se entrelazan a menudo en<br />
un totum revolutum con la atribución genérica a las<br />
autonomías de los pobres resultados educativos o<br />
el engorro de tener que cumplir normativas<br />
diferentes sobre los mismos asuntos. Los 17<br />
permisos de caza o la variedad de reglamentos que<br />
exigen que las astas de los toros desti<strong>na</strong>dos a la<br />
lidia tengan 5, 5,5 o 6 centímetros, según la<br />
comunidad de que se trate, ilustran de forma<br />
pintoresca esa diversidad normativa percibida a<br />
menudo como innecesaria y caprichosa.<br />
El desencanto se comprende si a esas realidades o<br />
suposiciones prejuiciosas se les abo<strong>na</strong> con<br />
escándalos de corrupción como el de la trama<br />
Gürtel o de despilfarro y saqueo en las cajas de<br />
ahorro administradas por encargo de élites políticas<br />
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locales que después de haber gestio<strong>na</strong>do los<br />
tiempos de bo<strong>na</strong>nza se ven incapaces de<br />
mantener, no ya sus grandes promesas, sino los<br />
servicios básicos. Algunos estudiosos del proceso<br />
autonómico recuerdan ahora los gestos de<br />
admiración y asombro con que parlamentarios<br />
extranjeros de estados federales contemplaban los<br />
lujosos edificios que albergan parlamentos,<br />
gobiernos y demás instituciones autonómicas<br />
españolas. "A menudo, se ha confundido la<br />
dignidad institucio<strong>na</strong>l con la magnificencia y el lujo",<br />
admite Alberto López Basaguren, catedrático de<br />
Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l de la Universidad del País<br />
Vasco.<br />
Así las cosas, un número creciente de ciudadanos<br />
parece tender a buscar soluciones en el<br />
reforzamiento, sin matices, del Estado y la<br />
Administración central, pese a que el despilfarro no<br />
ha sido solo cosa de las autonomías. ¿Cómo se<br />
explica, si no, que el Estado central no haya<br />
adelgazado en número de funcio<strong>na</strong>rios después de<br />
las masivas transferencias de estas décadas? ¿Se<br />
ha adaptado realmente al sistema autonómico?<br />
No hay estudios científicos que demuestren que la<br />
gestión estatal es, por sí misma, más eficiente y<br />
económica. Las conclusiones de los trabajos<br />
realizados hasta ahora no van mucho más allá de<br />
mostrar que, al contrario de lo que ha ocurrido en<br />
Italia, la España autonómica ha logrado reducir<br />
algo las diferencias de renta entre las comunidades<br />
y ha hecho crecer a todas. "No sabemos si u<strong>na</strong><br />
Sanidad más centralizada es o no más eficiente.<br />
Podemos suponer que u<strong>na</strong> mayor coordi<strong>na</strong>ción,<br />
por ejemplo, en la compra masiva de<br />
medicamentos, o la especialización de las<br />
autonomías en áreas médicas determi<strong>na</strong>das<br />
resultarían beneficiosas, pero no lo sabemos.<br />
Necesitamos hacer estudios empíricos porque<br />
puede que no haga falta recentralizar y que baste<br />
con u<strong>na</strong> mayor coordi<strong>na</strong>ción", indica José Tudela.<br />
No se ha probado, pues, que la racio<strong>na</strong>lidad<br />
económica esté necesariamente vinculada al<br />
centralismo, ni tampoco lo contrario.<br />
"Hemos hecho un esfuerzo sin precedentes para<br />
mejorar y modernizar la Administración de Justicia.<br />
Hemos incrementado el presupuesto de 150<br />
millones hasta 350, sin que eso haya redundado en<br />
beneficios para los ciudadanos", ha asegurado<br />
Esperanza Aguirre. ¿A qué cabe atribuir entonces<br />
el fracaso, si cada competencia transferida va<br />
acompañada de su correspondiente partida<br />
presupuestaria? El presidente de Murcia, Ramón<br />
Luis Valcárcel, considera que el ministro de<br />
Justicia, Francisco Caamaño, le "engañó" con la<br />
transferencia y otros presidentes autonómicos del<br />
PP denuncian que el Gobierno central ha actuado<br />
con estrechez de miras en el Consejo de Política<br />
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Fiscal y Fi<strong>na</strong>nciera que se encarga de coordi<strong>na</strong>r los<br />
presupuestos de las comunidades con el Estado.<br />
"¿Qué por qué no les llega? Fundamentalmente,<br />
por la mala gestión. El sistema de fi<strong>na</strong>nciación ha<br />
funcio<strong>na</strong>do y además, las autonomías pueden<br />
establecer sus propios tributos. El problema es que<br />
los presidentes autonómicos no quieren mostrarse<br />
ante sus ciudadanos como los encargados de la<br />
poda a la que obliga la crisis", apunta Francisco<br />
Balaguer, catedrático de Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
de la Universidad de Gra<strong>na</strong>da. "Hay que ser serios,<br />
el Estado autonómico no puede ser más caro ni<br />
contar con un sistema de fi<strong>na</strong>nciación que se<br />
declara definitivo y se modifica cada dos años",<br />
subraya López Basaguren.<br />
Es también un hecho que bajo las razones<br />
contables con que se justifica el propósito de<br />
desprenderse de determi<strong>na</strong>das competencias<br />
subyace la idea de que el desarrollo autonómico ha<br />
ido demasiado lejos y que el modelo ha fracasado<br />
por no haber puesto freno a las "apetencias"<br />
<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>listas. Esperanza Aguirre ha explicado su<br />
postura invocando el carácter "<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l" de la<br />
Administración de Justicia -se consideraba materia<br />
del Estado central hasta que el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l autorizó las transferencias-, pero<br />
quien ha expresado esa crítica de forma más nítida<br />
ha sido el presidente de Murcia. Tras señalar que<br />
"de seguir así, más de uno tendremos que<br />
plantearnos la devolución de competencias",<br />
Valcárcel ha indicado: "Si resulta que en un lugar<br />
de España donde no quieren ser un lugar de<br />
España se está dando u<strong>na</strong> Historia que no tiene<br />
<strong>na</strong>da que ver con España, no me interesa la<br />
competencia de Educación, ni en Murcia, ni en<br />
Sebastopol". Aunque pueda parecer un desahogo<br />
aislado, es evidente que sus palabras conectan con<br />
un clima de opinión que en la cuestión autonómica<br />
ha pasado de la desconfianza a la beligerancia.<br />
"Puede que el problema no esté solo en las<br />
comunidades autónomas. El Estado ha reducido<br />
mucho más los gastos pero es porque resulta más<br />
fácil dejar de hacer autopistas que recortar en<br />
servicios de demanda rígida como Educación o<br />
Sanidad, que se llevan entre el 60% y el 70% del<br />
presupuesto total de las comunidades", destaca<br />
Carles Viver Pi-Sunyer, catedrático de Derecho<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l de la Pompeu Fabra, ex<br />
magistrado del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l y principal<br />
asesor jurídico de la reforma del estatuto catalán.<br />
Al igual que el catedrático de Derecho<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l por la Universidad Autónoma de<br />
Madrid Juan José Solozábal y otros grandes<br />
juristas, también Viver considera que el rechazo de<br />
competencias deja al descubierto la crisis del<br />
sistema.<br />
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"Un sector de la sociedad no solo rechaza la<br />
existencia de 17 entes políticos diferentes, sino<br />
también de 17 administraciones diferentes. Y, por<br />
lo visto, hay comunidades que no aspiran a<br />
mantener el nivel de autogobierno tan potente que<br />
han alcanzado", añade. Ahí apuntan los expertos<br />
juristas partidarios de un modelo asimétrico que dé<br />
más a los que más piden. A su juicio, la crisis<br />
actual sería la consecuencia retardada de la<br />
errónea concepción del modelo de 17 autonomías<br />
establecido hace 30 años. "Puesto que el sistema<br />
fue concebido para satisfacer las ansias de<br />
autogobierno del País Vasco y Cataluña y, en<br />
menor medida, la de Galicia, no tenía sentido<br />
embarcar al resto de las regiones en un proceso de<br />
acumulación de competencias no demandadas<br />
socialmente. Ahora, la crisis económica pone en<br />
evidencia esa falta de cultura y vocación<br />
autonómica integral", sugieren.<br />
Por el contrario, el catedrático de Derecho<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l por la Autónoma de Barcelo<strong>na</strong>,<br />
Francesc de Carreras i Serra, opi<strong>na</strong> que el<br />
problema no está en el modelo, sino el mal<br />
funcio<strong>na</strong>miento del modelo. "Habría que llegar a un<br />
acuerdo general y establecer con criterios<br />
funcio<strong>na</strong>les qué competencias convendría que<br />
desempeñara el Estado", señala. Es u<strong>na</strong> posición<br />
opuesta a quienes siguen creyendo en la tesis:<br />
"cuantas más competencias, mejor" cuestio<strong>na</strong>da<br />
con la crisis. "O vamos a un sistema básicamente<br />
igualitario o vamos a un modelo que diferencie a<br />
Cataluña, País Vasco y no sé si también a<br />
Andalucía", advierte López Basaguren. U<strong>na</strong><br />
máxima a tener en cuenta de cara a un<br />
replanteamiento autonómico que dé continuidad,<br />
sentido y fortaleza al proceso es que el peligro de<br />
legislar de manera arbitraria es mayor cuanto más<br />
pequeña es u<strong>na</strong> Administración. Y, como se ha<br />
visto con los Ayuntamientos implicados en la<br />
corrupción urbanística, la compra de voluntades, el<br />
clientelismo y la prevaricación anidan mejor en los<br />
espacios administrativos reducidos, más opacos a<br />
la inspección y al control. La otra máxima a<br />
considerar es que la gestión cerca<strong>na</strong> al ciudadano<br />
tiende a ser más eficiente y se supone que la<br />
descentralización aporta por sí misma di<strong>na</strong>mismo y<br />
competitividad.<br />
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El sistema parece haber entrado en barre<strong>na</strong><br />
precisamente cuando ya no quedan asuntos que<br />
transferir y se estre<strong>na</strong>n los estatutos de segunda<br />
generación, forzados por u<strong>na</strong> demanda catala<strong>na</strong><br />
insatisfecha que persigue los "privilegios" fiscales<br />
vascos y <strong>na</strong>varro. ¿La doble crisis económica y<br />
autonómica no brinda u<strong>na</strong> oportunidad para<br />
repensar el modelo, revisar y cambiar lo que haya<br />
que cambiar y buscar un mejor acomodo para<br />
todos? Al fin y al cabo, ya sería extraordi<strong>na</strong>rio que<br />
el proceso de descentralización más rápido de la<br />
esfera inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l no hubiera cometido errores,<br />
desajustes, ni tuvieran fallas de calado que<br />
exigieran su recomposición.<br />
"No podemos prolongar u<strong>na</strong> situación de crisis<br />
autonómica tan seria. Hay que llegar a un acuerdo<br />
de coordi<strong>na</strong>ción y organizarse de manera eficiente.<br />
El Estado tiene suficientes títulos para controlar e<br />
intervenir; lo que pasa es que a veces, los demás<br />
llegan donde tú consientes", subraya Solozábal. En<br />
opinión de Francesc de Carreras, la clave es<br />
abordar el problema con "ojos laicos", pensando en<br />
el ciudadano y no en dar un paso más hacia la<br />
soberanía. "La disputa <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>lista es un pulso<br />
contra España por motivos ideológicos, porque<br />
aquí <strong>na</strong>die se ha quejado de las grandes cesiones<br />
de soberanía que hemos hecho a Bruselas",<br />
afirma.<br />
Tironeado entre los <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>listas agraviados y<br />
quienes creen que el proceso ha traspasado la<br />
raya de la racio<strong>na</strong>lidad, el debate se polariza sin<br />
que desde la política se aborde el problema en su<br />
conjunto, se remuevan los grandes obstáculos,<br />
singularmente la reforma del Se<strong>na</strong>do, para integrar<br />
a las comunidades autónomas en los órganos<br />
comunes o se asuma el criterio rector de u<strong>na</strong><br />
racio<strong>na</strong>lización que, dada la <strong>na</strong>turaleza identitaria<br />
autonómica, tampoco tiene por qué suponer la<br />
aplicación de un visión exclusivamente<br />
economicista.<br />
¿La situación exige reconsiderar el tamaño de las<br />
unidades que componen el mosaico de las 17,<br />
a<strong>na</strong>lizar a viabilidad de las autonomías<br />
uniprovinciales, estudiar alianzas, acuerdos de<br />
servicios entre vecinos, fusiones? "Alemania tiene<br />
16 länder para u<strong>na</strong> población de noventa y tantos<br />
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millones, y España 17 autonomías con la mitad de<br />
habitantes", indica José Tudela. ¿No ha llegado el<br />
momento de hacer un punto y aparte, abrir u<strong>na</strong><br />
reflexión tranquila, sosegada y replantearse un<br />
modelo que, como sostiene Alberto López<br />
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encubierto"?<br />
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Argenti<strong>na</strong> debate ley de aborto; Fernández no está de<br />
acuerdo<br />
Proyecto. Sería legal antes de las 12 primeras<br />
sema<strong>na</strong>s de gestación<br />
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Es un debate histórico para la Argenti<strong>na</strong>. La<br />
Cámara de Diputados inició ayer la discusión para<br />
avanzar en la despe<strong>na</strong>lización del aborto y de las<br />
iniciativas evaluadas en la Comisión de Legislación<br />
Pe<strong>na</strong>l se aprobó la más progresista.<br />
Se avanzará en la posibilidad de modificar el<br />
código pe<strong>na</strong>l para legalizar el aborto siempre que<br />
se realice antes de las 12 sema<strong>na</strong>s de gestación.<br />
Los proyectos que se debatieron, básicamente, se<br />
encuadraban en dos posiciones: la despe<strong>na</strong>lización<br />
total o parcial del aborto. El dictamen favorable,<br />
que obtuvo 7 de los 12 votos de la Comisión, fue<br />
para el primer proyecto, impulsado por la diputada<br />
Cecilia Merchán y apoyado por un gran número de<br />
organizaciones sociales.<br />
La despe<strong>na</strong>lización total habilita a que -además de<br />
que la mujer pueda interrumpir su embarazo<br />
durante las primeras 12 sema<strong>na</strong>s de gestación- en<br />
los casos en que se verifique que el embarazo fue<br />
producido por u<strong>na</strong> violación o que esté en riesgo la<br />
vida de la mujer, el aborto puede ejecutarse en<br />
cualquier momento antes del <strong>na</strong>cimiento del bebé.<br />
La presidenta Cristi<strong>na</strong> Fernández no se ha<br />
pronunciado, pese a que la mayoría de los<br />
kirchneristas llaman a la legalización. La<br />
mandataria, sin embargo, ha declarado a la<br />
periodista Sandra Russo, autora de la biografía La<br />
Presidenta (Sudamerica<strong>na</strong>, 2011): "El recuerdo de<br />
un embarazo que perdí me moviliza mucho (…) Yo<br />
no estoy de acuerdo con el aborto, pero no digo<br />
que tenga razón".<br />
Tal como sucedió con iniciativas como la del<br />
matrimonio igualitario o, para ir más atrás, con la<br />
del divorcio, las discusiones serán muy<br />
encendidas. Hay u<strong>na</strong> tercera posición que no se<br />
plasmó en un proyecto pero es la que sostienen los<br />
legisladores que rechazan de plano el aborto y<br />
también harán oír sus razones para oponerse a la<br />
aprobación de ambas leyes en las cámaras.<br />
Así, los intercambios que se darán serán reflejo de<br />
u<strong>na</strong> opinión pública dividida. Uno de los consensos<br />
sobre los que se parte en el proyecto de<br />
despe<strong>na</strong>lización total, es que la práctica del aborto<br />
es u<strong>na</strong> realidad en la Argenti<strong>na</strong>, solo que se<br />
mantiene en la clandestinidad, con los riesgos que<br />
esto conlleva, sobre todo para las mujeres de<br />
menores recursos.<br />
La referente en este tema del Movimiento<br />
Socialista de los Trabajadores, Vilma Ripoll, estimó<br />
cifras de entre 400.000 y 600.000 casos. El<br />
Ministerio de Salud habla de 800.000. "Los abortos<br />
sépticos (infectados) provocan 30% de las muertes<br />
mater<strong>na</strong>s, siendo así la primera causa", señala<br />
Ripoll. Y cuestio<strong>na</strong>: "Las muertes reales son<br />
entonces 400 o 500 al año, casi siempre de<br />
mujeres jóvenes y humildes que son las que no<br />
pueden acceder a practicarlo en clínicas o<br />
consultorios privados". Esta es u<strong>na</strong> cuestión de<br />
"salud pública" y de "justicia social", añade.<br />
De allí que, en palabras de la diputada Merchan<br />
(opositora y exkirchnerista), "el solo hecho de que<br />
se discuta en el Congreso, históricamente<br />
cajoneado, es de por sí un motivo para celebrar.<br />
Además, el proyecto es un ejemplo de construcción<br />
ciudada<strong>na</strong> y democrática: en él se manifiesta el<br />
consenso de todas las organizaciones que<br />
componen la Campaña Nacio<strong>na</strong>l por un Aborto<br />
Legal, Seguro y Gratuito".<br />
Ripoll también considera histórico este debate que<br />
-señala- requiere de la participación de la sociedad<br />
expresándose en las calles, en los medios, en el<br />
Congreso. "Se tiene que habilitar un movimiento<br />
transversal en el Congreso y eso dependerá de la<br />
presión social que se ejerza, como en el tema del<br />
matrimonio igualitario, será indispensable el apoyo<br />
de la sociedad", opinó.<br />
Las diferencias de posiciones quedarán de<br />
manifiesto hoy con dos marchas. Quienes se<br />
oponen al tratamiento del proyecto se citaron para<br />
las 14 horas frente al Congreso Nacio<strong>na</strong>l "a fin de<br />
ejercer el derecho constitucio<strong>na</strong>l de peticio<strong>na</strong>r ante<br />
las autoridades y pedir que se desestimen los<br />
proyectos sobre aborto". Quienes están a favor,<br />
convocan a la misma hora en el mismo lugar. La<br />
definen como u<strong>na</strong> protesta lanzada desde la<br />
Campaña Nacio<strong>na</strong>l por el derecho al Aborto Legal,<br />
Seguro y Gratuito.<br />
Un debate mundial<br />
No se puede<br />
El aborto está aceptado para salvar la vida de la<br />
mujer o prohibido en 68 países, que representan el<br />
28,5% de la población. Entre ellos están Brasil,<br />
Irlanda, Irán e Irak.<br />
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por salud<br />
En 58 países, que representan el 13,8% de la<br />
población, solo se puede realizar en caso que esté<br />
en juego la salud de la madre. Argenti<strong>na</strong> y Uruguay<br />
están en esta lista.<br />
Por economía<br />
En 15 países, entre ellos India, que representan el<br />
21,6% de la población, el aborto se puede realizar<br />
por razones socioeconómicas (y si está en juego la<br />
salud de la mujer).<br />
Se puede<br />
En 58 países, que representan el 39,2% de la<br />
población, el aborto se puede realizar sin<br />
restricciones. Esto abarca EE.UU., Ca<strong>na</strong>dá, Chi<strong>na</strong>,<br />
Italia, España, Francia y otros.<br />
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La hora de racio<strong>na</strong>lizar la España autonómica<br />
Es como si el motor del Estado autonómico se<br />
hubiera gripado repenti<strong>na</strong>mente tras 30 años de<br />
andadura y los mecánicos manejaran un<br />
diagnóstico dividido entre "preocupante", "grave" y<br />
"crítico". De la noche a la maña<strong>na</strong>, la crisis<br />
económica ha venido a suspender la marchosa<br />
competición entre los 17, de forma que donde<br />
antes se reclamaban alegremente competencias,<br />
ahora agradecerían mucho que, por favor, les<br />
liberaran de las que pesan como u<strong>na</strong> losa en las<br />
depauperadas haciendas autonómicas. Se<br />
acabaron los fastos, los gastos suntuosos, los<br />
aeropuertos sin aviones para despegar y tantos<br />
proyectos magníficos y costosos, al tiempo que se<br />
tambalean las televisiones autonómicas, las<br />
empresas semipúblicas y las que proveen a las<br />
Administraciones. "No nos llega", es el grito que<br />
surge de los cuatro puntos cardi<strong>na</strong>les autonómicos<br />
del Estado, aunque se oyen pocos golpes de pecho<br />
y se tiende a pensar que la responsabilidad recae<br />
fuera del territorio propio.<br />
El miedo al colapso fi<strong>na</strong>nciero está poniendo en<br />
circulación un término en desuso, exhumado para<br />
el momento. Es el vocablo "recentralizar", y puesto<br />
que esa es la palabra de moda, habría que saber si<br />
la gestión centralizada resulta más económica y<br />
eficaz, como suponen quienes creen que el Estado<br />
de las autonomías es un dispendio que este país<br />
ya no pueda permitirse. Ante el estupor general, la<br />
presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Esperanza<br />
Aguirre, ha anunciado su propósito de devolver las<br />
competencias de Justicia a la Administración<br />
central, al tiempo que adelantaba que tampoco le<br />
importaría prescindir de otras, como Cultura,<br />
Infraestructuras, Medio Ambiente o Economía. Los<br />
catedráticos constitucio<strong>na</strong>listas con más<br />
predicamento que acaban de clausurar el congreso<br />
inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l sobre federalismo y autonomías<br />
celebrado en Bilbao se echan las manos a la<br />
cabeza. ¿Devolver competencias? La<br />
Constitución y los estatutos no contemplan<br />
semejante posibilidad. Si lo que se da no se quita,<br />
lo que se acepta no se devuelve, así como así.<br />
Haría falta un acuerdo con el Estado, u<strong>na</strong> reforma<br />
estatutaria... pero ¿no es un contrasentido que<br />
des<strong>na</strong>turaliza la esencia de la autonomía?<br />
La presidenta de Madrid no está sola en esta<br />
iniciativa, es la abanderada de un planteamiento<br />
revisionista que comparten Murcia, Valencia y<br />
Castilla-La Mancha, comunidades gober<strong>na</strong>das por<br />
el PP y actualmente irritadas porque, en aras de la<br />
proclamada austeridad, el Gobierno central les<br />
exige cumplir la regla de gasto y el Instituto de<br />
Crédito Oficial solo se presta a cubrirles la mitad de<br />
la deuda. ¿Hay que tomarse en serio estos aires de<br />
revuelta autonómica desatados contra el Ejecutivo<br />
central o pensar que, por desengrasado que se<br />
halle el sistema, esos aires amai<strong>na</strong>rán en cuanto<br />
Mariano Rajoy se asiente en La Moncloa? Lo que<br />
sí sopla desde hace tiempo es un viento creciente<br />
de descrédito y desafecto hacia el Estado de las<br />
autonomías que parece haber hecho olvidar que,<br />
con los desajustes, duplicidades e ineficiencias que<br />
se quieran, la descentralización ha sido un invento<br />
sumamente beneficioso para este país.<br />
"En poco tiempo, el Estado autonómico ha pasado<br />
de ser considerado un sistema perfecto y habilitado<br />
para integrar a los <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>listas a ser visto como<br />
un instrumento ineficiente en lo económico e inútil a<br />
la hora de encauzar el problema de los<br />
<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>lismos", constata el profesor de Derecho<br />
Administrativo de la Universidad de Zaragoza, José<br />
Tudela. Parece evidente que el rechazo al sistema<br />
autonómico ha dejado de ser u<strong>na</strong> cuestión de la<br />
derecha extrema para extenderse por campos<br />
ideológicos donde priman la búsqueda de la<br />
eficacia y la preocupación por la igualdad y la<br />
equidad. Las noticias que dan cuenta de casos de<br />
adoctri<strong>na</strong>miento <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>lista o de margi<strong>na</strong>ción de<br />
los castellanohablantes se entrelazan a menudo en<br />
un totum revolutum con la atribución genérica a las<br />
autonomías de los pobres resultados educativos o<br />
el engorro de tener que cumplir normativas<br />
diferentes sobre los mismos asuntos. Los 17<br />
permisos de caza o la variedad de reglamentos que<br />
exigen que las astas de los toros desti<strong>na</strong>dos a la<br />
lidia tengan 5, 5,5 o 6 centímetros, según la<br />
comunidad de que se trate, ilustran de forma<br />
pintoresca esa diversidad normativa percibida a<br />
menudo como innecesaria y caprichosa.<br />
El desencanto se comprende si a esas realidades o<br />
suposiciones prejuiciosas se les abo<strong>na</strong> con<br />
escándalos de corrupción como el de la trama<br />
Gürtel o de despilfarro y saqueo en las cajas de<br />
ahorro administradas por encargo de élites políticas<br />
locales que después de haber gestio<strong>na</strong>do los<br />
tiempos de bo<strong>na</strong>nza se ven incapaces de<br />
mantener, no ya sus grandes promesas, sino los<br />
servicios básicos. Algunos estudiosos del proceso<br />
autonómico recuerdan ahora los gestos de<br />
admiración y asombro con que parlamentarios<br />
extranjeros de estados federales contemplaban los<br />
lujosos edificios que albergan parlamentos,<br />
gobiernos y demás instituciones autonómicas<br />
españolas. "A menudo, se ha confundido la<br />
dignidad institucio<strong>na</strong>l con la magnificencia y el lujo",<br />
admite Alberto López Basaguren, catedrático de<br />
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País Vasco.<br />
Así las cosas, un número creciente de ciudadanos<br />
parece tender a buscar soluciones en el<br />
reforzamiento, sin matices, del Estado y la<br />
Administración central, pese a que el despilfarro no<br />
ha sido solo cosa de las autonomías. ¿Cómo se<br />
explica, si no, que el Estado central no haya<br />
adelgazado en número de funcio<strong>na</strong>rios después de<br />
las masivas transferencias de estas décadas? ¿Se<br />
ha adaptado realmente al sistema autonómico?<br />
No hay estudios científicos que demuestren que la<br />
gestión estatal es, por sí misma, más eficiente y<br />
económica. Las conclusiones de los trabajos<br />
realizados hasta ahora no van mucho más allá de<br />
mostrar que, al contrario de lo que ha ocurrido en<br />
Italia, la España autonómica ha logrado reducir<br />
algo las diferencias de renta entre las comunidades<br />
y ha hecho crecer a todas. "No sabemos si u<strong>na</strong><br />
Sanidad más centralizada es o no más eficiente.<br />
Podemos suponer que u<strong>na</strong> mayor coordi<strong>na</strong>ción,<br />
por ejemplo, en la compra masiva de<br />
medicamentos, o la especialización de las<br />
autonomías en áreas médicas determi<strong>na</strong>das<br />
resultarían beneficiosas, pero no lo sabemos.<br />
Necesitamos hacer estudios empíricos porque<br />
puede que no haga falta recentralizar y que baste<br />
con u<strong>na</strong> mayor coordi<strong>na</strong>ción", indica José Tudela.<br />
No se ha probado, pues, que la racio<strong>na</strong>lidad<br />
económica esté necesariamente vinculada al<br />
centralismo, ni tampoco lo contrario.<br />
"Hemos hecho un esfuerzo sin precedentes para<br />
mejorar y modernizar la Administración de Justicia.<br />
Hemos incrementado el presupuesto de 150<br />
millones hasta 350, sin que eso haya redundado en<br />
beneficios para los ciudadanos", ha asegurado<br />
Esperanza Aguirre. ¿A qué cabe atribuir entonces<br />
el fracaso, si cada competencia transferida va<br />
acompañada de su correspondiente partida<br />
presupuestaria? El presidente de Murcia, Ramón<br />
Luis Valcárcel, considera que el ministro de<br />
Justicia, Francisco Caamaño, le "engañó" con la<br />
transferencia y otros presidentes autonómicos del<br />
PP denuncian que el Gobierno central ha actuado<br />
con estrechez de miras en el Consejo de Política<br />
Fiscal y Fi<strong>na</strong>nciera que se encarga de coordi<strong>na</strong>r los<br />
presupuestos de las comunidades con el Estado.<br />
"¿Qué por qué no les llega? Fundamentalmente,<br />
por la mala gestión. El sistema de fi<strong>na</strong>nciación ha<br />
funcio<strong>na</strong>do y además, las autonomías pueden<br />
establecer sus propios tributos. El problema es que<br />
los presidentes autonómicos no quieren mostrarse<br />
ante sus ciudadanos como los encargados de la<br />
poda a la que obliga la crisis", apunta Francisco<br />
Balaguer, catedrático de Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
de la Universidad de Gra<strong>na</strong>da. "Hay que ser serios,<br />
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contar con un sistema de fi<strong>na</strong>nciación que se<br />
declara definitivo y se modifica cada dos años",<br />
subraya López Basaguren.<br />
Es también un hecho que bajo las razones<br />
contables con que se justifica el propósito de<br />
desprenderse de determi<strong>na</strong>das competencias<br />
subyace la idea de que el desarrollo autonómico ha<br />
ido demasiado lejos y que el modelo ha fracasado<br />
por no haber puesto freno a las "apetencias"<br />
<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>listas. Esperanza Aguirre ha explicado su<br />
postura invocando el carácter "<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l" de la<br />
Administración de Justicia -se consideraba materia<br />
del Estado central hasta que el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l autorizó las transferencias-, pero<br />
quien ha expresado esa crítica de forma más nítida<br />
ha sido el presidente de Murcia. Tras señalar que<br />
"de seguir así, más de uno tendremos que<br />
plantearnos la devolución de competencias",<br />
Valcárcel ha indicado: "Si resulta que en un lugar<br />
de España donde no quieren ser un lugar de<br />
España se está dando u<strong>na</strong> Historia que no tiene<br />
<strong>na</strong>da que ver con España, no me interesa la<br />
competencia de Educación, ni en Murcia, ni en<br />
Sebastopol". Aunque pueda parecer un desahogo<br />
aislado, es evidente que sus palabras conectan con<br />
un clima de opinión que en la cuestión autonómica<br />
ha pasado de la desconfianza a la beligerancia.<br />
"Puede que el problema no esté solo en las<br />
comunidades autónomas. El Estado ha reducido<br />
mucho más los gastos pero es porque resulta más<br />
fácil dejar de hacer autopistas que recortar en<br />
servicios de demanda rígida como Educación o<br />
Sanidad, que se llevan entre el 60% y el 70% del<br />
presupuesto total de las comunidades", destaca<br />
Carles Viver Pi-Sunyer, catedrático de Derecho<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l de la Pompeu Fabra, ex<br />
magistrado del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l y principal<br />
asesor jurídico de la reforma del estatuto catalán.<br />
Al igual que el catedrático de Derecho<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l por la Universidad Autónoma de<br />
Madrid Juan José Solozábal y otros grandes<br />
juristas, también Viver considera que el rechazo de<br />
competencias deja al descubierto la crisis del<br />
sistema.<br />
"Un sector de la sociedad no solo rechaza la<br />
existencia de 17 entes políticos diferentes, sino<br />
también de 17 administraciones diferentes. Y, por<br />
lo visto, hay comunidades que no aspiran a<br />
mantener el nivel de autogobierno tan potente que<br />
han alcanzado", añade. Ahí apuntan los expertos<br />
juristas partidarios de un modelo asimétrico que dé<br />
más a los que más piden. A su juicio, la crisis<br />
actual sería la consecuencia retardada de la<br />
errónea concepción del modelo de 17 autonomías<br />
establecido hace 30 años. "Puesto que el sistema<br />
fue concebido para satisfacer las ansias de<br />
autogobierno del País Vasco y Cataluña y, en<br />
70
menor medida, la de Galicia, no tenía sentido<br />
embarcar al resto de las regiones en un proceso de<br />
acumulación de competencias no demandadas<br />
socialmente. Ahora, la crisis económica pone en<br />
evidencia esa falta de cultura y vocación<br />
autonómica integral", sugieren.<br />
Por el contrario, el catedrático de Derecho<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l por la Autónoma de Barcelo<strong>na</strong>,<br />
Francesc de Carreras i Serra, opi<strong>na</strong> que el<br />
problema no está en el modelo, sino el mal<br />
funcio<strong>na</strong>miento del modelo. "Habría que llegar a un<br />
acuerdo general y establecer con criterios<br />
funcio<strong>na</strong>les qué competencias convendría que<br />
desempeñara el Estado", señala. Es u<strong>na</strong> posición<br />
opuesta a quienes siguen creyendo en la tesis:<br />
"cuantas más competencias, mejor" cuestio<strong>na</strong>da<br />
con la crisis. "O vamos a un sistema básicamente<br />
igualitario o vamos a un modelo que diferencie a<br />
Cataluña, País Vasco y no sé si también a<br />
Andalucía", advierte López Basaguren. U<strong>na</strong><br />
máxima a tener en cuenta de cara a un<br />
replanteamiento autonómico que dé continuidad,<br />
sentido y fortaleza al proceso es que el peligro de<br />
legislar de manera arbitraria es mayor cuanto más<br />
pequeña es u<strong>na</strong> Administración. Y, como se ha<br />
visto con los Ayuntamientos implicados en la<br />
corrupción urbanística, la compra de voluntades, el<br />
clientelismo y la prevaricación anidan mejor en los<br />
espacios administrativos reducidos, más opacos a<br />
la inspección y al control. La otra máxima a<br />
considerar es que la gestión cerca<strong>na</strong> al ciudadano<br />
tiende a ser más eficiente y se supone que la<br />
descentralización aporta por sí misma di<strong>na</strong>mismo y<br />
competitividad.<br />
El sistema parece haber entrado en barre<strong>na</strong><br />
precisamente cuando ya no quedan asuntos que<br />
transferir y se estre<strong>na</strong>n los estatutos de segunda<br />
generación, forzados por u<strong>na</strong> demanda catala<strong>na</strong><br />
insatisfecha que persigue los "privilegios" fiscales<br />
vascos y <strong>na</strong>varro. ¿La doble crisis económica y<br />
autonómica no brinda u<strong>na</strong> oportunidad para<br />
repensar el modelo, revisar y cambiar lo que haya<br />
que cambiar y buscar un mejor acomodo para<br />
todos? Al fin y al cabo, ya sería extraordi<strong>na</strong>rio que<br />
el proceso de descentralización más rápido de la<br />
esfera inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l no hubiera cometido errores,<br />
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desajustes, ni tuvieran fallas de calado que<br />
exigieran su recomposición.<br />
"No podemos prolongar u<strong>na</strong> situación de crisis<br />
autonómica tan seria. Hay que llegar a un acuerdo<br />
de coordi<strong>na</strong>ción y organizarse de manera eficiente.<br />
El Estado tiene suficientes títulos para controlar e<br />
intervenir; lo que pasa es que a veces, los demás<br />
llegan donde tú consientes", subraya Solozábal. En<br />
opinión de Francesc de Carreras, la clave es<br />
abordar el problema con "ojos laicos", pensando en<br />
el ciudadano y no en dar un paso más hacia la<br />
soberanía. "La disputa <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>lista es un pulso<br />
contra España por motivos ideológicos, porque<br />
aquí <strong>na</strong>die se ha quejado de las grandes cesiones<br />
de soberanía que hemos hecho a Bruselas",<br />
afirma.<br />
Tironeado entre los <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>listas agraviados y<br />
quienes creen que el proceso ha traspasado la<br />
raya de la racio<strong>na</strong>lidad, el debate se polariza sin<br />
que desde la política se aborde el problema en su<br />
conjunto, se remuevan los grandes obstáculos,<br />
singularmente la reforma del Se<strong>na</strong>do, para integrar<br />
a las comunidades autónomas en los órganos<br />
comunes o se asuma el criterio rector de u<strong>na</strong><br />
racio<strong>na</strong>lización que, dada la <strong>na</strong>turaleza identitaria<br />
autonómica, tampoco tiene por qué suponer la<br />
aplicación de un visión exclusivamente<br />
economicista.<br />
¿La situación exige reconsiderar el tamaño de las<br />
unidades que componen el mosaico de las 17,<br />
a<strong>na</strong>lizar a viabilidad de las autonomías<br />
uniprovinciales, estudiar alianzas, acuerdos de<br />
servicios entre vecinos, fusiones? "Alemania tiene<br />
16 länder para u<strong>na</strong> población de noventa y tantos<br />
millones, y España 17 autonomías con la mitad de<br />
habitantes", indica José Tudela. ¿No ha llegado el<br />
momento de hacer un punto y aparte, abrir u<strong>na</strong><br />
reflexión tranquila, sosegada y replantearse un<br />
modelo que, como sostiene Alberto López<br />
Basaguren, ya viene a ser un "federalismo<br />
encubierto"?<br />
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La CPI busca al reemplazante de Moreno Ocampo<br />
ucesor se elegirá el próximo mes y podría ser u<strong>na</strong><br />
mujer<br />
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La Corte Pe<strong>na</strong>l Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l (CPI) está buscando<br />
a un "superhéroe" en materia legal que pueda<br />
perseguir y detener a jefes de Estado que hayan<br />
cometido genocidios y a otras figuras responsables<br />
de crímenes y violaciones masivas.<br />
El cargo de fiscal principal de la CPI requiere a<br />
alguien con las destrezas para investigar de<br />
Sherlock Holmes, la diplomacia de Otto von<br />
Bismarck y el talento gerencial de Steve Jobs.<br />
El fiscal principal actual, Luis Moreno Ocampo,<br />
informará hoy al Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU<br />
sobre sus esfuerzos para detener a destacados<br />
sospechosos de crímenes de guerra. Pero en las<br />
próximas cuatro sema<strong>na</strong>s, estará más dedicado a<br />
buscar a su reemplazante.<br />
Un primer grupo de 52 candidatos fue reducido a<br />
cuatro. La CPI podría escoger a u<strong>na</strong> superheroí<strong>na</strong><br />
como la suplente de Moreno Ocampo, Fatou<br />
Bensouda, ex ministra de Justicia en su Gambia<br />
<strong>na</strong>tal, y considerada por muchos diplomáticos<br />
como la favorita.<br />
Bensouda se disputará el cargo con Mohamed<br />
Chande Othman, el máximo magistrado de<br />
Tanzania; Briton Andrew Cayley, uno de los<br />
fiscales del tribu<strong>na</strong>l especial que juzga los<br />
crímenes de los kmeres rojos en Camboya; y<br />
Robert Petit, el mayor especialista en crímenes de<br />
guerra del ministerio ca<strong>na</strong>diense de Justicia.<br />
Los cuatro se presentarán este mes en la sede de<br />
la ONU ante los cerca de 120 sig<strong>na</strong>tarios del<br />
estatuto de la CPI, quienes intentarán elegir por<br />
consenso al candidato antes de u<strong>na</strong> elección en<br />
diciembre.<br />
"Encontrar a la perso<strong>na</strong> ideal para el cargo de fiscal<br />
de la CPI es prácticamente imposible", dice Richard<br />
Goldstone, el primer fiscal de los tribu<strong>na</strong>les<br />
inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les para la antigua Yugoslavia y<br />
Ruanda, que juzgaron los crímenes contra la<br />
humanidad en esos países.<br />
"Se requiere a un superhombre o a u<strong>na</strong> supermujer<br />
en materia legal", opinó Param-Preet Singh, un<br />
importante abogado de Human Rights Watch.<br />
La CPI incluyó al presidente de Sudán, Omar al<br />
Bashir, en su lista de perso<strong>na</strong>s buscadas por<br />
genocidio en Darfur y también expidió u<strong>na</strong> orden de<br />
arresto contra el ex hombre fuerte de Libia,<br />
Muamar Gadafi, quien fue abatido el 20 de octubre.<br />
El hijo fugitivo de Gadafi, Seif al Islam, está<br />
negociando actualmente con la CPI, y altos<br />
funcio<strong>na</strong>rios kenianos y líderes de las milicias de la<br />
República Democrática del Congo también se<br />
hallan en su lista de requeridos.<br />
El fiscal debe tener elevadas aptitudes en materia<br />
de derecho inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l, pero como también será<br />
la cara visible de la CPI, debe manejarse<br />
sabiamente con la prensa para proyectar el<br />
mensaje de la Corte en el mundo, afirma<br />
Goldstone.<br />
"Se necesita a alguien que comprenda la exigencia<br />
de actuar independientemente y con imparcialidad<br />
en un esce<strong>na</strong>rio inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l para defender la<br />
necesidad de justicia", sostiene.<br />
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El juez que sentenciaba en verso<br />
¿Cómo reaccio<strong>na</strong>ría usted si en la culmi<strong>na</strong>ción de<br />
un litigio, por equis razones, recibiera u<strong>na</strong><br />
sentencia o u<strong>na</strong> resolución redactada<br />
poéticamente, con rimas incluidas?<br />
Perplejidad es la respuesta. Y eso es lo que acaba<br />
de sufrir el público de la Gran Ca<strong>na</strong>ria, España, al<br />
informarse de que el juez Álvaro Gaspar Pardo<br />
emitió u<strong>na</strong> sentencia en verso que motivó la queja<br />
de la conde<strong>na</strong>da ante la Inspección del Consejo del<br />
Poder Judicial de Ca<strong>na</strong>rias.<br />
En cumplimiento de su misión, el Consejo abrió<br />
u<strong>na</strong> investigación al juez por redactar u<strong>na</strong><br />
sentencia en verso, porque su sentencia fue<br />
denunciada como "agravio perso<strong>na</strong>l de un juez<br />
contra un ciudadano".<br />
Según el diario El País, el Consejo archivó la<br />
denuncia y se limitó a "no compartir" la forma en<br />
que se halla redactada la sentencia.<br />
Ocurre que María Teresa Cabo Vizo, directora de<br />
u<strong>na</strong> academia de azafatas, fue sentenciada a<br />
pagar 7,300 dólares a u<strong>na</strong> alum<strong>na</strong> que la denunció<br />
por "incumplir sus expectativas laborales".<br />
La sentencia incluía versos como "Tinieblas del<br />
corazón / ¿Por qué asistió la señora Cabo Vizo al<br />
juicio / si no se había pedido su interrogatorio? /<br />
Porque le dolía, le duele el corazón. / Acaso, ojalá<br />
contribuya la presente / a derivar tal dolor hacia el<br />
bolsillo".<br />
La ciudada<strong>na</strong> se quejó sobre todo porque la<br />
sentencia la aludía a ella y no a la empresa de que<br />
forma parte. Pero en fin...<br />
El juez, además, es reincidente. Ya las autoridades<br />
judiciales le aplicaron en 1999 u<strong>na</strong> multa de 50 mil<br />
antiguas pesetas (unos 410 dólares) por "falta<br />
leve".<br />
En aquella ocasión el juez Pardo sentenció la<br />
separación de un matrimonio:<br />
"Procede acceder a la separación / que imploran<br />
tanto el señor Tria<strong>na</strong>, / al que no le da la ga<strong>na</strong> / de<br />
soportar la tensión, / como la señora Sarmiento /<br />
que no sufriendo escarmiento, / tras su primer<br />
tropezón, / persiste en el mismo tono, / y aduciendo<br />
el abandono, / suplica solución".<br />
Cuando lo multaron el juez Gaspar se defendió sin<br />
versos pero sí con prosa: "Si el fallo es bello<br />
además de justo, el derecho sale ga<strong>na</strong>ndo"<br />
Hace unos años, nuestro Poder Judicial convocó<br />
a un semi<strong>na</strong>rio para tratar de perfeccio<strong>na</strong>r la<br />
redacción de las sentencias y la Academia de la<br />
Magistratura tenía preparado, hasta donde yo sé,<br />
un manual de redacción para agilizar la lectura de<br />
las resoluciones judiciales.<br />
El semi<strong>na</strong>rio fue motivado por reiterados pedidos<br />
de los litigantes que llegaron a decir que debían<br />
contratar a un abogado para que "tradujera" las<br />
resoluciones porque no podían interpretarlas. Creo<br />
que después de aquel esfuerzo no volvió a<br />
hablarse del asunto, porque a la luz de algu<strong>na</strong>s<br />
consultas realizadas entre litigantes, el fenómeno<br />
de las resoluciones difíciles de entender se<br />
mantiene.<br />
Frente al fenómeno planteado, ¿sería preferible<br />
insistir en un cursillo de cómo redactar resoluciones<br />
de lectura fácil o recomendar que sean hechas en<br />
verso como lo ha ensayado con tanto éxito el juez<br />
poeta de las Ca<strong>na</strong>rias, cuyas sentencias acaban de<br />
dar la vuelta al mundo?<br />
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Comunidad jurídica participa con la magistratura<br />
Abogados e instituciones aportarán para formación<br />
de jurisprudencia<br />
Como parte del Sétimo Pleno Jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>l Pe<strong>na</strong>l<br />
de la Corte Suprema de Justicia esta maña<strong>na</strong><br />
abogados y representantes de instituciones<br />
vinculados al ámbito legal participarán del ple<strong>na</strong>rio<br />
abierto convocado por la máxima magistratura del<br />
país a fin de conocer sus opiniones en temas de<br />
gran relevancia jurídica, antes de establecer<br />
nuevos precedentes de observancia obligatoria<br />
para todo el Poder Judicial.<br />
El coordi<strong>na</strong>dor de este pleno jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>l, Víctor<br />
Prado Saldarriaga, explicó que dicha participación<br />
se dará lugar en temas sobre el derecho pe<strong>na</strong>l,<br />
parte general y parte especial, derecho procesal<br />
pe<strong>na</strong>l y derecho de ejecución pe<strong>na</strong>l. El acto se<br />
realizará en el Palacio de Justicia, dijo.<br />
Así, participarán como ponentes los catedráticos<br />
Ro<strong>na</strong>ld Gamarra, Raúl Pario<strong>na</strong> y Percy Cavero.<br />
Además, miembros del Centro de Estudios de<br />
Derecho Pe<strong>na</strong>l Económico y de la Empresa<br />
(Cedpe), el Idehpucp, Demus y el Inpe, entre otros.<br />
Fecha:02/11/2011<br />
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Cuitláhuac Sali<strong>na</strong>s, nuevo titular de la SIEDO<br />
Victoria Pacheco Jiménez es la nueva<br />
subprocuradora de Control Regio<strong>na</strong>l,<br />
Procedimientos Pe<strong>na</strong>les y Amparo, y Angélica<br />
Herrera Rivero, fiscalía Especial para los Delitos de<br />
Violencia Contra las Mujeres y Trata de Perso<strong>na</strong>s<br />
Por conducto de la procuradora Marisela Morales,<br />
el presidente Felipe Calderón designó a José<br />
Cuitláhuac Sali<strong>na</strong>s Martínez como nuevo titular de<br />
la Subprocuradoría de Investigación Especializada<br />
en Delincuencia Organizada (SIEDO), en<br />
susttución de Patricia Bugarin.<br />
Además, nombró a Victoria Pacheco Jiménez como<br />
subprocuradora de Control Regio<strong>na</strong>l,<br />
Procedimientos Pe<strong>na</strong>les y Amparo, y a Angélica<br />
Herrera Rivero en la Fiscalía Especial para los<br />
Delitos de Violencia Contra las Mujeres y Trata de<br />
Perso<strong>na</strong>s.<br />
La Procuraduría General de la República (PGR)<br />
informó a través de un comunicado de los nuevos<br />
nombramientos en su estructura orgánica.<br />
"Los servidores públicos desig<strong>na</strong>dos respaldarán el<br />
trabajo decidido del gobierno de la República de<br />
garantizar a la sociedad u<strong>na</strong> procuración de justicia<br />
sólida y procedimientos pe<strong>na</strong>les efectivos y<br />
expeditos", detallo la PGR.<br />
Sali<strong>na</strong>s Martínez ha ocupado diversos cargos en la<br />
procuración e impartición de justicia, detalló la<br />
dependencia.<br />
Actualmente se desempeñaba como subprocurador<br />
de Control Regio<strong>na</strong>l, Procedimientos Pe<strong>na</strong>les y<br />
Amparo.<br />
En la PGR ha ocupado, entre otros cargos, el de<br />
coordi<strong>na</strong>dor de Asesores de Marisela Morales;<br />
fiscal y coordi<strong>na</strong>dor general en la Unidad<br />
Especializada en Investigación y Tráfico de<br />
Menores, Indocumentados y Órganos, y director<br />
general de investigación y análisis.<br />
"En su experiencia laboral destaca su desempeño<br />
en el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Superior de Justicia del Distrito<br />
Federal y en el Poder Judicial de la Federación,<br />
así como en la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la<br />
Nación", subrayó la PGR.<br />
En tanto, Pacheco Jiménez, nueva subprocuradora<br />
de Control Regio<strong>na</strong>l, Procedimientos Pe<strong>na</strong>les y<br />
Amparo, se desempeñaba como delegada de la<br />
PGR en Jalisco.<br />
Ha ocupado responsabilidades en la Secretaría de<br />
Seguridad Pública Federal, en la Secretaría de la<br />
Reforma Agraria, en la Procuraduría General<br />
capitali<strong>na</strong> y en el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Superior de Justicia<br />
también del Distrito Federal.<br />
A su vez, la nueva titular de FEVIMTRA, Angélica<br />
Herrera, ocupaba la titularidad de la Unidad<br />
Especializada en Investigación de Tráfico de<br />
Menores, Indocumentados y Órganos.<br />
Se ha desempeñado en la Fiscalía Especializada<br />
para la Atención de Delitos Electorales y en el<br />
Subprocuraduría de Investigación Especializada en<br />
Delincuencia Organizada.<br />
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Impug<strong>na</strong>n reglamento de radio y tv<br />
El PRI, el PRD y el PAN impug<strong>na</strong>ron el<br />
Reglamento de Acceso a Radio y Televisión en<br />
Materia Electoral, aprobado por el Consejo General<br />
del Instituto Federal Electoral (IFE) el pasado 27 de<br />
octubre.<br />
El PRD impugnó la decisión del IFE de conceder<br />
un día más para poner al aire los promocio<strong>na</strong>les<br />
electorales, a televisoras y radiodifusoras con un<br />
domicilio legal ubicado en un lugar distinto a donde<br />
transmiten los spots.<br />
El PRI, por su parte, se inconformó por la decisión<br />
de transmitir spots genéricos de partido si algún<br />
instituto político no realiza contienda inter<strong>na</strong> y<br />
postula a un candidato de unidad.<br />
El PAN presentó u<strong>na</strong> impug<strong>na</strong>ción, pero luego se<br />
desistió. El Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Electoral del Poder Judicial<br />
de la Federación (TEPJF) deberá determi<strong>na</strong>r si<br />
acepta o no el desistimiento.<br />
Las impug<strong>na</strong>ciones fueron entregadas en la sede<br />
del IFE y éste las remitirá al TEPJF para que las<br />
resuelva.<br />
Las inconformidades<br />
En su recurso presentado por Sebastián Lerdo de<br />
Tejada, representante del PRI ante el IFE, el<br />
partido alega que la aprobación del reglamento les<br />
causó "perjuicio directo", porque "se dejaron de<br />
observar preceptos constitucio<strong>na</strong>les".<br />
El tricolor no impug<strong>na</strong> -como lo alegó en la sesión<br />
de Consejo General del pasado 27 de octubreviolación<br />
a los tiempos legales al expedir u<strong>na</strong><br />
norma electoral.<br />
Su recurso es contra el artículo 15 del reglamento,<br />
que precisa que si un partido no realiza<br />
precampañas, los spots que corresponderían a sus<br />
precandidatos serán usados para difundir mensajes<br />
genéricos del instituto político.<br />
En su impug<strong>na</strong>ción, presentada por Camerino<br />
Márquez, representante del PRD ante el IFE, el<br />
partido cuestionó la redacción de varios artículos,<br />
pues "no dejan claro" que todas las estaciones de<br />
radio y ca<strong>na</strong>les de televisión están obligados a<br />
realizar bloqueos de spots.<br />
El bloqueo de promocio<strong>na</strong>les ocurre, por ejemplo,<br />
cuando está en curso un proceso electoral local y<br />
las televisoras y radiodifusoras que operan en el<br />
estado deben elimi<strong>na</strong>r de su programación los<br />
spots relativos a la propaganda guber<strong>na</strong>mental,<br />
que por ley no pueden difundirse en el marco de<br />
comicios estatales.<br />
El partido también impug<strong>na</strong> la decisión del Instituto<br />
Federal Electoral de conceder un día más de plazo<br />
-en total cuatro días- para poner al aire un spot<br />
electoral a los concesio<strong>na</strong>rios y permisio<strong>na</strong>rios de<br />
radio y televisión que ubiquen su domicilio legal en<br />
u<strong>na</strong> entidad distinta a donde se difunden los<br />
promocio<strong>na</strong>les.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Halla IFE cuentas fantasmas en partidos<br />
Gastos sin justificar, facturas inexistentes,<br />
proveedores con domicilios equivocados, así como<br />
cuentas bancarias sin reportar son algu<strong>na</strong>s de las<br />
irregularidades que presentaron los siete partidos<br />
políticos (PRI, PAN, PRD, PT, PVEM, MC y Pa<strong>na</strong>l)<br />
en la revisión de sus gastos que hizo el Instituto<br />
Federal Electoral (IFE) a través de su Unidad de<br />
Fiscalización durante 2010.<br />
En el caso de AN, el órgano electoral encontró que<br />
este partido abrió cuatro cuentas bancarias sin<br />
avisar a la autoridad y no presentó un recibo por 46<br />
mil pesos para justificar la organización de un<br />
evento.<br />
Además, el Comité Directivo Estatal de Baja<br />
California no registró la deuda de u<strong>na</strong> multa que<br />
tendría que pagar por no haber retirado la<br />
propaganda electoral en los plazos establecidos<br />
por la ley. La multa que debió incluirse en su<br />
cuenta como un egreso de este partido en aquella<br />
entidad era por 131 mil 744 pesos.<br />
Este organismo político también gastó 10 mil 440<br />
pesos por tarjetas de felicitación, pero nunca<br />
entregó el comprobante que justificara el pago.<br />
Empresas “fantasma”<br />
En el PRI, la fiscalización dio cuenta de que los<br />
supervisores del IFE que acudieron a varias<br />
empresas a las cuales contrató ese partido no<br />
existen o dejaron de existir, como lo dio a conocer<br />
en su relatoría el instituto. Tal fue el caso de uno de<br />
los supervisores que <strong>na</strong>rró así su visita a u<strong>na</strong> de<br />
las direcciones entregadas por este partido.<br />
“El suscrito tocó el inmueble y u<strong>na</strong> perso<strong>na</strong> de<br />
origen extranjero, que no se identificó, indicó que<br />
en el domicilio señalado en el oficio en cuestión ya<br />
no habitaba Carlos Eliseo Romero López, pues ella<br />
tenía de vivir ahí cerca de seis meses”, detalló el<br />
visitante del domicilio ubicado en Diego Are<strong>na</strong>s<br />
Guzmán 270, paralela a Tlalpan, colonia Villa de<br />
Cortés, en Benito Juárez.<br />
El PRI fue de los partidos que presentó diversas<br />
irregularidades en los documentos que entregó,<br />
como facturas, a la Unidad de Fiscalización del<br />
IFE. Esta información fue revisada y resultó en<br />
falsedad de los domicilios registrados como<br />
supuestos proveedores.<br />
El PT compró mil 180 camisetas a la empresa<br />
Renca, S.A. de C.V. por 24 mil 255 pesos, pero no<br />
dio comprobante y también fue sancio<strong>na</strong>do por el<br />
IFE al encontrar que utilizó dinero para “regalos” de<br />
campaña, recursos que no estaban permitidos para<br />
dicho fin.<br />
“De la revisión a la cuenta ‘Gastos Operativos de<br />
Campaña’, subcuenta ‘Regalos’, se observó el<br />
registro contable de pólizas que presentaban como<br />
soporte documental comprobantes por conceptos<br />
que no correspondían a las actividades propias del<br />
partido”.<br />
Entre las compras que hiciera el partido se<br />
encuentran palanga<strong>na</strong>s, cubetas de barril, vasos,<br />
licuadoras, ollas y balones de fútbol. Todo esto por<br />
un costo de 24 mil 935 pesos.<br />
El PVEM incurrió en diversas faltas, entre ellas, el<br />
falseo de información.<br />
“Como se observa, el acta notarial señala que se<br />
tenían miles de playeras, bolsas de mano y otros<br />
artículos, los cuales tenían publicidad del Partido<br />
Verde Ecologista de México, y se manifiesta que<br />
fueron adquiridas con el proveedor ‘Tailhy<br />
Fabricación y Corporación, S.A. de C.V.’, con<br />
domicilio en calle Cerro San Francisco 331, colonia<br />
Campestre Churubusco, en Coyoacán, mediante la<br />
factura número 0959, de fecha 19 de febrero de<br />
2010; sin embargo, no se identificó registro alguno<br />
en su contabilidad de dicha factura.<br />
“En consecuencia, no se tiene identificado el origen<br />
de los recursos para el pago de la factura referida,<br />
ni el destino que se dio a la publicidad u<strong>na</strong> vez que<br />
fue localizada. Au<strong>na</strong>do a lo anterior, el acta<br />
presentada por el partido hace alusión a apéndices<br />
que no fueron remitidos a la autoridad electoral”.<br />
Compra de playeras y bolsas<br />
Este partido no reportó el gasto de la factura 0959<br />
emitida por Tailhy Fabricación y Corporación, S.A.<br />
de C.V. por concepto de 60 mil playeras y 4 mil 500<br />
bolsas de mano y omitió aclarar respecto si los<br />
servicios fueron pagados y en su caso el origen de<br />
los mismos, por 542 mil 880 pesos.<br />
Un caso particular fue detectado en Movimiento<br />
Ciudadano (antes Convergencia), que incluyó en el<br />
rubro de “cuentas por cobrar” un inmueble que está<br />
“tomado” desde 2005 en Nayarit y que fungía como<br />
sede local.<br />
“Se encuentra en proceso legal por la toma del<br />
edificio de este comité en el año de 2005 y que a la<br />
fecha sigue el proceso, por lo que se anexa<br />
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demanda TEP/III/CH/4581/05, así como copia del<br />
oficio sellado de recibido con fecha 8 de julio 2011<br />
por la Procuraduría General de Justicia de Nayarit,<br />
donde se solicita la devolución de los bienes<br />
muebles y documentación asegurados”, dio a<br />
conocer la misma Unidad.<br />
Con este edificio, au<strong>na</strong>do a las demandas y juicios<br />
laborales que tiene en su contra Movimiento<br />
Ciudadano, trataron de justificar el egreso de 3<br />
millones 635 mil pesos que incluyó este instituto<br />
político en sus cuentas de 2010. Sin embargo,<br />
dicha unidad consideró que esto no era correcto.<br />
Sobre la situación fiscal del Pa<strong>na</strong>l, al menos se<br />
detectaron 97 cuentas bancarias cuya creación no<br />
fue notificada legalmente ante el IFE.<br />
“Derivado del intercambio de información fi<strong>na</strong>nciera<br />
que este Consejo General llevó a cabo con la<br />
Comisión Nacio<strong>na</strong>l Bancaria y de Valores, se tuvo<br />
El Universal - Nación, 02 de Novembro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
conocimiento de la existencia de 97 cuentas<br />
bancarias respecto de las cuales el partido no<br />
presentó documentación algu<strong>na</strong>”, detalló la<br />
auditoria.<br />
Aunque el IFE ya ordenó sanciones contra los<br />
partidos políticos por estas irregularidades, los<br />
mismos tienen posibilidad de inconformarse ante el<br />
Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Electoral del Poder Judicial de la<br />
Federación.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Cour pé<strong>na</strong>le inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>le<br />
Seif el-Islam/reddition: des négociations<br />
La Cour pé<strong>na</strong>le inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>le (CPI) est toujours<br />
en train de négocier une possible reddition du fils et<br />
dauphin de l'ancien dirigeant libyen Mouammar<br />
Kadhafi, Seif el-Islam, a indiqué ce mercredi le<br />
procureur de la CPI, Luis Moreno-Ocampo.<br />
La CPI "a reçu des questions de personnes liées à<br />
Seif el-Islam sur les conditions légales relatives à<br />
sa possible reddition", a déclaré M.<br />
Moreno-Ocampo devant le Conseil de sécurité de<br />
l'ONU.<br />
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Los Tiempos - Economía, 02 de Novembro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Cocaleros y colonos suspenden bloqueos y a<strong>na</strong>lizan<br />
marcha a La Paz<br />
LA PAZ |<br />
Los productores de coca, colonizadores, miembros<br />
del Consejo Indíge<strong>na</strong> del Sur (Conisur) y<br />
autoridades municipales del trópico cochabambino<br />
confirmaron la vigencia de un cuarto intermedio en<br />
sus protestas y bloqueos por la festividad de Todos<br />
Santos y a<strong>na</strong>lizan u<strong>na</strong> posible marcha hacia La<br />
Paz, exigiendo la construcción de la carretera al<br />
Beni pasando por el corazón del Territorio Indíge<strong>na</strong><br />
y Parque Nacio<strong>na</strong>l Isiboro Sécure (Tipnis).<br />
El presidente de la Mancomunidad de Municipios<br />
del Trópico, Rimer Ágreda informó que todos los<br />
sectores sociales que sostenían la pasada sema<strong>na</strong><br />
un bloqueo de la vía Cochabamba-Santa Cruz en<br />
protesta por la Ley Corta a favor del Tipnis,<br />
declararon cuarto intermedio en sus protesta para<br />
no perjudicar el desarrollo del Día de los Difuntos.<br />
"La ruta Cochabamba-Santa Cruz y viceversa está<br />
expedita, ya que los bloqueos en el tramo Villa<br />
Tu<strong>na</strong>ri-Si<strong>na</strong>hota fueron levantados en su totalidad<br />
por los hermanos del Conisur. Se trata de un cuarto<br />
intermedio por Todos Santos, pero todos los<br />
sectores a<strong>na</strong>lizan la posibilidad de retomar las<br />
protestas la próxima sema<strong>na</strong> y preparar u<strong>na</strong><br />
marcha hacia La Paz", dijo.<br />
Ágreda recordó que el pasado fin de sema<strong>na</strong>, los<br />
indíge<strong>na</strong>s del Conisur (en su mayoría yuracarés),<br />
tras u<strong>na</strong> vigilia procedieron al bloqueo de la<br />
carretera interdepartamental, exigiendo la<br />
construcción de la carretera Villa Tu<strong>na</strong>ri-San<br />
Ig<strong>na</strong>cio de Moxos pasando por el Tipnis.<br />
Dijo que tras ocho horas de bloqueo declararon<br />
u<strong>na</strong> pausa hasta pasadas las fiestas en honor a los<br />
difuntos, para luego retomar otras medidas, entre<br />
ellas u<strong>na</strong> gran marcha con participación de las seis<br />
federaciones de cocaleros, alcaldías e indíge<strong>na</strong>s<br />
que cuestio<strong>na</strong>n a los dirigentes del Tipnis, a<br />
quienes emplazaron a explicar los alcances de la<br />
Ley Corta acordada con autoridades de gobierno.<br />
La autoridad municipal sostuvo que a su juicio, la<br />
Ley Corta que declara la intangibilidad del Tipnis,<br />
viola la Constitución Política del Estado por lo que<br />
debe ser abrogada o modificada, permitiendo la<br />
construcción de la vía al Beni.<br />
¿MARCHA?: Ante insistencias de los medios de<br />
comunicación, Ágreda afirmó que ya no se<br />
bloqueará la vía Cochabamba-Santa Cruz, pero se<br />
a<strong>na</strong>liza y prepara u<strong>na</strong> marcha a La Paz en protesta<br />
contra la Ley Corta que fue impuesta por los<br />
indíge<strong>na</strong>s del Tipnis al gobierno.<br />
Sostuvo que la exigencia de los indíge<strong>na</strong>s del<br />
Conisur para que los dirigentes del Tipnis informen<br />
de su proceder está en vigencia, y esperarán se<br />
hagan presentes en la zo<strong>na</strong> para que expliquen los<br />
alcances de la ley que obliga a u<strong>na</strong> modificación<br />
del trazo en el tramo II de la carretera al Beni.<br />
Por su parte, el asambleísta del Movimiento Sin<br />
Miedo (MSM), Mario Orella<strong>na</strong> lamentó que el<br />
gobierno del presidente Evo Morales no cumpla<br />
con sus compromisos con los dirigentes del Tipnis<br />
e insista en la construcción de la carretera<br />
rechazada y cuestio<strong>na</strong>da en su tramo II.<br />
Dijo que todos los bolivianos tenían la seguridad<br />
que con la firma de la Ley Corta todo iba a cambiar,<br />
pero lo que se observa que no es así, ya que hay<br />
u<strong>na</strong> contraofensiva de acusaciones e insinuaciones<br />
del gobierno contra los habitantes del Tipnis que<br />
demuestran la soberbia del gobierno.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
We did not oppose Kanimozhi's bail: CBI<br />
NEW DELHI: Even as the Supreme Court<br />
Tuesday reserved orders on the bail pleas of five<br />
top corporate honchos in the 2G spectrum scam,<br />
the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said it did<br />
not oppose the bail petitions of DMK MP Kanimozhi<br />
and four others earlier before the trial court.<br />
Appearing for CBI, Additio<strong>na</strong>l Solicitor General<br />
(ASG) Harin Raval told Justice G.S. Singhvi and<br />
Justice H.L. Dattu that the concession given to<br />
Kanimozhi and four others was not available to<br />
other accused.<br />
The investigating agency opposed the bail plea of<br />
former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura even<br />
though he sought the same concession, the ASG<br />
said.<br />
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The New York Times - N.Y./Region, 02 de Novembro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Detective Is Found Guilty of Planting Drugs<br />
The New York Police Department, already saddled<br />
with corruption scandals, saw its image further<br />
tainted on Tuesday with the conviction of a<br />
detective for planting drugs on a woman and her<br />
boyfriend.<br />
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The bench verdict from Justice Gustin L. Reichbach<br />
in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn stemmed from<br />
acts committed in 2007 by the defendant, Jason<br />
Arbeeny, a 14-year veteran of the department who<br />
worked in the Brooklyn South unit.<br />
Before announcing the verdict, Justice Reichbach<br />
scolded the department for what he described as a<br />
widespread culture of corruption endemic in its drug<br />
units.<br />
“I thought I was not <strong>na</strong>ïve,” he said. “But even this<br />
court was shocked, not only by the seeming<br />
pervasive scope of misconduct but even more<br />
distressingly by the seeming casualness by which<br />
such conduct is employed.”<br />
The case against Detective Arbeeny was rooted in<br />
a far larger tale of corruption in Police Department<br />
drug units: several <strong>na</strong>rcotics officers in Brooklyn<br />
have been caught mishandling drugs they seized<br />
as evidence, and hundreds of potentially tainted<br />
drug cases have been dismissed. The city has<br />
made payments to settle civil suits over wrongful<br />
incarcerations.<br />
During the trial, prosecutors described the<br />
corruption in the drug units that Detective Arbeeny<br />
worked for. One former detective, Stephen<br />
Anderson, who did not know the defendant, testified<br />
that officers in those units often planted drugs on<br />
innocent people. Mr. Anderson has pleaded guilty<br />
to official misconduct over a 2008 episode involving<br />
drug evidence and now faces two to four years in<br />
prison.<br />
Detective Arbeeny was convicted of official<br />
misconduct, offering a false instrument for filing and<br />
falsifying business records. Charles Guria, a<br />
prosecutor, described this latest case of police<br />
corruption as an abuse of power.<br />
“It’s a sad day when a police officer misuses his<br />
authority,” Mr. Guria said.<br />
On Jan. 25, 2007, prosecutors said, Detective<br />
Arbeeny planted a small bag of crack cocaine on<br />
two innocent people.<br />
The detective’s lawyer, Michael Elbaz, tried to<br />
discredit the most important prosecution witnesses,<br />
Yvelisse DeLeon and her boyfriend, Juan Figueroa.<br />
Ms. DeLeon had testified that the couple drove up<br />
to their apartment building in Coney Island and<br />
were approached by two plainclothes police<br />
officers. She said she then saw Detective Arbeeny<br />
remove a bag of powder from his pocket and place<br />
it in the vehicle.<br />
“He brought out his pocket,” Ms. DeLeon told the<br />
court. “He said, ‘Look what I find.’ It looked like little<br />
powder in a little bag.”<br />
Later in 2007, the detective was accused of stealing<br />
multiple bags of cocaine from the prisoner van to<br />
which he had been assigned; Justice Reichbach<br />
found Detective Arbeeny not guilty of those<br />
charges.<br />
Though there had been conflicting testimony during<br />
the trial about the existence of quotas in the<br />
department’s drug units, Justice Reichbach said, a<br />
system of flawed procedures in part led to the<br />
charges against Detective Arbeeny.<br />
In the department’s Brooklyn South <strong>na</strong>rcotics unit,<br />
for instance, drugs seized as evidence are not<br />
counted or sealed until they reach the precinct and<br />
can be handled by multiple officers along the way,<br />
Justice Reichbach said, adding that such<br />
u<strong>na</strong>cceptable practices “pale in significance” to the<br />
“cowboy culture” of the drug units.<br />
“Anything goes in the never-ending war on drugs,”<br />
he said, “and a refusal to go along with<br />
questio<strong>na</strong>ble practices raise the specter of<br />
blacklisting and isolation.”<br />
Sentencing is scheduled for January. Detective<br />
Arbeeny faces up to four years in prison.<br />
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The New York Times - Politics, 02 de Novembro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
As Polls Slip, Perry Gets First Bounty of ‘Super PAC’<br />
Ads<br />
A new “super PAC” co-founded by Gov. Rick<br />
Perry’s onetime chief of staff has begun running<br />
campaign ads in Iowa and South Caroli<strong>na</strong>, marking<br />
the first advertising by a major super PAC in the<br />
Republican presidential primary and serving as a<br />
reminder of the Texas governor’s formidable<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>ncial resources despite his recent slide in the<br />
polls.The group, Make Us Great Again, is spending<br />
roughly $200,000 in each state over the next 10<br />
days. While that amount is enough for a large initial<br />
advertising buy, it is sure to be only the first trickle<br />
in the total spent by candidate-focused super PACs<br />
in the coming months.<br />
Make Us Great Again initially planned to raise and<br />
spend as much as $55 million through next April,<br />
though an official of the group later said that<br />
information was outdated, and it was not clear how<br />
much the group had raised. Some rival campaigns<br />
question whether the pro-Perry group can ever<br />
come close to reaching its initial target.<br />
A competing super PAC, Restore Our Future, which<br />
supports Mitt Romney and is operated by his former<br />
aides, reported raising $12 million in the first half of<br />
the year. Most of these groups are not required to<br />
disclose their contributions or donors from the<br />
second half of this year until Jan. 31.<br />
There had been expectations that super PACS<br />
would fi<strong>na</strong>nce attack ads; historically, outside<br />
groups have run some of the harshest ads against<br />
candidates, like Swift Boat Veterans for Truth,<br />
which attacked the Viet<strong>na</strong>m War record of Se<strong>na</strong>tor<br />
John Kerry. But the two 30-second pro-Perry spots<br />
are designed instead to build up the candidate with<br />
a <strong>na</strong>rrative of his life and his accomplishments as<br />
Texas governor, echoing his message on the<br />
campaign trail.<br />
Both advertisements, for example, mention that Mr.<br />
Perry was the son of a te<strong>na</strong>nt farmer and that he<br />
served in the Air Force, and they repeat Mr. Perry’s<br />
campaign message that his policies have created<br />
jobs in Texas.<br />
The group’s advertising expenditure comes one<br />
week after Mr. Perry’s campaign began running its<br />
first television advertising in Iowa. A person close to<br />
Make Us Great Again declined to discuss future<br />
strategy, including whether the group might run<br />
attack ads against Mr. Romney or other Republican<br />
rivals, but said the scope of the group’s efforts was<br />
expected to be comparable to the pro-Romney<br />
group.<br />
Super PACs were made possible by the Supreme<br />
Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010, which<br />
allowed unlimited spending by corporations, unions<br />
and individuals through these organizations, as<br />
long as the groups do not coordi<strong>na</strong>te their spending<br />
with the candidates. Most of the top Republican<br />
presidential contenders, and President Obama,<br />
now have the support of super PACs established by<br />
donors and former aides, and they are expected to<br />
play a major role in the 2012 campaign.<br />
The pro-Perry ads feature recent video of the<br />
governor shaking hands and speaking on the<br />
campaign trail. Jason Miller, a spokesman for Make<br />
Us Great Again, said the video was taken during<br />
campaign events that had been announced and<br />
open to the public in both Iowa and South Caroli<strong>na</strong>.<br />
The ads “are designed to promote Governor Perry’s<br />
excellent record on helping to create jobs and grow<br />
the economy,” Mr. Miller said.<br />
The group was founded two weeks before Mr. Perry<br />
officially declared his candidacy in August by<br />
supporters and donors including Mike Toomey, a<br />
lobbyist and former chief of staff to the Texas<br />
governor. Its executive director, Scott Rials,<br />
formerly worked for the campaign of Newt Gingrich,<br />
with the two men now at the top of the Perry<br />
campaign, Dave Carney and Rob Johnson.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Under ‘Color of Federal Law’<br />
he Supreme Court ruled three decades ago in<br />
Carlson v. Green that a federal prisoner could sue<br />
for money damages from prison employees who<br />
abused his constitutio<strong>na</strong>l rights. On Tuesday, in<br />
Minneci v. Pollard, the court heard the government<br />
and others contend that a prisoner held in a facility<br />
operated by a private contractor cannot bring this<br />
kind of action.The court should reject this argument.<br />
If not, it will allow the government to contract away<br />
prisoners’ constitutio<strong>na</strong>l rights — and contract away<br />
its own responsibility to protect individuals<br />
imprisoned under the law.<br />
While incarcerated for 20 months in a privately run<br />
facility, Richard Lee Pollard fell and broke his<br />
elbows, a serious injury. When he sought medical<br />
treatment, he was refused a splint to help repair his<br />
arms and forced to wear a handcuff-like device that<br />
caused him tremendous pain.<br />
If he had been in a government-run prison, he<br />
clearly could have sued those who mistreated him<br />
for damages. The private facility where Mr. Pollard<br />
was imprisoned was different only in ownership. It<br />
operated under federal authority and functioned as<br />
a government facility. Those who worked there or<br />
provided services for it were operating “under the<br />
color of federal law,” a critical test.<br />
The government and others also contend that such<br />
actions are reserved for extraordi<strong>na</strong>ry<br />
circumstances where the person alleging injury has<br />
no other basis for suing because, for example, state<br />
law provides no remedy and that Mr. Pollard could<br />
have brought a civil action under tort law in state<br />
court. But after the court held that is no substitute<br />
because of the vagaries of state laws, Congress<br />
twice affirmed the right to sue officials for redress in<br />
federal court.<br />
The Pollard case matters so much because one of<br />
every six federal prisoners is now held in a privately<br />
run facility, compared with none two decades ago.<br />
Private facilities also house half the federal<br />
immigration detainees.<br />
Bad as many government-run prisons are, some<br />
privately run prisons may well be worse. There is<br />
mounting evidence that private prisons pay guards<br />
less, have smaller staffs and give limited training,<br />
reducing the level of care and oversight and<br />
exposing prisoners to greater threats to health and<br />
safety. The prisons and the people who work there<br />
must be held accountable when they badly perform<br />
this role of government.<br />
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A Political Battle Over the Courts’ Power<br />
Re “G.O.P. Field Stoking Anger at U.S. Courts”<br />
(front page, Oct. 24):<br />
Extreme anti-judiciary measures like those<br />
proposed by Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann<br />
and Ron Paul, as well as Mitt Romney’s choice of<br />
the ultra-conservative failed Supreme Court<br />
nominee Robert H. Bork to head his legal team, are<br />
chilling reminders of the stakes of the 2012<br />
presidential election.<br />
But these are not far-off threats. The G.O.P. has<br />
already found a simple and immediate way to wage<br />
war on the federal judiciary: by obstructing the<br />
confirmation of new judges.<br />
There are about 100 vacancies in federal courts<br />
throughout the country, a third of which are in<br />
districts so hard pressed that they have been<br />
desig<strong>na</strong>ted “judicial emergencies.”<br />
In spite of this, Se<strong>na</strong>te Republicans have been<br />
confirming nominees at a record sluggish pace. The<br />
Se<strong>na</strong>te is currently sitting on 23 nominees, virtually<br />
all of whom have b bipartisan support. It simply<br />
defies reason that nominees who have received<br />
absolutely no opposition from either party are<br />
sometimes forced to wait months for a simple<br />
up-or-down confirmation vote.<br />
A functioning independent judiciary is at the<br />
foundation of our democracy. But the religious right<br />
has often been wary of the judiciary’s power to act<br />
as a bulwark against efforts to crumble the wall of<br />
separation between church and state and to deny<br />
rights to women, gay people, religious minorities,<br />
workers and consumers. U<strong>na</strong>ble to pass extreme<br />
measures like the ones being proposed by<br />
presidential candidates, the right has settled<br />
instead for quietly kneecapping the courts.<br />
MARGE BAKER<br />
Exec. V.P. for Policy and Program<br />
People for the American Way<br />
Washington, Oct. 24, 2011<br />
To the Editor:<br />
“The Court and the Next President” (editorial, Oct.<br />
29) asserts that “it may not be in the Republicans’<br />
best interests to have a sober <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l debate”<br />
about the judicial branch. Newt Gingrich disagrees,<br />
which is why he has put the issue of restoring the<br />
proper role of the judicial branch front and center in<br />
his campaign.<br />
The modern Supreme Court claims that its<br />
interpretations of the Constitution are binding on the<br />
executive and legislative branches. The founding<br />
fathers believed otherwise and President Abraham<br />
Lincoln acted otherwise, issuing passports to free<br />
blacks and signing legislation that limited the<br />
extension of slavery, both in clear defiance of the<br />
Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott.<br />
Today, as federal courts have intervened in sectors<br />
of American life never before imagi<strong>na</strong>ble, the public<br />
has increasingly come to view them as an<br />
usurpative device for unelected rulers. This abuse<br />
of power and loss of public confidence amounts to<br />
a constitutio<strong>na</strong>l crisis.<br />
In response, Mr. Gingrich supports the view that the<br />
executive and legislative branches each have an<br />
independent responsibility to interpret the<br />
Constitution, and in those rare circumstances when<br />
they believe the federal courts, including the<br />
Supreme Court, have engaged in a serious<br />
constitutio<strong>na</strong>l error, they can choose among an<br />
array of constitutio<strong>na</strong>l powers to check and balance<br />
the courts.<br />
Specifically, Mr. Gingrich believes that the<br />
Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in Boumediene<br />
giving captured noncitizen enemy combatants the<br />
constitutio<strong>na</strong>l right to access American courts to<br />
challenge their detention was wrongly decided and<br />
should be ignored by the executive branch and<br />
challenged by Congress.<br />
VINCE HALEY<br />
Arlington, Va., Oct. 31, 2011<br />
The writer is policy director for Newt Gingrich’s<br />
campaign.<br />
To the Editor:<br />
Your editorial claims that if a Republican is elected<br />
president and has a chance to fill a Ruth Bader<br />
Ginsburg vacancy, that would result in a “decidedly<br />
conservative” court, but if President Obama is<br />
re-elected and has the chance to fill Antonin<br />
Scalia’s seat, the court becomes “a more moderate<br />
one.”<br />
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Not so. The four liberals on the court are every bit<br />
as predictable on key political issues as the four<br />
conservatives; another liberal member and one<br />
fewer conservative and the court becomes<br />
decidedly liberal.<br />
HARVEY SWENSON<br />
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The Wall Street Jour<strong>na</strong>l - Article, 02 de Novembro de 2011<br />
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Olympus Names Review Panel<br />
BY KANA INAGAKI<br />
TOKYO—Olympus Corp. <strong>na</strong>med the members of<br />
an outside committee to examine four past<br />
acquisitions, responding to calls by regulators and<br />
shareholders to explain the deals.<br />
The six-member committee will be overseen by<br />
Tatsuo Kai<strong>na</strong>ka, a former Japan supreme court<br />
justice, who was also involved in a compliance<br />
investigation into Japan Airlines ma<strong>na</strong>gement and<br />
led a panel investigation into system failures at the<br />
retail banking unit of Mizuho Fi<strong>na</strong>ncial Group Inc.<br />
earlier this year.<br />
Mr. Kai<strong>na</strong>ka will be joined by four other lawyers and<br />
one accountant.<br />
In a statement, the Japanese maker of cameras<br />
and endoscopes said the committee will examine ...<br />
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Column: Jobs and civics go hand in hand<br />
By Sandra Day O'Connor and Bob Graham<br />
America's Founding Fathers understood that the<br />
success of our republic would depend on our<br />
citizens' civic knowledge and participation. Indeed,<br />
the origi<strong>na</strong>l impetus for public schooling was to<br />
teach young people about their rights,<br />
responsibilities and competencies as citizens. Now<br />
comes news that more than our democratic system<br />
relies on civic education: Our economy may as well.<br />
According to a recent study by the congressio<strong>na</strong>lly<br />
chartered Natio<strong>na</strong>l Conference on Citizenship,<br />
there is a b correlation between civic engagement<br />
and unemployment. In recent years, unemployment<br />
has risen less in states and cities where more<br />
people volunteer, register to vote, attend public<br />
meetings, and work with neighbors to address<br />
community challenges. For every percentage point<br />
increase in people who attend public meetings, the<br />
study found nearly a quarter percentage point<br />
decrease in unemployment. For every percentage<br />
point climb in volunteerism, unemployment dipped<br />
nearly a fifth of a percentage point.<br />
Importance of volunteering<br />
Such trends are borne out at the state level. Eight<br />
of the 11 states with the highest volunteering rates<br />
at the outset of the fi<strong>na</strong>ncial crisis — Alaska, Iowa,<br />
Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas,<br />
Minnesota and Vermont — experienced among the<br />
smallest rises in unemployment. Seven of the 10<br />
states with the lowest volunteering rates — Arizo<strong>na</strong>,<br />
California, Alabama, Florida, Nevada, Rhode Island<br />
and Delaware — experienced among the highest<br />
increases in unemployment.<br />
These statistics are striking, but not surprising.<br />
Sixty percent of volunteers believe that community<br />
service increases their odds of finding a job, and<br />
they're right. Citizens engaged in their communities<br />
have more opportunities to build the networks<br />
needed to secure employment. Similarly,<br />
communities with higher voter turnout are more<br />
likely to elect leaders who pursue policies that<br />
reflect local economic needs.<br />
The Census Bureau has wisely expanded its<br />
tracking of civic engagement. Last month, the<br />
bureau issued a mix of good and bad news.<br />
Downturn in participation<br />
While nearly 60% of Americans are registered to<br />
vote, almost three in four never or rarely discuss<br />
politics. While nearly 70% of young people talk with<br />
friends and family on the Internet numerous times a<br />
week, only about a third talk with their neighbors as<br />
frequently. And while most Americans participate in<br />
their communities in some form, only one in four<br />
volunteer. Even more troubling are reports that<br />
nearly three-quarters of Americans have reduced<br />
their civic participation in the recent downturn. This<br />
bodes a vicious cycle — whereby dwindling civic<br />
engagement is exacerbated by, and contributes to,<br />
our economic hardships.<br />
For the sake of our democracy and our economy, it<br />
is time for America to reinvest in civics. The<br />
connection between civic learning and economic<br />
success begins early in life, but civics has all but<br />
vanished from the public school curriculum. On the<br />
last <strong>na</strong>tionwide civics assessment test, two-thirds of<br />
students scored below proficiency. government<br />
leaders should work together to improve civics<br />
instruction and extracurricular community service<br />
activities. Award programs honoring students and<br />
schools for contributions to their communities can<br />
help put us on the right path.<br />
The secret to America's success is the strength of<br />
our civil society. An informed citizenry lays the<br />
foundation for not just democracy but also for an<br />
innovative, dy<strong>na</strong>mic economy.<br />
Sandra Day O'Connor is a retired associate justice<br />
of the U.S. Supreme Court and founder of iCivics.<br />
Bob Graham was governor of Florida from<br />
1979-1987 and represented the state as a U.S.<br />
se<strong>na</strong>tor from 1987-2005.<br />
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Column: 'Juan Crow' law alive and well in Alabama<br />
By David Person<br />
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Here in the South it feels like<br />
the 1960s all over again. And now, just as back<br />
then, far right-wing white politicians are doing their<br />
damnedest to be the poster boys of intolerance, this<br />
time on the issue of immigration.<br />
Birmingham's Eugene "Bull" Connor, Dallas County<br />
Sheriff Jim Clark and Alabama Gov. George<br />
Wallace were high-profile antagonists of the civil<br />
rights movement. Today, it's north Alabama Rep.<br />
Mo Brooks and Kansas Secretary of State Kris<br />
Kobach leading the anti-illegal-immigration charge.<br />
Of all Alabama's officials, Brooks has been the<br />
most inflammatory and provocative cheerleader for<br />
the state's heinous immigration law. Kobach helped<br />
Alabama and other states craft similar laws through<br />
his side gig with the Federation for American<br />
Immigration Reform (FAIR), an organization<br />
described as a hate group by the Southern Poverty<br />
Law Center.<br />
Despite objections from the Justice Department, a<br />
federal judge upheld portions of it, directing<br />
Alabama law enforcement officers to act as de facto<br />
immigration agents during routine traffic stops and<br />
requiring school systems to document the<br />
citizenship status of new students. Some are calling<br />
it "Juan Crow" — a play on Jim Crow, the moniker<br />
for segregation in the pre-civil rights South —<br />
because of the likelihood that Hispanics will be<br />
subjected to racial profiling and dubious detentions.<br />
Not surprisingly, most black lawmakers in the South<br />
bly oppose this and similar laws. They have not<br />
forgotten the sting of Jim Crow laws that were<br />
aimed at segregating blacks and denying them<br />
equal access to jobs, education, housing and health<br />
care.<br />
The Justice Department is asking the 11th Circuit<br />
Court of Appeals to invalidate the law. That court<br />
temporarily blocked the portions requiring that<br />
schools collect immigration data and that<br />
immigrants carry proof of residency. This month, it<br />
is expected to hear full arguments challenging the<br />
constitutio<strong>na</strong>lity of the law.<br />
Taxes and education as weapons<br />
That has not deterred Brooks and other supporters<br />
of the law from continuing to dig in, repackaging the<br />
old arguments that were used against Jim Crow-era<br />
blacks to target the undocumented. For example,<br />
like Jim Crow laws imposed segregated schools on<br />
black children, the Alabama law attempts to place<br />
barriers to illegal immigrants getting an education<br />
— though the appeals court has temporarily<br />
blocked that part of the law.<br />
"The bottom line is illegal aliens consume far more<br />
of our tax resources than they generate," Brooks<br />
told Politico recently. "We don't have the money in<br />
America to keep paying for the education of<br />
everybody else's children from around the world."<br />
The Tax Foundation, a non-partisan tax research<br />
group that conservatives love to quote, disputes<br />
Brooks' first point. The foundation concluded that<br />
undocumented workers are helping to fill federal<br />
and state coffers via payroll taxes (Social Security<br />
and Medicare) and sales taxes on food, clothing<br />
and other essentials. Some might even pay income<br />
taxes, depending on their income level and whether<br />
or not they have a Social Security Number or a Tax<br />
Identification Number, even if they are fraudulent<br />
numbers.<br />
As for Brooks' claim of having to educate<br />
"everybody else's children," the Supreme Court in<br />
1982 ruled in Plyler v. Doe that any child living in<br />
the U.S., whether here legally or illegally, has a<br />
right to a free public education. Alabama's law<br />
attempted to get around that fact by not blocking<br />
enrollment, but by requiring the student and/or<br />
parent upon enrollment to provide proof of<br />
citizenship as a way to track the number of illegal<br />
immigrant students.<br />
Of course fear, not facts, is driving Alabama's law<br />
and its sister laws. The same fear, no doubt, moved<br />
FAIR founder John Tanton to write in a 1993 letter<br />
that his goal is to keep the United States "a<br />
European-American majority, and a clear one at<br />
that." Supporters of Alabama's law also claim that<br />
undocumented workers are taking jobs away from<br />
American citizens. But Tanton and FAIR should rest<br />
easy. Alabama and its deep South neighbors still<br />
have solid white majorities. Hispanics make up only<br />
3.9% of Alabama's population, according to the<br />
Census Bureau. Florida (23%), Georgia (9%),<br />
Tennessee (5%) and Mississippi (3%) are just as<br />
safe.<br />
Some rise up despite bias<br />
But the Tantons and Brookses of the world should<br />
remember that some of our society's greatest<br />
contributors have been victims of discrimi<strong>na</strong>tion.<br />
Survivors of Jim Crow have become some of our<br />
<strong>na</strong>tion's most important leaders in business,<br />
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science, academics and entertainment. Many future<br />
leaders are now being subjected to Juan Crow<br />
when what they should be given is a fair and<br />
reaso<strong>na</strong>ble path to citizenship.<br />
I recently met two of them — sisters Kelly and Nelly<br />
(I am not giving their last <strong>na</strong>me because of their<br />
immigration status.) — who crossed the<br />
Mexico-U.S. border five years ago with their<br />
parents, struggling farmers from the small city of<br />
Cuer<strong>na</strong> Vaca. For now, despite the law, their family<br />
is opting to stay in Alabama.<br />
"My parents told us we had to come," said Kelly, the<br />
oldest at 18. "They didn't want the same thing for<br />
us."<br />
"We want a better life," said Nelly, 15.<br />
Hopefully, they'll still have one — as long as our<br />
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bigotry and fears don't get the best of us.<br />
David Person is the host of WEUPTalk on<br />
WEUP-AM in Huntsville, Ala., a freelance arts<br />
reporter for Natio<strong>na</strong>l Public Radio and a member of<br />
USA TODAY's Board of Contributors.<br />
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High court case on GPS surveillance could break new<br />
ground<br />
By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY<br />
WASHINGTON – In a potentially groundbreaking<br />
case on high-tech tracking by police, the Supreme<br />
Court will decide whether constant surveillance is<br />
such an intrusion on people's lives that police need<br />
a warrant before attaching a GPS device to a<br />
person's car.<br />
The case, to be heard Tuesday, tests law<br />
enforcement's use of the latest technology to fight<br />
crime as it raises the specter of a "Big Brother"<br />
government knowing one's every move. GPS<br />
tracking lets police engage in round-the-clock<br />
surveillance — without a person's knowledge —<br />
over a prolonged period that could seldom be<br />
matched by cops on a beat or other traditio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
observation.<br />
Global Positioning System receivers, origi<strong>na</strong>lly<br />
developed for military use, rely on a constellation of<br />
satellites in fixed orbits. Receivers on the ground<br />
use satellite transmissions to calculate the latitude<br />
and longitude of a location. Data can be transmitted<br />
remotely to police computers and stored.<br />
"A person who knows all of another's travels"<br />
through GPS, U.S. Appeals Court Judge Douglas<br />
Ginsburg wrote in the ruling that the high court will<br />
take up, "can deduce whether he is a weekly<br />
church goer, a heavy drinker, a regular at the gym,<br />
an unfaithful husband, an outpatient receiving<br />
medical treatment, an associate of particular<br />
individuals or political groups — and not just one<br />
such fact about a person, but all such facts."<br />
The Washington, D.C.-based appeals court ruled<br />
that the Fourth Amendment protection against<br />
unreaso<strong>na</strong>ble searches and seizures require police<br />
get a warrant before affixing a GPS device to a car<br />
or truck.<br />
The federal Justice Department, appealing the<br />
warrant requirement, argues that drivers do not<br />
expect their movements to be kept private. "Officers<br />
do not conduct a 'search' when they observe<br />
matters conducted in the open, which anyone could<br />
see," U.S. Solicitor General Do<strong>na</strong>ld Verrilli tells the<br />
justices in his brief.<br />
The dispute over the technology becoming<br />
ubiquitous on smartphones and vehicles could lead<br />
to a major decision regarding police tactics for<br />
decades to come.<br />
The case, involving a Washington, D.C., nightclub<br />
operator who was investigated in a<br />
cocaine-trafficking case, has drawn a dozen "friend<br />
of the court" briefs from an array of outside groups<br />
all but one opposing the federal government.<br />
Among those siding with the drug defendant, who<br />
was tracked for a month, is the Council on<br />
American-Islamic Relations, which says Muslim<br />
Americans have been increasingly subject to<br />
warrantless GPS surveillance, and Roger Easton,<br />
an inventor regarded by many as "the father of<br />
GPS."<br />
Other cases involving technology<br />
The following Supreme Court cases that involve<br />
police use of technology form the backdrop of the<br />
Nov. 8 dispute over the use of GPS tracking:<br />
•Katz v. United States, 1967: Establishing the<br />
Fourth Amendment standard that people are<br />
entitled to a “reaso<strong>na</strong>ble expectation of privacy”<br />
against electronic surveillance; the court ruled that<br />
the use of an electronic listening device attached to<br />
the outside of a public telephone booth, to gather<br />
information from a private conversation inside,<br />
constituted a “search,” requiring a warrant.<br />
•United States v. Knotts, 1983: Finding that a<br />
person riding in car on public streets has no<br />
reaso<strong>na</strong>ble expectation of privacy in any<br />
movements from one place to another; the court<br />
permitted police use of a beeper to follow a car on<br />
public roads.<br />
•United States v. Karo, 1984: Declaring that the use<br />
of a beeper to track information into a private<br />
residence — the device was used to track a can of<br />
ether — violated the Fourth Amendment.<br />
•Kyllo v. United States, 2001: Holding that officers’<br />
use of thermal imaging technology to detect heat<br />
radiating from within a home (where marijua<strong>na</strong> was<br />
being grown) was a “search” subject to the Fourth<br />
Amendment; that decision emphasized the sanctity<br />
of the home.<br />
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Lawyers for Easton, 90, and other GPS developers,<br />
say the tracking is done in such continuous and<br />
large-scale fashion that it defies comparisons to<br />
beepers and other electronic surveillance tactics<br />
previously reviewed by the high court.<br />
The one group siding with the federal government,<br />
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the New York-based Center on the Administration<br />
of Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Law, points to the cost benefits of<br />
satellite surveillance in tough fi<strong>na</strong>ncial times. It says<br />
GPS surveillance requires fewer personnel hours<br />
and less cost than having agents physically follow<br />
someone.<br />
Anthony Barkow, the group's director, said in an<br />
interview that GPS surveillance is on the<br />
"constitutio<strong>na</strong>l" side because it reveals information<br />
that could be observed in public. Barkow<br />
acknowledged that "fear of Big Brother" could affect<br />
the justices, but he says that law enforcement<br />
should be able to take advantage of technology,<br />
within constitutio<strong>na</strong>l safeguards.<br />
The Justice Department is urging the high court to<br />
reinstate the drug-conspiracy conviction of Antoine<br />
Jones, who was tracked with a GPS device over<br />
four weeks in 2005.<br />
Federal agents, who had secretly put a GPS device<br />
on Jones' Jeep while it was in a public lot, used the<br />
evidence from Jones' travels to a stash house in<br />
Fort Washington, Md., to help win a conviction of<br />
conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Agents found large<br />
amounts of cocaine in the house and recovered<br />
about $70,000 from the Jeep.<br />
Solicitor General Verrilli is urging the high court to<br />
rely on its 1983 ruling in United States v. Knotts,<br />
which said the use of a beeper to track a suspect<br />
driving to a drug lab was not a search under the<br />
Fourth Amendment. Verrilli says the lower court<br />
hearing Jones' appeal wrongly abandoned a<br />
longstanding line between private information and<br />
information that is "exposed to the public," for<br />
example, on roadways.<br />
The lower court said, however, that a month of<br />
detailed tracking could not be considered "public" in<br />
the usual sense because it was unlikely anyone<br />
would actually have observed all of Jones' travels.<br />
Verrilli counters that information does not become<br />
"less public" simply because it is collected with in a<br />
more sophisticated technology.<br />
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The high court will also be looking at whether just<br />
the installation of the device violated Jones' rights.<br />
Justice Department lawyers say installing the GPS<br />
device was permitted because it didn't interfere with<br />
Jones' driving or take up any space inside the<br />
vehicle.<br />
Stephen Leckar, representing Jones, tells the<br />
justices in his brief that unrestrained GPS<br />
monitoring has become "a grave threat to<br />
expressive and political association, as well as to<br />
the perso<strong>na</strong>l privacy and security of every individual<br />
in the country."<br />
Leckar added in an interview, "I'm not saying the<br />
government can't tail you, but they can't track<br />
people relentlessly without a warrant. … Who wants<br />
to live in a totalitarian state when you're under<br />
constant electronic monitoring?"<br />
The U.S. government tells the justices that law<br />
enforcement has not been abusing GPS technology<br />
and it is not even in widespread police use. "If<br />
'dragnet' use of tracking technology" were to occur,<br />
Verrilli says, "its constitutio<strong>na</strong>l implications can be<br />
addressed at that time."<br />
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Justice Stevens' memoir: Modest tone but pointed<br />
critiques<br />
By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY<br />
WASHINGTON – For his nearly 35 years on the<br />
Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens was<br />
never a scene stealer. As he gravitated toward the<br />
left, he was overshadowed by prominent liberals<br />
such as William Bren<strong>na</strong>n. Later, when he became<br />
the senior justice on the left and controlled the<br />
assignment of opinions, he often gave important<br />
cases to key colleagues.<br />
Stevens' observations also serve as a reminder, as<br />
the presidential season heats up, of how a single<br />
new justice can make the difference in the law of<br />
the land. Stevens writes that the 1991 retirement of<br />
liberal Thurgood Marshall and President George<br />
H.W. Bush's choice of conservative Clarence<br />
Thomas to succeed him "may well have been the<br />
most significant judicial event" of Rehnquist's<br />
tenure as chief justice.<br />
MORE: Full coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court<br />
Among the best criticisms in Five Chiefs: A<br />
Supreme Court Memoir are Stevens' objections to<br />
Rehnquist's positions against crimi<strong>na</strong>l defendants<br />
and decisions weakening the states' duty to comply<br />
with federal law. Stevens refers to Rehnquist<br />
opinions as "abysmal" and "simply wrong."<br />
Throughout the 1990s, Stevens was in dissent as a<br />
<strong>na</strong>rrow five-justice majority cut back on people's<br />
ability to sue states to enforce individual rights, for<br />
example, to obtain overtime wages due under<br />
federal labor law.<br />
"Like the gold stripes on his robes," Stevens<br />
observes in his book, "Chief Justice Rehnquist's<br />
writing about (state) sovereignty was ostentatious<br />
and more reflective of the ancient British mo<strong>na</strong>rchy<br />
than our modern republic."<br />
In a recent interview with USA TODAY, Stevens<br />
acknowledged that he was tough on Rehnquist, a<br />
fellow Midwesterner and Republican appointee who<br />
he counted as a friend. "He deserves it," Stevens<br />
said flatly.<br />
He said he did not think Rehnquist would have<br />
been surprised at his criticism. "I don't think there is<br />
anything in there that I didn't say to him perso<strong>na</strong>lly,"<br />
said Stevens, who retired last year and was<br />
succeeded by Ele<strong>na</strong> Kagan. Rehnquist died in<br />
September 2005.<br />
The switch of Thomas for Marshall transformed the<br />
court, Stevens said, including on civil rights, federal<br />
authority over the states and gun control. He points<br />
to a <strong>na</strong>rrow majority's 1997 invalidation of a<br />
requirement in the Brady Handgun Violence<br />
Prevention Act that local police make background<br />
checks of prospective buyers of handguns.<br />
At the time of that 1997 decision, Stevens' referred<br />
in his dissent to the importance of <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
responses to local emergencies, and he added in<br />
his book, "I often wonder whether the tragic events<br />
of 9/11 have given members of the majority any<br />
second thoughts about the wisdom of their<br />
decision."<br />
In the interview, Stevens said, "On all the key<br />
cases, where Clarence was one of the five (to make<br />
the majority), Thurgood surely would have voted<br />
the other way. That was the most significant thing<br />
that happened to the court during that period."<br />
Stevens also acknowledged that he went relatively<br />
easy in his book on current Chief Justice John<br />
Roberts. "He's a young man and he has a long way<br />
to go," said Stevens, 91, of Roberts, 56.<br />
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Japan not safe for meeting with panel: ex-Olympus<br />
CEO<br />
By Sumio Ito and Reiji Murai<br />
TOKYO (Reuters) - The ex-CEO of Japan's<br />
Olympus Corp said on Wednesday he wanted to<br />
meet investigators appointed to probe a scandal<br />
engulfing the firm, but added it would not be safe<br />
for him to travel to Japan.<br />
Briton Michael Woodford, whose sacking and<br />
revelations about irregular deals and payments<br />
exposed the scandal, said he would meet the<br />
company-appointed panel of investigators in<br />
London, New York or Singapore.<br />
"I think there are security issues in relation to<br />
Japan," Woodford told Reuters in a phone interview<br />
from Britain. "They only have to get on a plane."<br />
Woodford did not explain his concerns but the<br />
scandal has raised fears -- denied by Olympus -that<br />
the deals could be linked to "anti-social forces",<br />
a euphemism in Japan for organized crime.<br />
Olympus has been under intense pressure to<br />
explain deals that have rattled confidence in the<br />
92-year-old company and wiped out half its market<br />
value.<br />
The company has repeatedly denied any<br />
wrongdoing. Woodford raised alarm bells over the<br />
deals publicly after he was sacked on October 14<br />
just two weeks into the job of CEO.<br />
This week the endoscope and camera maker set up<br />
a panel of six men to investigate the deals, which<br />
include the world's most generous advisory fee of<br />
$687 million, mostly paid to an obscure Cayman<br />
Islands firm.<br />
In a sign of concern the scandal may hurt investor<br />
confidence in Japan, the ruling Democratic Party<br />
plans to set up its own panel to debate improving<br />
corporate gover<strong>na</strong>nce and disclosure, a senior<br />
party official said on Wednesday.<br />
At the center of the scandal is the 2008 acquisition<br />
of British medical equipment maker Gyrus for $2.2<br />
billion that involved an advisory fee of $687 million,<br />
about a third of the buying price and way above the<br />
industry standard of around 1 percent.<br />
The Olympus panel will also focus on the<br />
acquisition of three firms in Japan that Olympus,<br />
under chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa's decade-long<br />
reign at the company, later largely wrote off.<br />
Woodford has brought the deals to the attention of<br />
regulators in Britain, Japan and the United States.<br />
Olympus' chairman has resigned over the<br />
revelations.<br />
The panel's chief, Tatsuo Kai<strong>na</strong>ka, said earlier on<br />
Wednesday the body would need at least a month<br />
before it could report its findings.<br />
Kai<strong>na</strong>ka, a former supreme court justice who earlier<br />
this year headed a probe of Japan's No.2 bank,<br />
Mizuho Fi<strong>na</strong>ncial Group, told Reuters the panel had<br />
"a wealth of experience".<br />
A review in 2009 commissioned by Olympus'<br />
auditing board cleared ma<strong>na</strong>gement of misconduct<br />
in the now-controversial acquisition of the three<br />
Japanese firms.<br />
POLITICAL HEAT<br />
Adding to the heat on the company, a Japanese<br />
investor threatened to file a shareholder suit against<br />
the ma<strong>na</strong>gers responsible for the deals, in what<br />
would be the first legal action over the acquisitions.<br />
Seeking to assure skeptical investors, Olympus has<br />
said no one on the all-Japanese panel had any<br />
previous association with the company.<br />
Still, some a<strong>na</strong>lysts said the company will need to<br />
go further to provide reassurance about the integrity<br />
of the panel's role, while Woodford said he had<br />
reservations.<br />
"The material will be fed and filtered by Olympus,<br />
they need forensic accountants to report to the<br />
committee because you don't want Olympus to<br />
provide the data, you want accountants to provide<br />
the data," the Briton said.<br />
Corporate gover<strong>na</strong>nce expert Nicholas Benes,<br />
head of the Board Director Training Institute of<br />
Japan, said it was important for Olympus to show<br />
the committee had free rein in its investigation<br />
"What exactly is the brief of the committee -- this<br />
should be painted crystal clear on the website of<br />
Olympus. I don't see that here," he said. "If the<br />
committee does what needs to be done it is not<br />
going to look good for half or more of the board -there<br />
is no way it can."<br />
The group, besides Kai<strong>na</strong>ka, includes lawyers and<br />
an accountant with experience investigating<br />
gover<strong>na</strong>nce at a bank, power company and<br />
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consumer electronics maker.<br />
It includes Hideki Nakagome, a retired judge who<br />
served on a panel investigating Tokyo Electric<br />
Power's nuclear accident at its Fukushima plant.<br />
Also <strong>na</strong>med was ex-prosecutor Tomoyoshi Arita<br />
and two lawyers from private practice, Eiji<br />
Katayama and Osamu Sudo. The latter chaired a<br />
group investigating JVC Kenwood Corp, which last<br />
year was forced to issue a warning about its status<br />
as a going concern. Katsuaki Takiguchi, an<br />
accountant, rounds off the panel.<br />
Katayama, Sudo, Kai<strong>na</strong>ka and Nakagome have not<br />
handled cases involving mergers and acquisitions,<br />
legal filings from legal publisher Westlaw Japan's<br />
database show.<br />
The head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday<br />
criticized Olympus ma<strong>na</strong>gement for its handling of<br />
the crisis and warned that it risked legal action from<br />
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shareholders unless the probe was truly<br />
independent.<br />
(Writing by Tim Kelly, Tomasz Janowski and Mark<br />
Bendeich; Editing by Neil Fullick and Dean Yates)<br />
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Court rules WikiLeaks' Assange should be extradited<br />
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian<br />
Assange, whose activities have angered the U.S.<br />
government, should be sent to Sweden from Britain<br />
to face questioning over alleged sex crimes, the<br />
High Court ruled Wednesday, rejecting his appeal<br />
against extradition.<br />
Swedish authorities want to question the<br />
40-year-old over accusations of rape and sexual<br />
assault made by two female former WikiLeaks<br />
volunteers.<br />
Assange now has two weeks to consider whether to<br />
make a fi<strong>na</strong>l appeal to the Supreme Court.<br />
However, any recourse to Britain's highest judicial<br />
body can only be made on a point of law<br />
considered by judges to be of general public<br />
interest, so permission to appeal must be obtained<br />
first from the High Court.<br />
"We will be considering our next steps in the days<br />
ahead," Assange said in an uncharacteristically<br />
short statement afterwards.<br />
Wearing a smart <strong>na</strong>vy blue suit and sporting a<br />
Remembrance Day poppy in his lapel, the<br />
Australian computer expert listened intently during<br />
the 10-minute hearing but showed no emotion as<br />
the result was read out.<br />
He was hugged and kissed by a female supporter<br />
after the hearing while banners fixed to the court<br />
railings outside proclaimed him to be a "casualty of<br />
war and truth."<br />
He was mobbed by supporters on his arrival and<br />
when he left court Wednesday, waving and smiling<br />
when an anti-capitalist protester from a camp<br />
outside St Paul's Cathedral shouted out he had<br />
their backing.<br />
Assange was arrested in Britain 11 months ago and<br />
has since been living under strict bail conditions at<br />
the country estate of a wealthy supporter.<br />
He denies any wrongdoing, saying the case is<br />
politically motivated, possibly at the direction of<br />
U.S. officials angry over WikiLeaks' release of<br />
secret State Department and Pentagon documents.<br />
Swedish prosecutors say their case has nothing to<br />
do with his whistle-blowing website.<br />
In 2010 WikiLeaks posted 391,832 secret<br />
documents on the Iraq war and 77,000 classified<br />
Pentagon documents on the Afghan conflict. It has<br />
also made available about 250,000 individual<br />
cables -- the daily traffic between the State<br />
Department and more than 270 American<br />
diplomatic outposts around the world.<br />
Assange's lawyers have argued the Swedish<br />
demand is legally flawed and that the sex was<br />
consensual.<br />
A lawyer for the women in Sweden making the<br />
allegations criticised the High Court for having<br />
taken months to reach its verdict.<br />
"This decision was exactly what I expected, but I<br />
am very critical about the fact that it has taken the<br />
High Court such a long time, from July," said Claes<br />
Borgstrom.<br />
Last month, Assange, an Australian citizen, said<br />
WikiLeaks would stop publishing secret cables and<br />
devote itself instead to fund-raising because of a<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>ncial block on payments to the site by U.S. firms<br />
such as Visa and MasterCard.<br />
He said if the block was not ended by the turn of<br />
the year, WikiLeaks would not be able to continue.<br />
(Editing by Janet Lawrence)<br />
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Culture War Ens<strong>na</strong>res a Beloved Indian Epic:<br />
Choudhury<br />
Returning to New Delhi early last month, after two<br />
weeks on the road without much exercise, I passed<br />
my neighborhood park (where 10 laps every<br />
evening provide the reflective state of mind and the<br />
adre<strong>na</strong>lin that lead to columns such as this one)<br />
and realized there would be no run for me that day.<br />
It was the festival of Dussehra -- the day on which<br />
the victory of the godly king Rama of Ayodhya over<br />
his 10-headed antagonist Rava<strong>na</strong> of Lanka, and<br />
indeed of Good over Evil, is celebrated across<br />
India. In the middle of my park towered three<br />
effigies, each 40 feet high, of the bloodthirsty<br />
Rava<strong>na</strong>, to be burnt to ashes that evening like<br />
hundreds of other effigies across the city. As dusk<br />
fell, the streets of my neighborhood filled with<br />
hundreds of visitors, mostly families resplendent in<br />
festival finery, the children wearing red horns and<br />
piping on whistles and bugles, rippling with<br />
pleasure at the prospect of the shared <strong>na</strong>rrative and<br />
spectacle that would soon unfold in front of them.<br />
The story and the tradition in which millions of my<br />
countrymen were participating on Oct. 6 might be<br />
called the Rama katha (the word in many Indian<br />
languages for "story"), one of the oldest legends of<br />
the subcontinent and still the most popular,<br />
containing hundreds of archetypes, symbols,<br />
metaphors and proverbs that undergird Indian<br />
beliefs and ethical and philosophical ideas. The<br />
story is one of our greatest oral traditions and<br />
creates, as with many such <strong>na</strong>rratives handed<br />
down from one generation to another, a sense of<br />
the telescoping of time that allows people to speak<br />
of Rama and the events of his life as if they<br />
occurred in the recent past, not in the mists of<br />
mythological time.<br />
But there is also a textual genealogy to the<br />
tradition, which takes the form of various <strong>na</strong>rrations<br />
of the story in the Indian languages, many of them<br />
in dialogue with the version considered the ur-text,<br />
the enormous Ramaya<strong>na</strong> (about 50,000 lines of<br />
verse) composed in Sanskrit, the root and<br />
precursor of many modern Indian languages, by the<br />
sage Valmiki around the fifth century BC. In a<br />
preface to the most recent scholarly edition of<br />
Valmiki's text in English translation, the Indian<br />
economist and public intellectual Amartya Sen<br />
gives a sense of the story's power and geographical<br />
reach:<br />
The spread [of the Rama story across space and<br />
time] was, however, accompanied by many distinct<br />
transformations, some minor, some quite major [...]<br />
Within India there is a huge dichotomy, involving<br />
serious differences between the Northern and<br />
Southern versions. There are differences even<br />
between Northeastern variants and Northwestern<br />
ones, all in Sanskrit. As the Rāmāya<strong>na</strong> gets<br />
translated into the later Indian languages, Hindi,<br />
Tamil, Kan<strong>na</strong>da, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, and<br />
others, the <strong>na</strong>rrative takes again many different<br />
turns. And there were particular variants seen from<br />
different perspectives, for example that of women,<br />
rather than men. And as the Rāmāya<strong>na</strong> spread<br />
abroad, also like wild fire, with translations and<br />
adaptations across the eastern world, with<br />
Rāmāya<strong>na</strong> stories circulating in An<strong>na</strong>mese,<br />
Balinese, Cambodian, Javanese, Khotanese,<br />
Laotian, Malayan, Sinhalese, Thai, Tibetan, and<br />
others, we get a huge cluster of generically linked<br />
but partially divergent <strong>na</strong>rratives.<br />
To the Rama story's many traditio<strong>na</strong>l versions<br />
across languages and cultures, we may add a<br />
modern one, again with a constituency mainly in<br />
north India, which has many towns and rivers<br />
<strong>na</strong>med in the Valmiki Ramaya<strong>na</strong> and believes itself<br />
uniquely connected to the epic through this "sacred<br />
geography." This is the idea of a political, martial<br />
Rama, returning to redeem Hinduism from the<br />
margi<strong>na</strong>lization it has suffered at the hands of the<br />
secular Indian republic put in place after<br />
Independence, as well as the violence inflicted by<br />
Islamic invaders over the last millennium. This<br />
Rama seems to want to unite all Hindus politically<br />
(though usually upper-caste Hindus in practice) in<br />
an effort to assert the domi<strong>na</strong>nce of "Hindu<br />
civilization" in multi-faith, multicultural modern India.<br />
Rama as a political symbol is central to the idiom<br />
and political program of the main opposition party in<br />
Parliament, the Bharatiya Ja<strong>na</strong>ta Party (BJP),<br />
which orchestrated in 1992, with the support of<br />
various militant Hindu groups, the bringing down of<br />
the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, on the grounds that<br />
it had been constructed by the Mughal emperor<br />
Babur on the site where Rama was thought to have<br />
been born, and deserved to be replaced with a new<br />
Ram temple. Indeed, the BJP often speaks of its<br />
ideal of government as "Ram Rajya," which would<br />
be modeled on an order that prevailed during the<br />
time of Rama. In the last three decades, the BJP,<br />
along with the mass media -- particularly in the form<br />
of a vastly popular television version telecast on<br />
India's <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l channel Doordarshan in the late<br />
1980s -- have done a great deal to homogenize the<br />
public understanding of story of Rama, privileging<br />
the versions of the story produced by Valmiki and<br />
by the 16th-century poet-saint Tulsidas in his<br />
Ramacharitama<strong>na</strong>s. The dangers of this reduction<br />
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of a widely circulated story to the authority supplied<br />
by one or two texts have been pointed out by<br />
historians such as Romila Thapar in a perceptive<br />
essay from 1989 titled "The Ramaya<strong>na</strong> Syndrome."<br />
This is the context of a controversial and deplorable<br />
recent decision by Delhi University, the country's<br />
leading institution, to excise from its history syllabus<br />
an essay by the Indian scholar of classics AK<br />
Ramanujan called "Three Hundred Ramaya<strong>na</strong>s."<br />
Ramanujan's scholarly text would be intriguing and<br />
even insightful to anyone who recognizes a secular<br />
right to inquire into the origins and variants of<br />
religious tradition. The ruckus was first raised by<br />
the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the youth<br />
wing of the BJP, in 2008, when it vandalized Delhi<br />
University's History Department in real or<br />
cooked-up outrage over the essay.<br />
The protesters claimed that the essay, which treats<br />
the many different versions of the Ramaya<strong>na</strong><br />
circulating in the subcontinent as "tellings" without<br />
privileging a particular one as authoritative,<br />
circulates many untruths about the Ramaya<strong>na</strong> and<br />
is offensive to Hindus. It is easy to see how the<br />
Ramaya<strong>na</strong> knowledge in Ramanujan's text -- for<br />
example, that in some versions, the villain Rava<strong>na</strong><br />
is really a kind of tragic hero, and that in one he is<br />
even, unknown to himself, the father of Sita, the<br />
woman whom he lusts after and abducts -- would<br />
seem heretical to those who would regard the<br />
Ramaya<strong>na</strong> not as story but as scripture. A sentence<br />
like "When we enter the world of Jain tellings, the<br />
Rama story no longer carries Hindu values" would<br />
inflame someone who sees the story as a vessel of<br />
idealized Hindu values: Rama's nobility and ideal of<br />
dharma or right conduct, Sita's famed chastity, the<br />
monkey-god Hanuman's sacrifice and devotion.<br />
In voting 111 to 9 to delete the text from the<br />
syllabus, then, Delhi University's Academic Council<br />
was, in an atmosphere of violence, intimidation and<br />
unreason, choosing to take the path of least<br />
resistance. Perhaps it reasoned that the backlash<br />
from the excision of the essay, which would be<br />
widespread but nonviolent, would be preferable to<br />
another round of vigilante justice from hotheads<br />
who would be able to frame the debate in such a<br />
way that they would have a groundswell of popular<br />
support.<br />
The university practically ensured the veto for<br />
Ramanujan's text by allowing for a referendum on<br />
the matter in the first place, when it should have<br />
stood its right to teach the syllabus it had origi<strong>na</strong>lly<br />
prescribed. One might say the Council, when faced<br />
with a vote, was being quite pragmatic. The ideas<br />
of humanistic inquiry and free speech are<br />
insufficiently grounded in Indian public life, and very<br />
few spaces -- even classrooms -- are free of the<br />
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weight and creeping pressure of religious belief.<br />
The evidence for this might be found not just in the<br />
youth wing's charmless and intimidating approach,<br />
but even in the report of the four-member academic<br />
committee appointed by the Supreme Court to<br />
look into the matter. The one dissenting member of<br />
the committee argued that he was skeptical that<br />
students -- even students of history -- would be able<br />
to tolerate the relativization of what many<br />
considered a sacred text, and further that teaching<br />
it was "likely to become more difficult in the case of<br />
a non-Hindu teacher."<br />
Meanwhile, the protestors were ignoring Hinduism's<br />
own tradition of honoring pluralism, opting instead<br />
for the gesture of a more modern believer, that of<br />
competitive religious chauvinism against the<br />
common enemy of secularists and "leftists." This<br />
was clear from a press conference held by the<br />
BJP's youth wing after Ramanujan's text was<br />
elimi<strong>na</strong>ted. Ragini Bhuyan of the Sunday Guardian<br />
reported, in a piece called "Ramanujan and the<br />
Ramaya<strong>na</strong>":<br />
Chahal [a youth group functio<strong>na</strong>ry] argued that the<br />
world erupted in protest when cartoons of Prophet<br />
Muhammad were published by a Danish<br />
newspaper. Christian organisations also protested<br />
against the portrayal of the Vatican in Dan Brown's<br />
worldwide bestselling thriller, The Da Vinci Code.<br />
Chahal went on to cite the example of the professor<br />
in Kerala who wrote a question in an exam paper<br />
referring to Prophet Muhammad, and who suffered<br />
the horrific fate of having his hands cut off. The<br />
inference was clear: other religions don't tolerate it,<br />
so why should Hindus?<br />
The press conference also brought to light some<br />
undercurrents in this battle. The press release<br />
[circulated by the organizations involved with the<br />
protest] says, "It is a well-known tactic of the<br />
Leftists to attack deep-rooted religious beliefs of<br />
Hindus." [...] Dr Awasthy claimed at the press<br />
conference that "these historians are all Left wing.<br />
This is a conspiracy by the Left." ... [The] press<br />
release also asks "Whether the same historians will<br />
recommend [sic] a <strong>na</strong>rrative by Salman Rushdie as<br />
a compulsory text for the study of the Quran or<br />
Islam?"<br />
And in one of the best responses to the<br />
controversy, the jour<strong>na</strong>list Hartosh Singh Bal<br />
offered the big picture:<br />
The ideological route from the Babri Masjid to the<br />
removal of this essay is clear. If Rama is to be a<br />
historic perso<strong>na</strong>ge, if the Ramaya<strong>na</strong> is to be<br />
history, then there cannot be many tellings, there<br />
cannot be many Ramaya<strong>na</strong>s, there cannot be many<br />
Ramas.<br />
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In a biting essay in The Telegraph, the historian<br />
Mukul Kesavan cited a poem by Ramanujan that<br />
would have served as an account of this unsavory<br />
episode:<br />
A part of Ramanujan’s oeuvre is a sharp poem<br />
called “Some Indian Uses of History on a Rainy<br />
Day”. The poem tells the story of an Indian<br />
professor of Sanskrit making his way around Berlin<br />
in 1935, u<strong>na</strong>ble to make sense of the city or its<br />
German signs till familiar symbols, a “gothic lotus<br />
on an iron gate” and “the swastika on the<br />
neighbour’s arm” give him a fleeting, spurious<br />
sense of home. A university’s academic guardians<br />
must know that there have been attempts in other<br />
times and places to fabricate an authorized past, to<br />
speak for an authentically Indo-European people, to<br />
concoct an ‘Aryan’ canon. Ramanujan’s essay is an<br />
intellectual antidote to projects such as these, it is a<br />
text that revels in the incredible diversity of our epic<br />
<strong>na</strong>rratives.<br />
I can only imagine that the vice-chancellor and the<br />
academic council made an honest mistake, that,<br />
prompted by a misplaced sense of prudence or<br />
superabundant caution, they offered “Three<br />
Hundred Ramaya<strong>na</strong>s” at the altar of a lumpen god,<br />
hoping to appease it. It won’t, of course: this god is<br />
insatiable. Instead of pandering to unreason, the<br />
university should be true to itself, stand its ground<br />
and reinstate Ramanujan.<br />
Even as some aspects of India's vibrant Ramaya<strong>na</strong><br />
tradition are, as Kesavan says, being sacrificed, the<br />
country's rich traditions of renewal and<br />
reinterpretation of the Rama katha continue in a<br />
parallel universe. Two excellent contributions to this<br />
tradition in English have appeared in the last six<br />
months. "Sita's Ramaya<strong>na</strong>," a graphic novel by the<br />
writer Samhita Arni and the folk artist Moy<strong>na</strong><br />
Chitrakar, is <strong>na</strong>rrated from the perspective of Sita<br />
and not Rama, and was recently on the New York<br />
Times bestseller list. "Lost Loves: Exploring Rama's<br />
Anguish" is a book by the scholar and Ramaya<strong>na</strong><br />
translator Arshia Sattar about the relationship<br />
between Rama and Sita, and their respective<br />
dilemmas after she is abducted by Rava<strong>na</strong>.<br />
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Sattar's book, one can safely assume, would also<br />
be attacked by the censorious religious right if it<br />
made its way onto a university syllabus. But in truth,<br />
it makes Rama come alive by making his problems<br />
come alive in all their moral complexity, holding that<br />
we can best understand the story only when we are<br />
furthest "from the all-encompassing bhakti universe<br />
[universe of devotion] that renders Rama's deeds<br />
unquestio<strong>na</strong>ble and beyond reproach." One might<br />
say that some of India's self-appointed guardians of<br />
knowledge and culture, breathing fire and hatred<br />
like the cardboard villain Rava<strong>na</strong> of their<br />
black-and-white Ramaya<strong>na</strong>, have in this particular<br />
episode successfully come between Ramanujan<br />
and university students. But it will be much harder<br />
for them to wedge themselves between India and<br />
its many Ramaya<strong>na</strong>s.<br />
(Chandrahas Choudhury, a novelist, is the New<br />
Delhi correspondent for the World View blog. The<br />
opinions expressed are his own.)<br />
To contact the author of this blog post: Chandrahas<br />
Choudhury at chandrahas.choudhury@gmail.com<br />
To contact the editor responsible for this post: Max<br />
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Abortion Ban Republicans Favor May Be Deadly in<br />
Latin America<br />
Latin America, home to the world’s strictest abortion<br />
laws, may hold lessons for U.S. Republican<br />
presidential hopefuls who advocate a ban on the<br />
practice.<br />
A consequence of the laws, whatever the moral<br />
arguments, is that Latin American women have<br />
more “unsafe” abortions per capita than women in<br />
any other region, according to the World Health<br />
Organization. An estimated 900 women died in<br />
2008 from unsafe abortions in Central and South<br />
America, says a 2008 WHO report. The actual<br />
number may be higher because not all illegal<br />
abortions are reported, the study says.<br />
Strict abortion laws “consistently generate poor<br />
physical health outcomes, resulting in deaths,” the<br />
United Nations Human Rights Council Special<br />
Rapporteur on health, A<strong>na</strong>nd Grover, told the<br />
General Assembly on Oct. 24.<br />
Almost four decades after the Supreme Court’s<br />
Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion in the<br />
U.S., calling for its overturn is a political litmus test<br />
in Republican presidential primaries. In declaring<br />
his opposition to abortion with “no exceptions,”<br />
businessman Herman Cain has stated the best<br />
anti-abortion position among the current<br />
front-runners, including former Massachusetts<br />
Governor Mitt Romney and Texas Governor Rick<br />
Perry.<br />
Cain said Oct. 30, on CBS’s “Face the Nation”<br />
broadcast, that he opposes abortion even in cases<br />
of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at<br />
stake. That followed earlier remarks on CNN’s<br />
“Piers Morgan Tonight,” which drew attacks from<br />
his rivals when he said abortion should be illegal,<br />
but it may be a family’s or mother’s decision what to<br />
do. ‘100 Percent Pro-Life’<br />
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum<br />
similarly supports a no-exceptions approach, and<br />
has said he favors prosecuting doctors who perform<br />
abortions.<br />
When asked whether she supports exceptions<br />
during a June 13 Republican presidential primary<br />
debate, Minnesota Representative Michele<br />
Bachmann said she is “100 percent pro-life” and<br />
that “the very few cases that deal with those<br />
exceptions are the very tiniest of fraction of cases<br />
and yet they get all the attention.”<br />
In Latin America, Nicaragua and the Dominican<br />
Republic have joined Chile, El Salvador and<br />
Honduras in making abortion -- even to save the<br />
mother’s life -- a crime that carries a prison<br />
sentence.<br />
The strict laws in Latin America haven’t stopped<br />
abortion and, in some cases, have interfered with<br />
life-saving medical procedures for women. Afraid to<br />
Intervene<br />
In Nicaragua, where a complete ban was passed in<br />
2006, psychologist Marta Maria Blandón recounts<br />
the case of a married young woman carrying her<br />
first child, who sought treatment for acute stomach<br />
pains. She died in a hospital bed because doctors,<br />
afraid to intervene, ordered more tests when a<br />
therapeutic abortion would have saved her life,<br />
according to Blandón.<br />
Ipas, an inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l women’s advocacy group with<br />
an office in Ma<strong>na</strong>gua, estimates that at least 100<br />
women in Nicaragua have died in the past five<br />
years as a result of the law because health<br />
authorities didn’t perform abortion when atypical<br />
preg<strong>na</strong>ncies put the mothers’ lives in danger.<br />
The American Life League, an anti-abortion group,<br />
says on its website that “the use of the term<br />
‘therapeutic’ is another pro-abortion attempt to<br />
sanitize a repulsive act.”<br />
Anti-abortion activists such as Magaly Llaguno, who<br />
led the Latin American operations of Human Life<br />
Inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l until last year, dispute that there is a<br />
link between a legal ban and high death rates. They<br />
point to Ireland and Poland as countries with<br />
restrictive laws that are among the world’s lowest<br />
mater<strong>na</strong>l mortality rates. Link Disputed<br />
They cite a 2010 Chilean study which, using data<br />
from 1960 to 2007, found mater<strong>na</strong>l deaths dropped<br />
88 percent since the country made abortions illegal<br />
without exception in 1989. Deaths peaked in 1961,<br />
when abortion in special instances was still allowed.<br />
Blandón counters that the decline reflects advances<br />
in medicine and hygienic conditions in Chile, and<br />
said that closer exami<strong>na</strong>tion of mortality data for<br />
instances where women have problematic<br />
preg<strong>na</strong>ncies would paint a different picture.<br />
Abortion-rights activists also note that Chile is one<br />
of the region’s richest economies, meaning women<br />
have better access to health care. They may be<br />
able to afford to travel elsewhere to termi<strong>na</strong>te a<br />
preg<strong>na</strong>ncy or get black-market access to the<br />
abortion drug misoprostol, reducing the use of<br />
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surgical abortions and other methods with higher<br />
health risks.<br />
U.S. Shift<br />
Aspiring Republican presidential candidates have<br />
ratcheted up their anti-abortion advocacy as U.S.<br />
public opinion is shifting to being slightly less<br />
favorable toward abortion rights, according to Clyde<br />
Wilcox of Georgetown University in Washington,<br />
author of “Between Two Absolutes: Public Opinion<br />
and the Politics of Abortion.”<br />
Still, fewer than one in four Americans support a<br />
no- exceptions policy. A Gallup Poll conducted in<br />
May found 22 percent of respondents said that<br />
abortion should be illegal under all circumstances,<br />
up from 15 percent in 2006. Seventy- seven<br />
percent said abortion should always or sometimes<br />
be legal, down from 83 percent in May 2006.<br />
In Latin America, abortion is an issue that draws on<br />
b emotions and is used as a political card in heavily<br />
Roman Catholic <strong>na</strong>tions.<br />
“Elections are a crucial time when politicians have<br />
learned that to speak against abortion is going to<br />
make them look good and make the bishops<br />
happy,” said Blandón, Central American director of<br />
Ipas, in an Oct. 18 telephone interview. Emergency<br />
Contraception<br />
In Chile, abortion was allowed for medical purposes<br />
until 1989, just before the end of the Pinochet<br />
regime. Then in a gesture to pacify the church, the<br />
dictator elimi<strong>na</strong>ted the possibility of legal abortion,<br />
even for therapeutic purposes.<br />
As Chile’s first female president from 2006 to 2010,<br />
Michelle Bachelet tried to provide free morning-after<br />
pills to women aged 14 or older in a bid to make<br />
emergency contraception more available to poorer<br />
Chileans. It was a controversial move that drew<br />
angry protests and was struck down by the<br />
Constitutio<strong>na</strong>l Tribu<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
Bachelet, a feminist and a doctor who went on to<br />
become the first head of the United Nations’ agency<br />
for women, never attempted to legalize abortion in<br />
the deeply Catholic country. Bachelet, via her UN<br />
office, declined to comment.<br />
In Nicaragua, opposition to abortion pays political<br />
dividends. Daniel Ortega, the former leader of the<br />
Sandinista revolution who governed between 1979<br />
and 1990, returned to power by backing a blanket<br />
ban on abortion that the incumbent government<br />
passed in the run-up to 2006 elections.<br />
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Ortega, an advocate of abortion rights in the 1980s,<br />
underwent a transformation after losing three<br />
elections and facing a sex scandal when his<br />
stepdaughter accused him of abusing her as a<br />
child. He denied the allegations and the case never<br />
went to trial.<br />
The Marxist revolutio<strong>na</strong>ry turned devout Catholic is<br />
now seeking a third term in a Nov. 6 vote with a<br />
slogan that reads: “Christian, Socialist and<br />
Solidarity.”<br />
The extent of illegal abortions in Latin America is<br />
difficult to gauge. Women are reluctant to admit to<br />
an induced abortion, especially when it is illegal,<br />
meaning that many cases remain unreported.<br />
“The only thing the legality of abortion affects is<br />
whether it’s safe,” said Marianne Mollman, author of<br />
“Over Their Dead Bodies,” a 2007 report for New<br />
York-based Human Rights Watch on the impact of<br />
the ban on Nicaraguan women.<br />
In Chile, with a population of 16 million, there may<br />
be as many as 160,000 clandestine abortions each<br />
year, according to a 2008 editorial in the Chilean<br />
Gynecology and Obstetrics Review by the<br />
magazine’s editor, Enrique Donoso. Uncounted<br />
Women<br />
It is almost impossible to know the actual number of<br />
women killed by back-street abortions or<br />
complications from self- initiated efforts to end an<br />
unwanted preg<strong>na</strong>ncy.<br />
In Latin America, the annual number of unsafe<br />
abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 is higher<br />
than any other region, including Africa, according to<br />
the 2008 WHO report. In Western Europe, where<br />
most countries permit abortions, the unsafe<br />
abortion rate was “negligible,” while in Latin<br />
America it was about 31 per thousand, the report<br />
said. For Africa, which had a much higher overall<br />
number of abortions, the population-adjusted rate<br />
was 28 per thousand.<br />
WHO defines unsafe abortion as a procedure by<br />
people without the necessary skills or in an<br />
environment that doesn’t meet minimum medical<br />
standards. Abortion Pill<br />
“Despite large numbers of unsafe abortions, the risk<br />
of death associated with unsafe abortion is low at<br />
an average of 10 per 100,000 live births in Latin<br />
America and the Caribbean,” versus 40 for<br />
developing countries overall, according to the 2008<br />
WHO report.<br />
A 2006 study, published in The Lancet medical<br />
jour<strong>na</strong>l, said that the introduction of the<br />
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abortion-inducing drug misoprostol, supplanting<br />
some surgical abortions, is “one of the most<br />
significant factors” in reducing hospital admissions<br />
for abortion complications. The report looked at<br />
estimated abortion- related hospital admissions in<br />
13 developing countries, including Chile.<br />
Improving access to sex education, contraception<br />
and health care are the most effective ways of<br />
reducing abortions, Mollman said.<br />
Women’s rights activists want the experience of<br />
Latin American women to serve as a cautio<strong>na</strong>ry<br />
lesson for U.S. politicians. Blandón recounts the<br />
case of a woman in Nicaragua who was carrying a<br />
baby with anencephaly, a fatal defect in which<br />
major parts of the brain are missing. The woman<br />
was required to carry the child to birth by the<br />
doctors, who told her not to worry because the<br />
money she had set aside for a cradle could be used<br />
to buy a coffin.<br />
-- With assistance from Sebastian Boyd in<br />
Santiago. Editors: Terry Atlas, Jim Rubin.<br />
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Visa, MasterCard See Potential $4B Settlement<br />
Visa Inc. (V) and MasterCard Inc. (MA), the world’s<br />
biggest payment networks, put any potential<br />
settlement of price-fixing litigation by merchants at<br />
about $4 billion.<br />
MasterCard “extrapolated an estimate of a<br />
reaso<strong>na</strong>bly possible loss of at least $500 million if<br />
there is a negotiated settlement with all plaintiffs,”<br />
MasterCard Chief Executive Officer Ajaypal S.<br />
Banga said on an earnings conference call with<br />
investors today.<br />
In February, Visa, MasterCard and the banks being<br />
sued by merchants over swipe fees, or interchange,<br />
agreed that San Francisco-based Visa would be<br />
responsible for two-thirds of any settlement and<br />
Purchase, New York-based MasterCard would be<br />
responsible for about one-eighth. Visa has a<br />
litigation escrow account with $2.7 billion in cash<br />
available, it said in a regulatory filing. Those figures<br />
put a potential settlement at $4 billion.<br />
The opposing parties today argued before U.S.<br />
District Judge John Gleeson in Brooklyn, New York,<br />
on why he should rule in their favor without the<br />
need of a trial in the antitrust litigation, begun in<br />
2005.<br />
Banga didn’t say that any settlement was imminent,<br />
either in the class action or in suits brought by<br />
individual merchants including Publix Super<br />
Markets Inc. (PUSH), the Lakeland, Florida-based<br />
supermarket chain, and Rite Aid Corp. (RAD), the<br />
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based drugstore chain.<br />
‘Substantial Progress’<br />
“While we’ve made substantial progress with the<br />
individual merchant plaintiffs, there has not been<br />
similar progress with the class plaintiffs,” he said.<br />
“At this time, it is not possible to put an upper limit<br />
on this loss due to the significantly higher demands<br />
by the class plaintiffs, which are u<strong>na</strong>cceptable to<br />
MasterCard.”<br />
The merchants estimate damages in the case “will<br />
range in the tens of billions of dollars,” according to<br />
their complaint.<br />
Visa and MasterCard argued they and banks<br />
including JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of<br />
America Corp. (BAC) and Citigroup Inc. (C) can’t be<br />
accused of a conspiracy because the merchants<br />
don’t directly pay the interchange fees on<br />
payment-card purchases.<br />
They also argued that the accusations are covered<br />
by a settlement in previous litigation and that the<br />
payment-card operators are now public companies,<br />
which set the fees themselves, rather than joint<br />
ventures of the banks.<br />
The interchange fees on credit cards, which<br />
average about 2 percent of the purchase price, add<br />
up to $40 billion a year for retailers, not including<br />
debit cards. ‘Result of Competition’<br />
“The level of interchange is not the result of any<br />
anticompetitive conduct,” Peter E. Greene, a lawyer<br />
for JPMorgan, told Gleeson today. “That level is the<br />
result of competition.”<br />
Greene is a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate,<br />
Meagher & Flom LLP in New York.<br />
“The defendants’ rules and interchange fees<br />
increase merchants’ costs to accepting payment<br />
cards, and that shows harm to competition,” K.<br />
Craig Wildfang, a lawyer for the merchants, told<br />
Gleeson.<br />
The lawsuit threatens a revenue source for banks<br />
that U.S. lawmakers left untouched in passing the<br />
Dodd-Frank Act fi<strong>na</strong>ncial overhaul last year.<br />
Congress opted to cap only debit-card interchange<br />
fees, which typically had cost merchants about half<br />
of what they pay to accept credit cards. The debit<br />
caps may cut annual revenue at the biggest banks<br />
by $8 billion, according to data compiled by<br />
Bloomberg Government. Summary Judgment<br />
Both sides have asked Gleeson for summary<br />
judgment in their favor now that discovery, or<br />
information-gathering, is done. They say a trial isn’t<br />
needed, at least on most counts, because there are<br />
no facts in dispute for a jury to decide. Gleeson said<br />
today that he would rule on the motions at a later<br />
date.<br />
The lawsuit contains allegations that the card<br />
companies’ rules, including those prohibiting<br />
merchants from steering customers to cheaper<br />
forms of payment, violate U.S. competition law.<br />
Last year, Visa and MasterCard settled with the<br />
U.S. government on such anti-steering allegations.<br />
New York-based American Express Co. (AXP), the<br />
biggest credit-card issuer by purchases, is fighting<br />
that suit.<br />
The two sides also debated today whether the<br />
networks’ rules preventing merchants from adding a<br />
surcharge to payment- card purchases violates<br />
antitrust law.<br />
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Visa, MasterCard and the banks argued in court<br />
papers that the case has to be tossed because the<br />
merchants have no standing to bring it: They don’t<br />
directly pay the interchange fees -- the merchants’<br />
banks pay them to the cardholders’ banks, which<br />
pass them along to the merchants. Antitrust<br />
Violation<br />
They cite a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision<br />
that said indirect buyers can’t claim they were<br />
injured by an antitrust violation.<br />
“Interchange fees are not paid by merchants,”<br />
David Graham, a lawyer for Citigroup at Sidley &<br />
Austin LLP in Chicago, told the judge today.<br />
Courts have refused to apply the 1977 case when<br />
the direct purchaser is a co-conspirator, as the<br />
merchants’ banks are, the plaintiffs argue.<br />
“It’s undisputed that it’s merchants who pay the<br />
fee,” said Wildfang, a partner at Robins, Kaplan,<br />
Miller & Ciresi LLP in Minneapolis.<br />
In 2003, Visa and MasterCard settled a separate<br />
antitrust class action, called In re Visa Check, for $3<br />
billion. That case targeted debit-card rules.<br />
Litigation Releases<br />
As part of the settlement, the merchants can’t sue<br />
over conduct occurring before 2004. The<br />
defendants argue that release covers their current<br />
rules, which date from before 2004.<br />
“Plaintiffs do not challenge new conduct,” said Mark<br />
Ladner, a lawyer for Bank of America at Morrison &<br />
Foerster LLP in New York. “They simply challenge<br />
continued adherence to those rules.”<br />
The merchants said they are alleging new antitrust<br />
injuries that came after the rules were reauthorized<br />
and new fee rates established.<br />
The defendants also argue the banks no longer<br />
control the payment-card companies now that they<br />
are publicly traded, and don’t control the rate of the<br />
interchange fees. MasterCard conducted an<br />
initial-public offering in May 2006, Visa in March<br />
2008. Before that, they were joint ventures owned<br />
by the banks.<br />
Merchants argue the banks continue to control<br />
rules and interchange rates in a way that restrains<br />
competition or at least threatens anticompetitive<br />
effects.<br />
“Visa and MasterCard were formed by competitors,”<br />
Wildfang said. “The defendants continue today to<br />
abide by those rules.”<br />
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The merchants are also seeking to have the IPOs<br />
unwound, contending they lessen competition.<br />
Gleeson previously dismissed that argument,<br />
though he allowed the merchants to re-file it.<br />
The case is In re Payment Card Interchange Fee<br />
and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation,<br />
05-md-1720, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of<br />
New York (Brooklyn).<br />
To contact the reporter on this story: Thom Weidlich<br />
in Brooklyn, New York, federal court at<br />
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CBS Ruling on Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl Exposure<br />
Upheld by Appeals Court<br />
A U.S. appeals court upheld its earlier decision<br />
throwing out a $550,000 indecency fine against<br />
CBS Corp. (CBS) for the split-second exposure of<br />
singer Janet Jackson’s breast during the 2004<br />
Super Bowl halftime show.<br />
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled in<br />
2008 that the fine should be voided because the<br />
U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s policy<br />
on indecency in broadcasting was arbitrary. The<br />
U.S. Supreme Court asked the panel to review its<br />
opinion after a ruling in a case involving News<br />
Corp. (NWSA)’s Fox Television revived the issue.<br />
“While we are disappointed by the court of appeal’s<br />
decision, we note that the court overturned the<br />
FCC’s 2006 forfeiture order on <strong>na</strong>rrow procedural<br />
grounds,” Neil Grace, a spokesman for the FCC,<br />
said in an e-mailed statement.<br />
The FCC fined New York-based CBS after viewers<br />
got a glimpse of Jackson’s breast for 9/16 of a<br />
second during the show. Her singing partner, Justin<br />
Timberlake, called the incident a “wardrobe<br />
malfunction.”<br />
CBS cheered the ruling in an e-mailed statement<br />
today.<br />
“We are gratified that once again the court has<br />
ruled in our favor,” the company said. “We are<br />
hopeful that this will help lead the FCC to return to<br />
the policy of restrained indecency enforcement it<br />
followed for decades.”<br />
The appeals court in Philadelphia ruled in July 2008<br />
that the FCC’s policy on determining indecency was<br />
“arbitrary and capricious” and tossed the agency’s<br />
$550,000 fine. The dispute reopened in 2009 after<br />
the Supreme Court ruled in the Fox Television<br />
case that the “coarsening of public entertainment”<br />
justified the commission’s more stringent regulation<br />
of broadcast programming. 2-1 Ruling<br />
The FCC failed to acknowledge that its order<br />
against CBS reflected a policy change and<br />
improperly imposed a pe<strong>na</strong>lty on the network for<br />
violating a previously u<strong>na</strong>nnounced policy, the<br />
three-judge panel said today in a 2-1 ruling.<br />
The Fox Television case “confirms our previous<br />
ruling in this case and that we should readopt our<br />
earlier a<strong>na</strong>lysis and holding that the commission<br />
acted arbitrarily in this case,” Circuit Judge Marjorie<br />
Rendell wrote for the majority.<br />
Judge Anthony Scirica wrote in dissent that based<br />
on the Supreme Court’s account of the history of<br />
the FCC enforcement policy in the Fox case, the<br />
Philadelphia appeals court “cannot adhere to our<br />
earlier determi<strong>na</strong>tion that prior FCC policy had<br />
granted a per se exemption to all fleeting indecent<br />
material.”<br />
Still, the FCC can’t impose a pe<strong>na</strong>lty unless CBS<br />
knew about the impropriety associated with the act,<br />
Scirica said, adding that he would send the case<br />
back to the trial court for further proceedings.<br />
The Parents Television Council, an advocacy group<br />
for broadcast decency, condemned the decision,<br />
saying in a statement that the appeals court has<br />
chosen to ignore the law and the will of the<br />
American people.<br />
“Today’s ruling reaches the level of judicial stupidity<br />
and is a sucker-punch to families everywhere,” PTC<br />
President Tim Winter said in the statement.<br />
CBS rose 1.4 percent to $24.95 in New York<br />
trading. The stock has gained 31 percent this year.<br />
The case is CBS Corp. v. FCC, 08-04474, U.S.<br />
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Philadelphia).<br />
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Apex Court calls for Land Act amendment<br />
Noting that the Land Acquisition Act has become<br />
outdated and failed to adequately compensate<br />
displaced land owners, the Supreme Court has<br />
asked the Centre to come out with a “fair,<br />
reaso<strong>na</strong>ble and ratio<strong>na</strong>l e<strong>na</strong>ctment” to protect their<br />
Constitutio<strong>na</strong>l rights.<br />
“The provisions contained in the Act, of late, have<br />
been felt by all concerned, do not adequately<br />
protect the interest of the land owners/persons<br />
interested in the land. The Act does not provide for<br />
rehabilitation of persons displaced from their land<br />
although by such compulsory acquisition, their<br />
livelihood gets affected.<br />
“For years, the acquired land remains unused and<br />
unutilised. To say the least, the Act has become<br />
outdated and needs to be replaced at the earliest<br />
by fair, reaso<strong>na</strong>ble and ratio<strong>na</strong>l e<strong>na</strong>ctment in tune<br />
with the constitutio<strong>na</strong>l provisions, particularly,<br />
Article 300A of the Constitution,” the court said.<br />
Under Article 300 A, no person can be deprived of<br />
his or her property except by due process of law.<br />
A bench of Justices R.M. Lodha and J.S. Khehar<br />
made the observation while upholding the<br />
acquisition of 1.45 acres land by the Tamil Nadu<br />
Government at Chidambaram town in Arcot district<br />
on behalf of Patel Cholan Roadways Corporation<br />
Ltd for expansion of the existing bus depot.<br />
“We expect the law making process for a<br />
comprehensive e<strong>na</strong>ctment with regard to<br />
acquisition of land being completed without any<br />
unnecessary delay,” Justice Lodha writing the<br />
judgement said.<br />
The aggrieved owners Ramji Veerji Patel and<br />
others challenged the acquisition claiming that<br />
despite availability of alter<strong>na</strong>tive sites, the<br />
government chose to acquire their lands depriving<br />
them of their livelihood as they were running their<br />
saw mills at the place.<br />
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Honduras inicia “Operación Relámpago” para<br />
combatir la violencia<br />
El operativo inició a tempra<strong>na</strong>s horas de la<br />
maña<strong>na</strong>, cuando los efectivos de la policía civil en<br />
compañía de miembros del Ejército se apostaron<br />
en las zo<strong>na</strong>s catalogadas como “las más<br />
conflictivas”<br />
El Gobierno de Honduras lanzó este martes la<br />
Operación Relámpago, u<strong>na</strong> metodología contra la<br />
violencia que distribuirá cente<strong>na</strong>res de policías y<br />
militares a nivel <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l, con el fin de garantizar<br />
más “orden” y “seguridad” en la <strong>na</strong>ción<br />
centroamerica<strong>na</strong>, donde el promedio de asesi<strong>na</strong>tos<br />
es de aproximadamente 20 diarios.<br />
Los medios locales reseñaron que el operativo<br />
inició a tempra<strong>na</strong>s horas de la maña<strong>na</strong>, cuando los<br />
efectivos de la policía civil en compañía de<br />
miembros del Ejército se apostaron en las zo<strong>na</strong>s<br />
catalogadas como “las más conflictivas” de<br />
Honduras para trabajar en conjunto (pero en forma<br />
independiente) combatiendo la inseguridad.<br />
En el caso de la capital hondureña, Tegucigalpa,<br />
que junto a San Pedro Sula encabeza los niveles<br />
de violencia y crimi<strong>na</strong>lidad, el ministro de Defensa,<br />
Marlon Pascua, explicó que el Ejército hará<br />
recorridos a pie, patrullajes en vehículos y retenes.<br />
En tanto, la Policía Nacio<strong>na</strong>l hizo acto de presencia<br />
en varias colonias que en los últimos meses ha<br />
estado sitiada por maras y pandillas.<br />
Según las autoridades, la presencia de los<br />
uniformados se irá extendiendo esta sema<strong>na</strong> a<br />
otros puntos. El titular de Defensa indicó que con<br />
este operativo, más de 400 soldados se distribuirán<br />
en el territorio hondureño para darle protección a la<br />
ciudadanía y devolver la “paz” y “seguridad” a la<br />
población.<br />
“Los detenidos por la comisión de un delito serán<br />
puestos a la orden del Ministerio Público para que<br />
les instruya el proceso judicial correspondiente”,<br />
añadió la autoridad.<br />
En la noche de este lunes, el presidente de<br />
Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, anunció en u<strong>na</strong> cade<strong>na</strong><br />
<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l de radio y televisión que la Operación<br />
Relámpago continuará hasta que él lo considere<br />
necesario.<br />
En este sentido, el mandatario reiteró el<br />
compromiso del Estado para garantizar “la ple<strong>na</strong><br />
realización de la perso<strong>na</strong> huma<strong>na</strong> dentro de la<br />
justicia, la libertad y la seguridad”.<br />
“Es innegable que necesitamos que los operadores<br />
del sistema de seguridad recuperen la confianza de<br />
los habitantes de nuestro país; es imperante la<br />
necesidad de atacar las causas generadoras de la<br />
violencia y no solo sus efectos; es impostergable la<br />
necesidad de coordi<strong>na</strong>r acciones con el Poder<br />
Judicial, el Ministerio Público, la Policía Nacio<strong>na</strong>l,<br />
los centros penitenciarios y las propias Fuerzas<br />
Armadas para poder enfrentar el crimen y la<br />
violencia”, expresó.<br />
Insistió también en que “más que armas y<br />
vehículos se necesita el apoyo de la sociedad y la<br />
participación de todos, y repitió que con estas<br />
acciones, se pretende “asegurar la presencia de las<br />
autoridades en los sectores de mayor<br />
conflictividad”.<br />
Además, recalcó que estas acciones preventivas<br />
vendrán acompañadas con otras actividades de<br />
monitoreo, supervisión y evaluación; y con metas<br />
de corto, mediano y largo plazo, para evaluar<br />
resultados.<br />
“Quizás la más importante es reconocer que la<br />
represión por sí misma no resuelve el problema y<br />
que deben enfrentarse las causas generadoras del<br />
delito como problema social en virtud de que<br />
fiscales, policías, jueces y militares, tratan con los<br />
efectos del crimen, no controlan sus causas”,<br />
agregó.<br />
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Correo Del Orinoco - Nacio<strong>na</strong>les, 03 de Novembro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
FGR instaló Doctorado en Ciencias Jurídicas mención<br />
Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
La fiscal destacó que la Escuela Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
Fiscales ha realizado diversas actividades<br />
académicas como diplomados, cursos y talleres, a<br />
través de convenios con universidades <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les<br />
e inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les<br />
La Fiscal General de la República, Luisa Ortega<br />
Díaz, instaló este jueves el Doctorado en<br />
Ciencias Jurídicas, mención Derecho<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
En el evento, el cual se llevó a cabo en el auditorio<br />
del edificio sede del Despacho de la Fiscal General<br />
de la República, la máxima autoridad de la<br />
institución señaló que la realización de dicho<br />
estudio superior fue u<strong>na</strong> alianza entre la<br />
Escuela Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de Fiscales (ENF) y la<br />
Universidad Santa María (USM).<br />
Destacó que la ENF ha realizado diversas<br />
actividades académicas como diplomados, cursos<br />
y talleres, a través de convenios con universidades<br />
tanto <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les como inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les, con el fin de<br />
formar a los funcio<strong>na</strong>rios de la institución.<br />
No obstante, indicó que el Ministerio Público no<br />
sólo se ha preocupado en la capacitación de<br />
quienes forman parte de este organismo, sino<br />
que ha dictado talleres a funcio<strong>na</strong>rios de los<br />
diversos órganos de investigación policial con<br />
la fi<strong>na</strong>lidad de que el proceso pe<strong>na</strong>l sea más<br />
transparente y eficaz.<br />
Igualmente, manifestó que al inicio de su<br />
gestión era necesario unificar criterios y por<br />
ello la ENF se concibió como la dependencia<br />
encargada de la preparación jurídica de todos<br />
los funcio<strong>na</strong>rios de la institución.<br />
Recordó que el Ministerio Público abrió el I<br />
Concurso de Credenciales y de Oposición para<br />
el Ingreso a la Carrera Fiscal para dar<br />
estabilidad a los fiscales y garantizar su<br />
independencia, probidad e idoneidad.<br />
Informó que el Doctorado está conformado por 40<br />
participantes entre directores, sub directores,<br />
fiscales <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les, principales del área<br />
metropolita<strong>na</strong> de Caracas, auxiliares y abogados<br />
adjuntos del Ministerio Público.<br />
En ese sentido, la Fiscal General hizo un llamado<br />
a los estudiantes a que aprovecharan este<br />
espacio académico para profundizar el<br />
conocimiento y, de esta manera, trabajar por el<br />
proceso de integración entre los distintos<br />
operadores del sistema de justicia pe<strong>na</strong>l, a fin<br />
de consolidar y coordi<strong>na</strong>r planes que ayuden a su<br />
fortalecimiento.<br />
Es importante señalar, que el mencio<strong>na</strong>do<br />
Doctorado consta de 10 semi<strong>na</strong>rios, divididos en 5<br />
semestres académicos de 16 sema<strong>na</strong>s cada uno;<br />
niveles en los que se abordarán diversas temáticas<br />
de interés jurídico como el Derecho<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l Profundizado, Comprensión de la<br />
Constitución de 1999 y Derecho Procesal<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
Fuente y foto/Ministerio Público<br />
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Desig<strong>na</strong>n a Rosa Florián como secretaria de<br />
coordi<strong>na</strong>ción de la PCM<br />
Lima -<br />
El Ejecutivo designó a la excongresista Rosa<br />
Florián Cedrón como secretaria de coordi<strong>na</strong>ción de<br />
la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros (PCM),<br />
cuya función será establecer ca<strong>na</strong>les de<br />
comunicación entre los poderes del Estado,<br />
organismos constitucio<strong>na</strong>les autónomos y la<br />
sociedad civil organizada.<br />
Mediante resolución ministerial suscrita por el<br />
presidente del Consejo de Ministros, Salomón<br />
Lerner, Florián reemplaza en el cargo a Juan<br />
Figueroa Quinta<strong>na</strong>, quien renunció al puesto que<br />
depende jerárquicamente de la Secretaría General<br />
de la PCM.<br />
La exlegisladora debe coordi<strong>na</strong>r con el Congreso,<br />
organismos constitucio<strong>na</strong>les autónomos distintos al<br />
Poder Judicial y Ministerio Público; así como con<br />
entidades públicas descentralizados adscritas a la<br />
PCM, gremiales y sociedad civil.<br />
Florián debe también monitorear las políticas,<br />
programas, y acciones cuyo carácter abarca a<br />
varios o todos los sectores del Poder Ejecutivo.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Tanzania prefiere perder ayuda británica antes que<br />
aceptar la homosexualidad<br />
El ministro tanzano de Asuntos Exteriores, Ber<strong>na</strong>rd<br />
Membe, afirmó que su país está dispuesto a perder<br />
la ayuda del Reino Unido en materia de<br />
cooperación, antes que aceptar la homosexualidad.<br />
Membe respondió así al primer ministro británico,<br />
David Cameron, que ame<strong>na</strong>zó con retener las<br />
ayudas británicas a los países que aún prohíben la<br />
homosexualidad a menos que estos reformen su<br />
legislación.<br />
Cameron explicó que ese tema había sido<br />
abordado en la reunión de la Commonwealth<br />
(Mancomunidad de Naciones), que tuvo lugar en la<br />
ciudad australia<strong>na</strong> de Perth el fin de sema<strong>na</strong>.<br />
En Tanzania, la homosexualidad es un delito que<br />
es castigado hasta con 30 años de cárcel.<br />
Membe subrayó que el Gobierno de Tanzania<br />
-excolonia británica- sigue firme en su postura de<br />
no reconocer la homosexualidad."Mantendremos<br />
nuestra dignidad y moralidad. No deberíamos ser<br />
coaccio<strong>na</strong>dos de ningu<strong>na</strong> manera sólo porque ellos<br />
(Reino Unido) nos dan ayuda. Somos un Estado<br />
soberano con nuestras propias leyes. El Reino<br />
Unido no hará nuestras leyes", indicó.<br />
El ministro dijo que los asuntos de su país son<br />
gestio<strong>na</strong>dos por su gobierno y su pueblo, y no por<br />
un "poder extranjero". "Eso es lo que llamamos<br />
neocolonialismo y nosotros no nos postraremos",<br />
anotó.<br />
El jefe de la diplomacia tanza<strong>na</strong> citó un artículo de<br />
la Constitución que prohíbe las relaciones<br />
sexuales entre perso<strong>na</strong>s del mismo sexo, y recordó<br />
que la Carta Mag<strong>na</strong> remarca que el pilar de la<br />
<strong>na</strong>ción es la familia.<br />
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Crítica em Línea - Además, 03 de Novembro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Educadores interponen amparo contra descuento<br />
Un grupo de educadores agluti<strong>na</strong>dos en la<br />
Asociación de Educadores Veraguenses (AEVE)<br />
realizó un piquete en las escali<strong>na</strong>tas de la Corte<br />
Suprema de Justicia e interpusieron un amparo de<br />
garantías constitucio<strong>na</strong>les contra el descuento que<br />
hizo el Ministerio de Educación (MEDUCA), en<br />
virtud de la pasada huelga.<br />
Según explicó Yadira Pino, vocera de AEVE, el<br />
MEDUCA les descontó en la primera y segunda<br />
quince<strong>na</strong> de octubre los dos días de huelga que<br />
realizaron el 28 y 29 de julio.<br />
Expresó que la medida adoptada por el MEDUCA<br />
es arbitraria, ya que el derecho a huelga está<br />
reglamentado en la Constitución.<br />
A su perecer, con esa acción el MEDUCA les ha<br />
violado el debido proceso y violentado el Resuelto<br />
5432, en el cual se habían comprometido a<br />
respetar tres puntos vitales, entre ellos el de<br />
huelga.<br />
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Diário de La Prensa - Política, 03 de Novembro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
El expediente digital llega a la Justicia<br />
1.11.2011 | U<strong>na</strong> ley sancio<strong>na</strong>da en junio de este<br />
año, equipara el soporte electrónico con el antiguo<br />
sistema de papel. La Corte y el Consejo de la<br />
Magistratura tienen a su cargo la implementación<br />
de esa norma.<br />
Por Carlos E. Hartmann<br />
"Las organizaciones de la sociedad civil deben<br />
apoyar esta iniciativa para que se aplique con éxito.<br />
Los abogados, como auxiliares de la Justicia,<br />
estamos llamados a adecuarnos a u<strong>na</strong> gestión más<br />
ágil y transparente al servicio de los derechos<br />
ciudadanos. La sociedad nos va a valorar mejor si<br />
somos agentes de cambio y no si somos agentes<br />
de resistencia".<br />
Así lo señaló Raúl Aguirre Saravia, presidente del<br />
Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Buenos<br />
Aires, al abrir la jor<strong>na</strong>da sobre Servicios<br />
Informáticos y Expediente Digital en la Justicia<br />
<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l. La Corte Suprema y el Consejo de la<br />
Magistratura tienen a su cargo la implementación<br />
de la norma -ley 26.685, sancio<strong>na</strong>da el 1º de junio<br />
del presente año-, que equipara, en el ámbito del<br />
Poder Judicial, el soporte electrónico con el<br />
antiguo sistema (legajo físico o soporte papel).<br />
Esa misma disposición legal, autoriza la utilización<br />
de documentos, firmas, comunicaciones, domicilios<br />
electrónicos y firmas digitales en todos los<br />
procesos judiciales y administrativos que tramitan<br />
ante el Poder Judicial de la Nación, con idéntica<br />
eficacia jurídica y valor probatorio que sus<br />
equivalentes convencio<strong>na</strong>les. El debate se realizó<br />
en Montevideo 640, sede de la entidad que nuclea<br />
a los letrados porteños, y participaron, entre otros,<br />
el presidente de la Corte Suprema Ricardo<br />
Lorenzetti, y el integrante del Consejo de la<br />
Magistratura de la Nación, Alejandro Fargosi.<br />
POLITICAS DE ESTADO<br />
Fue precisamente Lorenzetti quien explicó, ante el<br />
nutrido auditorio compuesto por magistrados,<br />
legisladores y abogados, el marco teórico y<br />
práctico en que se están efectuando los cambios<br />
mencio<strong>na</strong>dos.<br />
"El Poder Judicial necesita políticas de Estado<br />
perdurables, constantes, que puedan ir penetrando<br />
en cada uno de los estamentos", reclamó el titular<br />
de la Corte, para agregar seguidamente: "Hemos<br />
comenzado a trabajar en dos campos centrales:<br />
uno es la informatización y otro el cultural.<br />
Llevamos adelante u<strong>na</strong> de las licitaciones más<br />
grandes del Poder Judicial, sin que hubiese<br />
ningu<strong>na</strong> impug<strong>na</strong>ción y superando u<strong>na</strong> vieja y<br />
frustrante historia de fracasos".<br />
Explicó que desde febrero de 2012 no habrá más<br />
opción, todos los jueces y juezas tendrán que usar<br />
el nuevo sistema digital. "Es un software de gestión<br />
con u<strong>na</strong> capacidad extraordi<strong>na</strong>ria, flexible, que va a<br />
generar estadísticas. Hasta ahora no tenemos<br />
estadísticas confiables, pero las va a generar este<br />
sistema", detalló el presidente de la Corte.<br />
Según Lorenzetti, en el máximo tribu<strong>na</strong>l ya existen<br />
expedientes digitales (por ejemplo, notificaciones<br />
electrónicas) y la posibilidad de firmarlos<br />
digitalmente. Se ha empezado con experiencias<br />
piloto. Hubo un trabajo intenso en los últimos tres<br />
años, pero para que esa experiencia se traslade a<br />
todo el Poder Judicial, hace falta, en primer lugar,<br />
que sea gradual -no se puede pasar de cero a<br />
cien-, y en segundo plano, que cambien los usos y<br />
costumbres de jueces y abogados. Es un cambio<br />
cultural.<br />
"Hay que aplicar criterios de gestión privada al<br />
Estado. No privatizar el Estado, sino aplicar<br />
criterios de gestión. Y lo estamos haciendo. Por<br />
ejemplo, hace poco i<strong>na</strong>uguramos la mesa de<br />
entradas única de la Corte", dijo Lorenzetti.<br />
Un expediente que antes demoraba dos años en la<br />
Corte, ahora puede demorar un mes, o un mes y<br />
medio, consignó el magistrado. También aclaró que<br />
hubo expedientes de diez años de duración, con<br />
trámites complejos, y se los ha bajado a dos años.<br />
Ingresaron en su momento al máximo tribu<strong>na</strong>l<br />
70.000 causas por el "corralito", y más de 100.000<br />
por trámites jubilatorios. Pero se sacó todo el<br />
grueso de la carga de expedientes que tenía la<br />
Corte, en base a la gestión. Hoy existe u<strong>na</strong><br />
cantidad más reducida y manejable de casos.<br />
"Es hora de que nosotros asumamos la<br />
responsabilidad de concretar este objetivo, porque<br />
el Poder Judicial debe cambiar, debe dejar de<br />
mirarse a sí mismo. Y debe entender que además<br />
de ser un poder del Estado, presta un servicio.<br />
Debe mirar entonces también a quienes lo reciben.<br />
Tratarlos bien, rápido, no perder el tiempo, pensar<br />
que siempre del otro lado hay alguien que tiene<br />
u<strong>na</strong> necesidad. Para eso es que estamos nosotros<br />
aquí, poniendo lo mejor de nosotros mismos",<br />
concluyó Lorenzetti.<br />
OTROS DISERTANTES<br />
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La nómi<strong>na</strong> de disertantes se completó con Gerardo<br />
Vassallo, juez de la Cámara Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
Apelaciones en lo Comercial, y Carlos Moli<strong>na</strong><br />
Portela, juez del fuero Civil. Igualmente expusieron<br />
dos especialistas en informática -Eduardo Parody y<br />
Julio Quiñones-, mientras que Ele<strong>na</strong> Domínguez<br />
Pecco se refirió al proyecto "cero papel" en<br />
Tribu<strong>na</strong>les, en su calidad de coordi<strong>na</strong>dora de la<br />
Ofici<strong>na</strong> Regio<strong>na</strong>l de la Conferencia de Ministros de<br />
Justicia de Iberoamérica.<br />
Por su parte, Horacio Granero, presidente de la<br />
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Abogados de la Ciudad, explicó los pasos<br />
graduales de la implementación del expediente<br />
digital.<br />
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Mujica reclama termi<strong>na</strong>r la polémica con Argenti<strong>na</strong><br />
por Botnia<br />
El presidente uruguayo, José Mujica, pidió termi<strong>na</strong>r<br />
la polémica con Argenti<strong>na</strong> sobre los resultados del<br />
monitoreo conjunto del Río Uruguay por la papelera<br />
UPM (ex Botnia), para evitar perjuicios al sector<br />
turístico de su país, ante la cercanía del verano.<br />
"Estamos entrando en la temporada de turismo, es<br />
el fenómeno más importante que tiene la economía<br />
uruguaya, hay que tener la apertura de viabilizarla<br />
y no de obstaculizarla", consideró el mandatario al<br />
diario El País.<br />
En declaraciones publicadas hoy por el matutino de<br />
Montevideo, Mujica sostuvo que "cuando las cosas<br />
se trancan, yo voy por ahí por el medio, entonces<br />
trato de ir a zurcir. Voy por arriba y veo cómo<br />
arreglar, siempre tratando de descomprimir".<br />
La actividad turística en ese país está fuertemente<br />
vinculada a la Argenti<strong>na</strong> y es sensible tanto a los<br />
factores económicos como a las disputas políticas<br />
que se producen en la relación bilateral.<br />
De hecho, en las últimas horas empezaron a<br />
a<strong>na</strong>lizar empresarios hoteleros y gastronómicos<br />
recibir tanto en Punta del Este como en otras<br />
localidades veraniegas pesos argentinos en lugar<br />
de pesos uruguayos o dólares, debido a los<br />
controles cambiarios que activaron las autoridades<br />
económicas del gobierno de Cristi<strong>na</strong> Fernández de<br />
Kirchner.<br />
En este contexto fue que Mujica afirmó que<br />
"indirectamente todo lo que sean las asperezas de<br />
las relaciones no nos favorecen en eso", por el<br />
turismo, por lo que pidió a la dirigencia de su país<br />
evitar agravar las diferencias.<br />
El presidente uruguayo resaltó que la controversia<br />
por la instalación y el funcio<strong>na</strong>miento de la pastera<br />
"es un problema <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l y cuanto menos<br />
hablemos mejor, mejor que negocien" los<br />
cancilleres, insistió el diario de Montevideo.<br />
El martes pasado, Luis Hierro, uno de los<br />
delegados uruguayos -que representa a la<br />
oposición política local- en la Comisión<br />
Administradora del Río Uruguay (CARU), denunció<br />
que la delegación argenti<strong>na</strong> ante ese organismo<br />
"está ocultando" los resultados de análisis<br />
practicados en la papelera UPM de Fray Bentos, lo<br />
que ocasionó malestar en el gobierno de Mujica.<br />
Hierro declaró que "por responsabilidad de la<br />
delegación argenti<strong>na</strong> se está ocultando u<strong>na</strong><br />
información" sobre el monitoreo ambiental que<br />
busca determi<strong>na</strong>r si existe riesgo de contami<strong>na</strong>ción<br />
a raíz del funcio<strong>na</strong>miento de la pastera, lo que llevó<br />
al canciller de ese país, Luis Almagro, a convocarlo<br />
por revelar información "reservada".<br />
"U<strong>na</strong> negociación con la CARU, que debería estar<br />
blindada, sale a la luz pública con información que<br />
no está completa", se quejó en las últimas horas el<br />
canciller Almagro, frente a la polémica que generó<br />
el dirigente opositor de su país.<br />
El monitoreo conjunto de los niveles de<br />
contami<strong>na</strong>ción industrial de la planta finlandesa fue<br />
dispuesto por la Corte Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l de Justicia de<br />
La Haya, cuando en abril de 2010 falló en contra<br />
del pedido de Argenti<strong>na</strong> de relocalizar la pastera,<br />
que consideraba peligrosa para el medioambiente.<br />
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Pacayut recurrirá a la Suprema corte de la Nación<br />
11:04 |El ex se<strong>na</strong>dor provincial Abelardo Félix<br />
Pacayut, al conocer el fallo de la STJ, confirmando<br />
la sentencia de rechazar el recurso de Casación<br />
contra la Sala 1ª de la Cámara del Crimen de<br />
Paraná, afirmó “voy a instruir a mis apoderados<br />
legales de hacer uso del derecho constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
que me asiste de recurrir a la instancia superior<br />
para demostrar mi inocencia”<br />
En ese sentido, el ex legislador manifestó, en u<strong>na</strong><br />
gacetilla enviada a esta Agencia: “Tengo la íntima<br />
convicción que mis acciones no se enmarcan en<br />
las conductas que me endilgan y es por eso que<br />
tengo la decisión de agotar todas las instancias<br />
judiciales; lo digo desde la fortaleza que me<br />
brindan mis familiares y amigos en estos<br />
momentos difíciles”.<br />
Por último el ex se<strong>na</strong>dor consideró: “La Corte<br />
Suprema de Justicia de la Nación, desprovista de<br />
los prejuicios localistas, hará un profundo análisis<br />
de la causa; por lo que mantengo mi fe que se hará<br />
justicia”.<br />
Fuente: APF.<br />
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SENADOR DEL MAS Anuncia dejar la investigación<br />
de las ONG´<br />
El presidente de la Comisión de Constitución de la<br />
Cámara de Se<strong>na</strong>dores, Eugenio Rojas (MAS)<br />
anunció que existe la posibilidad de dejar sin efecto<br />
la Comisión multipartidaria de la Asamblea<br />
Legislativa que debía investigar a las<br />
Organizaciones No Guber<strong>na</strong>mentales (ONG´s) que<br />
habrían fi<strong>na</strong>nciando la marcha del Tipnis.<br />
El legislador mencionó que luego de que los<br />
marchistas y el gobierno acordaron, mediante u<strong>na</strong><br />
ley, que la carretera Villa Tu<strong>na</strong>ri – San Ig<strong>na</strong>cio de<br />
Moxos no atraviese el Tipnis, existe la posibilidad<br />
de no continuar con esta investigación.<br />
Rojas precisó que para dicho fin es necesario<br />
presentar un informe sobre los avances ante la<br />
Asamblea Legislativa. /ANF<br />
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Argenti<strong>na</strong> debate ley de aborto; Fernández no está de<br />
acuerdo<br />
BUENOS AIRES | LA NACIÓN/GDA<br />
Es un debate histórico para la Argenti<strong>na</strong>. La<br />
Cámara de Diputados inició ayer la discusión para<br />
avanzar en la despe<strong>na</strong>lización del aborto y de las<br />
iniciativas evaluadas en la Comisión de Legislación<br />
Pe<strong>na</strong>l se aprobó la más progresista.<br />
Se avanzará en la posibilidad de modificar el<br />
código pe<strong>na</strong>l para legalizar el aborto siempre que<br />
se realice antes de las 12 sema<strong>na</strong>s de gestación.<br />
Los proyectos que se debatieron, básicamente, se<br />
encuadraban en dos posiciones: la despe<strong>na</strong>lización<br />
total o parcial del aborto. El dictamen favorable,<br />
que obtuvo 7 de los 12 votos de la Comisión, fue<br />
para el primer proyecto, impulsado por la diputada<br />
Cecilia Merchán y apoyado por un gran número de<br />
organizaciones sociales.<br />
La despe<strong>na</strong>lización total habilita a que -además de<br />
que la mujer pueda interrumpir su embarazo<br />
durante las primeras 12 sema<strong>na</strong>s de gestación- en<br />
los casos en que se verifique que el embarazo fue<br />
producido por u<strong>na</strong> violación o que esté en riesgo la<br />
vida de la mujer, el aborto puede ejecutarse en<br />
cualquier momento antes del <strong>na</strong>cimiento del bebé.<br />
La presidenta Cristi<strong>na</strong> Fernández no se ha<br />
pronunciado, pese a que la mayoría de los<br />
kirchneristas llaman a la legalización. La<br />
mandataria, sin embargo, ha declarado a la<br />
periodista Sandra Russo, autora de la biografía La<br />
Presidenta (Sudamerica<strong>na</strong>, 2011): "El recuerdo de<br />
un embarazo que perdí me moviliza mucho (…) Yo<br />
no estoy de acuerdo con el aborto, pero no digo<br />
que tenga razón".<br />
Tal como sucedió con iniciativas como la del<br />
matrimonio igualitario o, para ir más atrás, con la<br />
del divorcio, las discusiones serán muy<br />
encendidas. Hay u<strong>na</strong> tercera posición que no se<br />
plasmó en un proyecto pero es la que sostienen los<br />
legisladores que rechazan de plano el aborto y<br />
también harán oír sus razones para oponerse a la<br />
aprobación de ambas leyes en las cámaras.<br />
Así, los intercambios que se darán serán reflejo de<br />
u<strong>na</strong> opinión pública dividida. Uno de los consensos<br />
sobre los que se parte en el proyecto de<br />
despe<strong>na</strong>lización total, es que la práctica del aborto<br />
es u<strong>na</strong> realidad en la Argenti<strong>na</strong>, solo que se<br />
mantiene en la clandestinidad, con los riesgos que<br />
esto conlleva, sobre todo para las mujeres de<br />
menores recursos.<br />
La referente en este tema del Movimiento<br />
Socialista de los Trabajadores, Vilma Ripoll, estimó<br />
cifras de entre 400.000 y 600.000 casos. El<br />
Ministerio de Salud habla de 800.000. "Los abortos<br />
sépticos (infectados) provocan 30% de las muertes<br />
mater<strong>na</strong>s, siendo así la primera causa", señala<br />
Ripoll. Y cuestio<strong>na</strong>: "Las muertes reales son<br />
entonces 400 o 500 al año, casi siempre de<br />
mujeres jóvenes y humildes que son las que no<br />
pueden acceder a practicarlo en clínicas o<br />
consultorios privados". Esta es u<strong>na</strong> cuestión de<br />
"salud pública" y de "justicia social", añade.<br />
De allí que, en palabras de la diputada Merchan<br />
(opositora y exkirchnerista), "el solo hecho de que<br />
se discuta en el Congreso, históricamente<br />
cajoneado, es de por sí un motivo para celebrar.<br />
Además, el proyecto es un ejemplo de construcción<br />
ciudada<strong>na</strong> y democrática: en él se manifiesta el<br />
consenso de todas las organizaciones que<br />
componen la Campaña Nacio<strong>na</strong>l por un Aborto<br />
Legal, Seguro y Gratuito".<br />
Ripoll también considera histórico este debate que<br />
-señala- requiere de la participación de la sociedad<br />
expresándose en las calles, en los medios, en el<br />
Congreso. "Se tiene que habilitar un movimiento<br />
transversal en el Congreso y eso dependerá de la<br />
presión social que se ejerza, como en el tema del<br />
matrimonio igualitario, será indispensable el apoyo<br />
de la sociedad", opinó.<br />
Las diferencias de posiciones quedarán de<br />
manifiesto hoy con dos marchas. Quienes se<br />
oponen al tratamiento del proyecto se citaron para<br />
las 14 horas frente al Congreso Nacio<strong>na</strong>l "a fin de<br />
ejercer el derecho constitucio<strong>na</strong>l de peticio<strong>na</strong>r ante<br />
las autoridades y pedir que se desestimen los<br />
proyectos sobre aborto". Quienes están a favor,<br />
convocan a la misma hora en el mismo lugar. La<br />
definen como u<strong>na</strong> protesta lanzada desde la<br />
Campaña Nacio<strong>na</strong>l por el derecho al Aborto Legal,<br />
Seguro y Gratuito.<br />
Un debate mundial<br />
No se puede<br />
El aborto está aceptado para salvar la vida de la<br />
mujer o prohibido en 68 países, que representan el<br />
28,5% de la población. Entre ellos están Brasil,<br />
Irlanda, Irán e Irak.<br />
por salud<br />
En 58 países, que representan el 13,8% de la<br />
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población, solo se puede realizar en caso que esté<br />
en juego la salud de la madre. Argenti<strong>na</strong> y Uruguay<br />
están en esta lista.<br />
Por economía<br />
En 15 países, entre ellos India, que representan el<br />
21,6% de la población, el aborto se puede realizar<br />
por razones socioeconómicas (y si está en juego la<br />
salud de la mujer).<br />
Se puede<br />
En 58 países, que representan el 39,2% de la<br />
población, el aborto se puede realizar sin<br />
restricciones. Esto abarca EE.UU., Ca<strong>na</strong>dá, Chi<strong>na</strong>,<br />
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La CPI busca al reemplazante de Moreno Ocampo<br />
ucesor se elegirá el próximo mes y podría ser u<strong>na</strong><br />
mujer<br />
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La Corte Pe<strong>na</strong>l Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l (CPI) está buscando<br />
a un "superhéroe" en materia legal que pueda<br />
perseguir y detener a jefes de Estado que hayan<br />
cometido genocidios y a otras figuras responsables<br />
de crímenes y violaciones masivas.<br />
El cargo de fiscal principal de la CPI requiere a<br />
alguien con las destrezas para investigar de<br />
Sherlock Holmes, la diplomacia de Otto von<br />
Bismarck y el talento gerencial de Steve Jobs.<br />
El fiscal principal actual, Luis Moreno Ocampo,<br />
informará hoy al Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU<br />
sobre sus esfuerzos para detener a destacados<br />
sospechosos de crímenes de guerra. Pero en las<br />
próximas cuatro sema<strong>na</strong>s, estará más dedicado a<br />
buscar a su reemplazante.<br />
Un primer grupo de 52 candidatos fue reducido a<br />
cuatro. La CPI podría escoger a u<strong>na</strong> superheroí<strong>na</strong><br />
como la suplente de Moreno Ocampo, Fatou<br />
Bensouda, ex ministra de Justicia en su Gambia<br />
<strong>na</strong>tal, y considerada por muchos diplomáticos<br />
como la favorita.<br />
Bensouda se disputará el cargo con Mohamed<br />
Chande Othman, el máximo magistrado de<br />
Tanzania; Briton Andrew Cayley, uno de los<br />
fiscales del tribu<strong>na</strong>l especial que juzga los<br />
crímenes de los kmeres rojos en Camboya; y<br />
Robert Petit, el mayor especialista en crímenes de<br />
guerra del ministerio ca<strong>na</strong>diense de Justicia.<br />
Los cuatro se presentarán este mes en la sede de<br />
la ONU ante los cerca de 120 sig<strong>na</strong>tarios del<br />
estatuto de la CPI, quienes intentarán elegir por<br />
consenso al candidato antes de u<strong>na</strong> elección en<br />
diciembre.<br />
"Encontrar a la perso<strong>na</strong> ideal para el cargo de fiscal<br />
de la CPI es prácticamente imposible", dice Richard<br />
Goldstone, el primer fiscal de los tribu<strong>na</strong>les<br />
inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les para la antigua Yugoslavia y<br />
Ruanda, que juzgaron los crímenes contra la<br />
humanidad en esos países.<br />
"Se requiere a un superhombre o a u<strong>na</strong> supermujer<br />
en materia legal", opinó Param-Preet Singh, un<br />
importante abogado de Human Rights Watch.<br />
La CPI incluyó al presidente de Sudán, Omar al<br />
Bashir, en su lista de perso<strong>na</strong>s buscadas por<br />
genocidio en Darfur y también expidió u<strong>na</strong> orden de<br />
arresto contra el ex hombre fuerte de Libia,<br />
Muamar Gadafi, quien fue abatido el 20 de octubre.<br />
El hijo fugitivo de Gadafi, Seif al Islam, está<br />
negociando actualmente con la CPI, y altos<br />
funcio<strong>na</strong>rios kenianos y líderes de las milicias de la<br />
República Democrática del Congo también se<br />
hallan en su lista de requeridos.<br />
El fiscal debe tener elevadas aptitudes en materia<br />
de derecho inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l, pero como también será<br />
la cara visible de la CPI, debe manejarse<br />
sabiamente con la prensa para proyectar el<br />
mensaje de la Corte en el mundo, afirma<br />
Goldstone.<br />
"Se necesita a alguien que comprenda la exigencia<br />
de actuar independientemente y con imparcialidad<br />
en un esce<strong>na</strong>rio inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l para defender la<br />
necesidad de justicia", sostiene.<br />
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El desgobierno<br />
S.A.M. | Montevideo<br />
@| "Posibilidades de asombro y desconcierto ya no<br />
nos quedan. Son extremas las últimas y nos llevan<br />
a pensar en la incertidumbre del futuro del país.<br />
Ayer hemos visto y oído a Don Pepe, como le<br />
dijera el señor presidente Piñera, respondiendo así<br />
a la poco formal manera de dirigirse a él como la<br />
de Don Piñera, hacer declaraciones sobre la<br />
prepotente aprobación que en definitiva anula la ley<br />
de Caducidad.<br />
Con su habitual manera de expresarse manifestó<br />
que la Constitución no se cumple ni se respeta en<br />
muchos otros casos, reconociendo así<br />
explícitamente la inconstitucio<strong>na</strong>lidad del proyecto<br />
en cuestión.<br />
Prácticamente pudo decir `¿qué le hace u<strong>na</strong><br />
mancha más al tigre?`, frase muy conocida.<br />
Es lamentable que un Presidente haga estas<br />
declaraciones por cuanto nos está afirmando que<br />
nuestra Carta Mag<strong>na</strong> es un impreso más al que<br />
ningún respeto se le tiene. Frente a estas<br />
expresiones ya entramos a pensar en el poco<br />
sentido que le quedan a todas las normas regidas<br />
por dicho documento.<br />
Si aceptamos estas declaraciones luego de la<br />
flagrante violación que se ha hecho de lo que por<br />
dos veces consecutivas el voto popular dispuso,<br />
convengamos en que nuestro futuro ha quedado en<br />
manos de u<strong>na</strong> innegable dictadura. No nos<br />
alejamos de sospechar que más tarde puedan<br />
seguir produciéndose violaciones a disposiciones<br />
de mucho más alcance establecidas por la<br />
Constitución.<br />
Lamentable fue el espectáculo del Parlamento<br />
mientras se discutía dicho proyecto. Con la<br />
seguridad de que la mayoría estaba obligada a<br />
votarlo, ya que los disidentes, que los había,<br />
estaban dispuestos a hacerlo contra sus propias<br />
convicciones para defender así sus muy óptimas<br />
condiciones de legisladores, la discusión se<br />
constituyó en u<strong>na</strong> de las habituales jor<strong>na</strong>das de<br />
espectáculo para lograr el aplauso de `sus` barras<br />
regimentadas.<br />
Es evidentemente muy grave todo lo que viene<br />
aconteciendo. Se avasalla, mediante presuntas<br />
artimañas jurídicas, la expresa voluntad del pueblo<br />
Mensajes de los lectores<br />
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manifestada explícitamente en dos consultas<br />
anteriores.<br />
Entre los votantes que se manifestaron en esas<br />
ocasiones, no cabe la menor duda que se cuentan<br />
sufragios del propio frenteamplismo ya que esa<br />
mayoría no se hubiera logrado de otra forma.<br />
Se les está diciendo a sus propios adherentes que<br />
de <strong>na</strong>da sirven sus ideas y convicciones<br />
perso<strong>na</strong>les ya que lo único que tiene validez<br />
respetable son las órdenes impartidas por las<br />
autoridades partidarias de la calle Colonia.<br />
Triste papel el de algún se<strong>na</strong>dor que u<strong>na</strong> vez más,<br />
y podríamos pensar que cobardemente, encuentra<br />
un subterfugio pretendiendo acallar su conciencia<br />
al solicitar licencia por no tener el coraje de<br />
defender sus ideas.<br />
Así se manejan y se obtienen las mayorías.<br />
De decepcio<strong>na</strong>nte, irrespetuoso de los preceptos<br />
constitucio<strong>na</strong>les y dictatorial debemos considerar la<br />
aprobación de tan nefasto proyecto. Será necesario<br />
de nuestra parte ir gestando en la ciudadanía<br />
burlada tan burdamente un nunca más en el año<br />
2014".<br />
Presupuesto Participativo (I)<br />
Guillermo Asi Méndez | Montevideo<br />
@| "Leí y escuché que asistieron a votar alrededor<br />
de 72.000 montevideanos, estando habilitados a<br />
partir de los 16 años (para votar 16 años está bien,<br />
para ir preso no).<br />
¿Cuántos son los habilitados? ¿1.500.000? De ser<br />
cierta mi aproximación, 72.000 son el 4.8%.<br />
La verdad, es ridícula la proporción. Un 95,2% le<br />
dio la espalda al evento. ¿Sabemos cuánto costó<br />
en propaganda, impresos, otros gastos, pagos a<br />
los integrantes de las mesas?<br />
Es admirable cómo logran tergiversar todo, la<br />
dialéctica que utilizan es muy interesante, ahora<br />
todos los reclamos incumplidos, todas las<br />
carencias de la IMM son culpa de los votantes,<br />
debido a que son ellos los que decidieron qué<br />
hacer.<br />
De más de 100 carencias o necesidades para un<br />
barrio se realizará solo u<strong>na</strong>, la votada en mayoría,<br />
las demás embromarse y si alguien reclama<br />
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contestarán: `Pero hombre, hacemos lo que el<br />
pueblo pide`.<br />
Lo que más me molesta es el silencio cómplice de<br />
la oposición, el que calla otorga y así vienen<br />
dejándole la cancha libre desde hace varios años.<br />
Bien por ellos, mal por nosotros".<br />
Presupuesto Participativo (II)<br />
Caroli<strong>na</strong> | Montevideo<br />
@| "Lamentable como siempre. Voté en Cavia casi<br />
Libertad. Tuve que salir del cuarto a preguntar al<br />
presidente de mesa (supongo) cómo lo hacía, ya<br />
que ni idea que habrían dos hojas.<br />
Puntué más de cuatro proyectos, por lo tanto no sé<br />
si fue válida mi asistencia. Al salir vi unos folletos.<br />
Le manifesté mi disgusto al señor que los<br />
entregaba, el cual me respondió con u<strong>na</strong> sonrisa<br />
de `agua y ajo`.<br />
Esto es otro engaño a los ciudadanos de bue<strong>na</strong> fe,<br />
como lo fueron las elecciones para los directivos al<br />
BPS. Cuanto más ignoremos mejor para este<br />
gobierno, así solamente ga<strong>na</strong>n sus candidatos".<br />
Rebaja del IVA<br />
Marcelo Fernández | Montevideo<br />
@| "Promesa de campaña: rebaja del IVA del 22 al<br />
20%. Ahora resulta que la rebaja del IVA va a ser<br />
solo aplicable a las compras con tarjetas.<br />
Parece que el gobierno no sabe que las tarjetas<br />
cobran por sus servicios a las empresas. Por tanto,<br />
si usted tiene u<strong>na</strong> empresa por un lado le rebajan<br />
un 2% de IVA pero por el otro las tarjetas cobran<br />
entre un 6 y un 10% del total de la transacción.<br />
¿Acaso piensan que los comerciantes somos<br />
tontos? Si mis ventas con tarjeta de crédito<br />
aumentan, mis costos fi<strong>na</strong>ncieros aumentan, por<br />
ende se va a repasar al producto. ¿Quién ga<strong>na</strong>?<br />
Las tarjetas de crédito, porque los comerciantes<br />
siguen con u<strong>na</strong> tasa alta de IVA, los consumidores<br />
van a termi<strong>na</strong>r pagando más por los productos y es<br />
mentira lo que dice el gobierno que esto bajará la<br />
inflación.<br />
Para termi<strong>na</strong>r, el gobierno se hace de otra arma<br />
para controlar el IRPF al controlar las tarjetas de<br />
crédito con el cruzamiento de datos. No mientan<br />
más".<br />
Lección recibida<br />
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Martín Giorello | Montevideo<br />
@| "El 10 de octubre de 2011 debe ser<br />
comprendido como el día de la <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>lidad<br />
uruguaya, pues fue cuando se hicieron los mayores<br />
festejos, al menos económicamente hablando. Mis<br />
planes para ese día eran, como el de muchos<br />
jóvenes uruguayos, asistir con un amigo a los<br />
recitales de `Las Pelotas`, `La Vela Puerca` y `El<br />
Cuarteto de Nos`.<br />
Nos encontramos en el Montevideo Shopping para<br />
salir de allí hacia el Centro a presenciar aquellos<br />
recitales. Esperamos al primer ómnibus que fuese<br />
hacia aquel destino y llegó el 142. Lo fre<strong>na</strong>mos<br />
junto a u<strong>na</strong> veinte<strong>na</strong> de perso<strong>na</strong>s,<br />
aproximadamente. Como siempre hago, dejé pasar<br />
a todos para subir por último yo. Mi amigo subió<br />
entre los primeros. Esperé y cuando al fin faltaba<br />
yo y otra muchacha se cerró u<strong>na</strong> de las dos<br />
puertas del ómnibus. `Debe estar rota`, pensé.<br />
Mientras ésta se cerraba, el chico que estaba<br />
delante de mí se movió y entró dejando los dos<br />
escalones libres. A los pocos instantes, se<br />
comenzó a cerrar la otra. `Pará, hay gente afuera`,<br />
grité yo. La puerta se cerró. Toqué como loco la<br />
venta<strong>na</strong>, miré por la venta<strong>na</strong> por si había un<br />
guarda, pero no lo vi. Al que sí vi era a mi amigo<br />
adentro del ómnibus que miraba con cara de<br />
sorpresa lo que sucedía, así como al chico que se<br />
había corrido hacia adelante realmente atónito por<br />
lo sucedido. El ómnibus arrancó y se fue. Llamé a<br />
mi amigo y le dije que se bajara en la próxima<br />
parada para tomarnos juntos el próximo ómnibus.<br />
El siguiente que nos servía pasó y no frenó por<br />
estar lleno. Recién el tercer ómnibus frenó,<br />
pareciendo apiadarse de dos jóvenes que querían<br />
ir a ver los recitales, pese a estar bastante lleno.<br />
Llegamos tarde, por supuesto, para ver el<br />
espectáculo de `Las Pelotas`. Mientras<br />
esperábamos el último ómnibus recibí u<strong>na</strong> clase de<br />
moral de mi amigo acerca de que la gente ya no se<br />
preocupa por los demás, que yo debía hacer lo<br />
mismo, que no debía dejar mi asiento ni dejar<br />
pasar a <strong>na</strong>die antes que yo, que si los demás se<br />
quedaban afuera, `que se jodan`, entre otras<br />
cosas. Yo le respondí que a mí no me importa lo<br />
que hacen los demás y que eso no iba a cambiar<br />
<strong>na</strong>da en mí, pese a que tenía u<strong>na</strong> calentura que me<br />
daban ga<strong>na</strong>s de reventar al chofer del ómnibus que<br />
me dejó afuera.<br />
Sí, la lección recibida en el día de la <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>lidad,<br />
el día en que todos debíamos estar unidos fue que<br />
`no me importen los demás`. El día de los<br />
uruguayos recibí la lección que me decía: `sí al<br />
individualismo, hacé la tuya, que los demás se<br />
joroben`. Todo eso se lo debo al conductor del 142<br />
que pasó cerca de las cinco y poco de la tarde por<br />
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la parada de L. A. de Herrera y la Avda.<br />
Salsipuedes (tal parece ser su nombre ahora por el<br />
vandalismo de perso<strong>na</strong>s que no saben qué<br />
significan las circunstancias históricas y por la<br />
complicidad de la IM), que parecía no tener ga<strong>na</strong>s<br />
de esperar cinco segundos más después de haber<br />
esperado un minuto, que parecía no tener<br />
comprensión por lo que le podía estar sucediendo<br />
a las perso<strong>na</strong>s que se quedaban afuera y que<br />
obviamente no sabía en qué día se encontraba.<br />
En fin... esto es el Uruguay del siglo XXI, muy<br />
distinto a lo que con gran admiración me tengo que<br />
creer que algu<strong>na</strong> vez fue".<br />
¿Qué se hace al respecto?<br />
Nicolás Marfetán Muro | Canelones<br />
@| "Hace pocos días se emitió un informe acerca<br />
de la venta de lentes para sol (no autorizados) en<br />
18 de Julio. Al ser preguntado uno de los<br />
vendedores si sabía que no estaba bien lo que<br />
hacía respondió -con firmeza y desenfado- `¿Y qué<br />
querés, que salga a robar?`<br />
Primero: queda en evidencia que en ple<strong>na</strong> vía<br />
pública hay venta de artículos que pueden<br />
perjudicar a quien los compre. ¿Debería permitirse<br />
esa `actividad`? Y seguramente, quien tenga ese<br />
puesto de venta, no paga impuestos como quienes<br />
tenemos un negocio establecido.<br />
¿Qué se hace al respecto?<br />
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Segundo: mis conocimientos en Derecho Pe<strong>na</strong>l son<br />
escasos. Pregunto si u<strong>na</strong> perso<strong>na</strong> que manifiesta<br />
-en un medio de prensa público- que si no lo dejan<br />
seguir con u<strong>na</strong> actividad (ilícita) sale a robar, ¿no<br />
debería ser, al menos, detenido para investigar sus<br />
antecedentes? Reitero: ¿qué se hace al respecto?<br />
Nada se hace. Parece que para evitar robos hay<br />
que permitir actividades ilícitas, ya que mientras los<br />
mismos de siempre paguemos, se sigue barriendo<br />
para abajo de la alfombra".<br />
El País Digital<br />
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El PSE pide "desacralizar" algu<strong>na</strong>s leyes para evitar<br />
duplicidades<br />
El parlamentario del PSE-EE Oscar Rodríguez ha<br />
instado a "desacralizar" algu<strong>na</strong>s leyes para evitar<br />
duplicidades e ineficiencias y abordar, entre todos<br />
los grupos políticos, "las luces y las sombras" del<br />
entramado institucio<strong>na</strong>l vasco teniendo en cuenta<br />
que las duplicidades de las administraciones se<br />
cifran en 403 millones de euros anuales.<br />
El representante de los socialistas en el Legislativo<br />
vasco, que maña<strong>na</strong> planteará la constitución de<br />
u<strong>na</strong> comisión especial que a<strong>na</strong>lice las duplicidades<br />
e ineficiencias en el entramado institucio<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
Euskadi, pide "altura de miras" al resto de grupos<br />
para que sean "capaces de hacer u<strong>na</strong> lectura<br />
crítica" del actual modelo.<br />
En declaraciones a Europa Press, Rodríguez ha<br />
recordado que tanto el lehendakari como el<br />
PSE-EE plantearon, como necesarios, el debate<br />
sobre fiscalidad, el de la paz y convivencia, y el de<br />
la regeneración institucio<strong>na</strong>l y la consecuente<br />
elimi<strong>na</strong>ción de las duplicidades.<br />
"Dijimos que lo haríamos, le gustara al PP o no le<br />
gustara, le gustara al PNV o no le gustara, y le<br />
gustara a algu<strong>na</strong>s Diputaciones, o no", manifestó.<br />
Por esta causa, reclamó a la formación jeltzale,<br />
"que es la que parece que tiene las mayores<br />
resistencias" ante la posible creación de u<strong>na</strong><br />
comisión parlamentaria de duplicidades, que "se<br />
quite el miedo, mire al futuro y desacralice algu<strong>na</strong>s<br />
leyes" para que las instituciones "funcionen mejor<br />
de lo que funcio<strong>na</strong>n en Euskadi".<br />
El parlamentario de Unión Progreso y Democracia,<br />
Gorka Maneiro, volverá a defender en la Cámara<br />
de Vitoria la necesidad de hacer u<strong>na</strong> profunda<br />
reforma de la Ley de Territorios Históricos (LTH)<br />
para modernizar y simplificar el entramado<br />
institucio<strong>na</strong>l vasco. Para ello, UPyD ha presentado<br />
u<strong>na</strong> enmienda a la propuesta del PSE de crear u<strong>na</strong><br />
comisión que a<strong>na</strong>lice las duplicidades e<br />
ineficiencias, puesto que con ello "sólo se pretende<br />
alargar el debate". Maneiro señala que "la reforma<br />
y actualización de la LTH es u<strong>na</strong> de las propuestas<br />
fundamentales de UPyD para Euskadi, puesto que<br />
esa ley habilita un entramado institucio<strong>na</strong>l vasco<br />
disparatado, caro e ineficiente que no tiene sentido<br />
en u<strong>na</strong> comunidad de ape<strong>na</strong>s dos millones de<br />
habitantes".<br />
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Guiño del Gobierno al PP al hablar de u<strong>na</strong><br />
Conferencia de Paz en 2012<br />
La portavoz del Gobierno vasco, Idoia Mendia,<br />
dedicó ayer un significativo guiño al PP, su apoyo<br />
político en la actual legislatura, al aventurar la<br />
posibilidad de que en el año 2012, en el que se va<br />
a recordar el 75 aniversario del inicio de la Guerra<br />
Civil española, pueda desarrollarse u<strong>na</strong><br />
Conferencia o un Congreso inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l que hable<br />
de paz. Esta propuesta fue adelantada por Antonio<br />
Basagoiti, presidente de los populares vascos, al<br />
término de su reunión con el lehendakari, Patxi<br />
López, dentro de la ronda de contactos para<br />
abordar el nuevo esce<strong>na</strong>rio político tras el cese de<br />
la violencia de ETA.<br />
Apuesta por u<strong>na</strong> hoja de ruta consensuada sobre el<br />
fin del terrorismo<br />
Según admitió Mendía, durante u<strong>na</strong> entrevista en<br />
Radio Nacio<strong>na</strong>l, esta Conferencia "se celebrará o<br />
no en función de lo que se decida, y de lo que<br />
decida el lehendakari". López no rechazó la idea de<br />
Basagoiti, quien propuso un "gran encuentro,<br />
conferencia o congreso sobre la libertad, la<br />
ciudadanía, democracia y principios democráticos"<br />
en el que "se ponga en valor a las perso<strong>na</strong>s,<br />
normas y convivencia por encima de terrorismos,<br />
identidades e ideas separadoras y excluyentes".<br />
Mendia reconoció que la idea de Basagoiti, "como<br />
todas las propuestas que hacen los líderes<br />
políticos, las estudiamos y las valoramos",<br />
A propósito de los encuentros con los grupos<br />
políticos, la portavoz del Gobierno vasco aseguró<br />
que el lehendakari está "convencido" de que hay<br />
mucho puntos de encuentro entre los partidos<br />
democráticos, lo que "nos debe llevar a u<strong>na</strong> hoja de<br />
ruta consensuada para este fi<strong>na</strong>l del terrorismo". A<br />
su juicio, el Estatuto de Gernika es un ejemplo<br />
"magnífico" de pacto entre vascos. "Nos hace tener<br />
entidad política y el grado de bienestar del que<br />
gozamos. Apostamos por el Estatuto, pero ningu<strong>na</strong><br />
ley es sacrosanta. Todas están sometidas a<br />
cambios, incluida la Constitución", añadió. Por<br />
ello, defiende que se aborden cambios en la<br />
Constitución y en el Estatuto, que tiene más de 30<br />
años y tiene que actualizarse a los cambios de<br />
Europa y del mundo, "no necesariamente con u<strong>na</strong><br />
mayor capacidad de decisión, sino con u<strong>na</strong> mayor<br />
capacidad de autogobierno y de gestio<strong>na</strong>r",<br />
abriendo la puerta a pueda emprenderse a partir de<br />
la próxima legislatura.<br />
A su vez, y ante las exigencias de PNV y la<br />
izquierda abertzale sobre un adelanto electoral en<br />
Euskadi, Mendia recordó que la capacidad de<br />
decidir si se convocan o no comicios anticipados es<br />
del lehendakari, por lo que "será él quien lo<br />
decida". No obstante, advirtió de que, "no va a<br />
tener <strong>na</strong>da que ver, desde luego, el resultado de<br />
las elecciones" del próximo 20-N que considera<br />
que será "mucho mejor" para el PSE-EE que el<br />
sufrido en las recientes municipales.<br />
La portavoz del Gobierno vasco añadió que ese<br />
"sonsonete" que mantienen "todos" de pedir<br />
elecciones anticipadas en Euskadi, demuestra "que<br />
les falta bastante talante democrático". Para<br />
Mendia, "al fi<strong>na</strong>l, la democracia, u<strong>na</strong> democracia<br />
como la nuestra, tiene sus tiempos, cada institución<br />
tiene sus tiempos y estar constantemente en un<br />
permanente plebiscito, pidiendo elecciones, no<br />
parece lo más razo<strong>na</strong>ble", abundó<br />
Según la portavoz del Ejecutivo vasco, "en<br />
Euskadi, la gente entiende muy bien lo que está en<br />
juego las elecciones generales. En España no es lo<br />
mismo Mariano Rajoy con su modelo, que<br />
desconocemos todavía, de derechas, que u<strong>na</strong><br />
perso<strong>na</strong> como Rubalcaba, que ha demostrado<br />
compromiso con Euskadi", precisó.<br />
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La Constitución establece un tamaño del<br />
Congreso que oscila entre un mínimo de 300 y un<br />
máximo de 400 diputados. Desde las primeras<br />
elecciones de 1977, ese número ha quedado fijado<br />
en 350. ¿Son muchos o pocos para representar a<br />
los ciudadanos españoles? Los dos principales<br />
partidos han ofrecido respuestas contradictorias y<br />
cambiantes. Con intensidades distintas predican<br />
ahora su reforma, pero hasta hace bien poco la han<br />
impedido sistemáticamente. En esta misma<br />
legislatura, u<strong>na</strong> comisión del Congreso ha<br />
considerado la posibilidad de reformar algunos de<br />
los elementos del sistema electoral contenidos en<br />
la LOREG, la ley orgánica que los regula. Pero<br />
hace menos de un año el PSOE y el PP vetaron<br />
todas las propuestas para modificarlos. Ni el<br />
tamaño del Congreso, ni la fórmula electoral, ni la<br />
magnitud de las circunscripciones, ni las<br />
asig<strong>na</strong>ciones de escaños mínimos por provincia<br />
fueron modificados: la continuidad de la LOREG<br />
fue aprobada por el 97% del Congreso.<br />
Ahora, al filo de la campaña electoral, tanto el<br />
PSOE como el PP han realizado nuevas<br />
propuestas. Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba se ha<br />
incli<strong>na</strong>do en el programa electoral de su partido por<br />
un sistema que se acerque al alemán y en todo<br />
caso por el desbloqueo de las listas electorales al<br />
Congreso. De forma más sorprendente, Mariano<br />
Rajoy abogaba en la Convención Nacio<strong>na</strong>l del PP,<br />
celebrada en Málaga hace u<strong>na</strong>s sema<strong>na</strong>s, por<br />
reducir en 50 escaños el tamaño del Congreso; a<br />
los pocos días, el portavoz del PP, Esteban<br />
González Pons, la justificaba porque "sobran<br />
políticos". Pero en el programa electoral del partido<br />
<strong>na</strong>da se dice sobre esta ocurrencia. Solo se afirma<br />
que “fortaleceremos el vínculo que une a<br />
representantes con representados”, un objetivo<br />
retórico que podría justificarse mediante esa<br />
reducción o alcanzarse por muchas otras medidas.<br />
(La única otra referencia en el programa<br />
conservador a la reforma del sistema electoral se<br />
propone cambiar el municipal para "respetar la<br />
voluntad mayoritaria de los vecinos", otra<br />
declaración vacía cuya intención oculta quizá sea<br />
la de impedir las coaliciones guber<strong>na</strong>mentales por<br />
partidos distintos del PP.)<br />
En ambos casos, estas propuestas se deben<br />
<strong>na</strong>turalmente a la influencia del movimiento de los<br />
indig<strong>na</strong>dos del 15-M. Pero parecen moverse en<br />
Congreso grande o pequeño<br />
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direcciones opuestas. La iniciativa del PSOE<br />
responde a las peticiones para incrementar la<br />
representatividad del Congreso, lo que en<br />
cualquiera de las posibilidades exigiría ampliar su<br />
tamaño; y la propuesta del PP, de concretarse en<br />
esa línea, estaría buscando aumentar todavía más<br />
la desproporcio<strong>na</strong>lidad de nuestro sistema<br />
electoral.<br />
¿Importan estos cambios? A la hora de diseñar (o<br />
reformar) el sistema electoral de un país, los<br />
políticos se enfrentan a la disyuntiva fundamental<br />
de contener la fragmentación partidista y procurar<br />
por lo tanto u<strong>na</strong> cierta estabilidad guber<strong>na</strong>mental<br />
(como en el Reino Unido), o mejorar la<br />
representación parlamentaria de los distintos<br />
intereses presentes en la sociedad a cambio de<br />
aumentar el número de partidos y contar con<br />
gobiernos de coalición (como en Holanda).<br />
Diseñado tras la muerte de Franco por algunos<br />
notables de la UCD, el sistema electoral español ha<br />
conseguido un éxito indudable en materia de<br />
gobiernos estables, que están entre los más<br />
duraderos de las democracias existentes. En<br />
contrapartida, la combi<strong>na</strong>ción de circunscripciones<br />
de magnitud baja, de la fórmula D'Hondt y de la<br />
desviación en el prorrateo han supuesto la<br />
aparición de niveles elevados de<br />
desproporcio<strong>na</strong>lidad en la atribución de escaños,<br />
con la consiguiente infrarrepresentación de los<br />
partidos minoritarios de ámbito <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
De llevarse a cabo, la propuesta del PP podría<br />
reducir aún más la representatividad del Congreso<br />
a costa de aumentar la sobrerrepresentación del<br />
partido ga<strong>na</strong>dor. La idea de recortar el número de<br />
escaños, y propiciar así u<strong>na</strong> hipotética mayor<br />
conexión de los electores con sus diputados, viene<br />
inspirada por u<strong>na</strong> concepción de la política que<br />
cree de justicia limitar el pluralismo si con ello se<br />
ahorran unos miles de euros al bolsillo del<br />
contribuyente. En tiempos de crisis, esta propuesta<br />
parece además sintonizar un tanto<br />
demagógicamente con las opiniones de unos<br />
ciudadanos azotados por el paro y la recesión<br />
económica. Pero no deja de causar estupefacción<br />
que esta idea surja precisamente en la legislatura<br />
en que con mayor fuerza se han hecho sentir las<br />
voces que reclamaban un sistema electoral más<br />
proporcio<strong>na</strong>l. Es cuando menos dudoso que,<br />
incluso en el nivel de las meras propuestas, sea<br />
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ésa la reforma que necesita un país con diez<br />
millones de habitantes más y quizás la misma<br />
pluralidad de opiniones que hace tres décadas.<br />
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Guiño del Gobierno al PP al hablar de u<strong>na</strong><br />
Conferencia de Paz en 2012<br />
Mendía descarta que el 20-N provoque un posible<br />
adelanto electoral en Euskadi<br />
La portavoz del Gobierno vasco, Idoia Mendia,<br />
dedicó ayer un significativo guiño al PP, su apoyo<br />
político en la actual legislatura, al aventurar la<br />
posibilidad de que en el año 2012, en el que se va<br />
a recordar el 75 aniversario del inicio de la Guerra<br />
Civil española, pueda desarrollarse u<strong>na</strong><br />
Conferencia o un Congreso inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l que hable<br />
de paz. Esta propuesta fue adelantada por Antonio<br />
Basagoiti, presidente de los populares vascos, al<br />
término de su reunión con el lehendakari, Patxi<br />
López, dentro de la ronda de contactos para<br />
abordar el nuevo esce<strong>na</strong>rio político tras el cese de<br />
la violencia de ETA.<br />
Según admitió Mendía, durante u<strong>na</strong> entrevista en<br />
Radio Nacio<strong>na</strong>l, esta Conferencia "se celebrará o<br />
no en función de lo que se decida, y de lo que<br />
decida el lehendakari". López no rechazó la idea de<br />
Basagoiti, quien propuso un "gran encuentro,<br />
conferencia o congreso sobre la libertad, la<br />
ciudadanía, democracia y principios democráticos"<br />
en el que "se ponga en valor a las perso<strong>na</strong>s,<br />
normas y convivencia por encima de terrorismos,<br />
identidades e ideas separadoras y excluyentes".<br />
Mendia reconoció que la idea de Basagoiti, "como<br />
todas las propuestas que hacen los líderes<br />
políticos, las estudiamos y las valoramos",<br />
A propósito de los encuentros con los grupos<br />
políticos, la portavoz del Gobierno vasco aseguró<br />
que el lehendakari está "convencido" de que hay<br />
mucho puntos de encuentro entre los partidos<br />
democráticos, lo que "nos debe llevar a u<strong>na</strong> hoja de<br />
ruta consensuada para este fi<strong>na</strong>l del terrorismo". A<br />
su juicio, el Estatuto de Gernika es un ejemplo<br />
"magnífico" de pacto entre vascos. "Nos hace tener<br />
entidad política y el grado de bienestar del que<br />
gozamos. Apostamos por el Estatuto, pero ningu<strong>na</strong><br />
ley es sacrosanta. Todas están sometidas a<br />
cambios, incluida la Constitución", añadió. Por<br />
ello, defiende que se aborden cambios en la<br />
Constitución y en el Estatuto, que tiene más de 30<br />
años y tiene que actualizarse a los cambios de<br />
Europa y del mundo, "no necesariamente con u<strong>na</strong><br />
mayor capacidad de decisión, sino con u<strong>na</strong> mayor<br />
capacidad de autogobierno y de gestio<strong>na</strong>r",<br />
abriendo la puerta a pueda emprenderse a partir de<br />
la próxima legislatura.<br />
A su vez, y ante las exigencias de PNV y la<br />
izquierda abertzale sobre un adelanto electoral en<br />
Euskadi, Mendia recordó que la capacidad de<br />
decidir si se convocan o no comicios anticipados es<br />
del lehendakari, por lo que "será él quien lo<br />
decida". No obstante, advirtió de que, "no va a<br />
tener <strong>na</strong>da que ver, desde luego, el resultado de<br />
las elecciones" del próximo 20-N que considera<br />
que será "mucho mejor" para el PSE-EE que el<br />
sufrido en las recientes municipales.<br />
La portavoz del Gobierno vasco añadió que ese<br />
"sonsonete" que mantienen "todos" de pedir<br />
elecciones anticipadas en Euskadi, demuestra "que<br />
les falta bastante talante democrático". Para<br />
Mendia, "al fi<strong>na</strong>l, la democracia, u<strong>na</strong> democracia<br />
como la nuestra, tiene sus tiempos, cada institución<br />
tiene sus tiempos y estar constantemente en un<br />
permanente plebiscito, pidiendo elecciones, no<br />
parece lo más razo<strong>na</strong>ble", abundó<br />
Según la portavoz del Ejecutivo vasco, "en<br />
Euskadi, la gente entiende muy bien lo que está en<br />
juego las elecciones generales. En España no es lo<br />
mismo Mariano Rajoy con su modelo, que<br />
desconocemos todavía, de derechas, que u<strong>na</strong><br />
perso<strong>na</strong> como Rubalcaba, que ha demostrado<br />
compromiso con Euskadi", precisó.<br />
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Austeridad<br />
Si hay que ser austeros, empecemos disminuyendo<br />
el número de congresistas y se<strong>na</strong>dores, reduciendo<br />
al máximo los 17 Gobiernos autónomos, que no<br />
pueden ser copia del <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l. Que se eviten<br />
duplicaciones en el poder judicial y en las policías<br />
<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les, municipales y regio<strong>na</strong>les. ¡Cuántos<br />
ministerios, consejerías, mandos, academias,<br />
despachos y salarios en paralelo existen! Ahí tiene<br />
Rajoy donde aplicar su austeridad. Que deje<br />
tranquilos a los pensionistas y olvide los recortes<br />
en sanidad y educación. Afirma que no se debe<br />
gastar más de lo que se tiene, pues que dé ejemplo<br />
y no pida créditos para fi<strong>na</strong>nciar sus campañas.<br />
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Detecta IFE “cuentas fantasmas” en partidos<br />
El Instituto Federal Electoral (IFE) encontró<br />
diversas irregularidades en los siete partidos<br />
políticos al fiscalizar los recursos ejercidos en 2010<br />
Gastos sin justificar, facturas inexistentes,<br />
proveedores con domicilios equivocados, así como<br />
cuentas bancarias sin reportar son algu<strong>na</strong>s de las<br />
irregularidades que presentaron los siete partidos<br />
políticos (PRI, PAN, PRD, PT, PVEM, MC y Pa<strong>na</strong>l)<br />
en la revisión de sus gastos que hizo el Instituto<br />
Federal Electoral (IFE) a través de su Unidad de<br />
Fiscalización durante 2010.<br />
En el caso de AN, el órgano electoral encontró que<br />
este partido abrió cuatro cuentas bancarias sin<br />
avisar a la autoridad y no presentó un recibo por 46<br />
mil pesos para justificar la organización de un<br />
evento.<br />
Además, el Comité Directivo Estatal de Baja<br />
California no registró la deuda de u<strong>na</strong> multa que<br />
tendría que pagar por no haber retirado la<br />
propaganda electoral en los plazos establecidos<br />
por la ley. La multa que debió incluirse en su<br />
cuenta como un egreso de este partido en aquella<br />
entidad era por 131 mil 744 pesos.<br />
Este organismo político también gastó 10 mil 440<br />
pesos por tarjetas de felicitación, pero nunca<br />
entregó el comprobante que justificara el pago.<br />
Empresas “fantasma”<br />
En el PRI, la fiscalización dio cuenta de que los<br />
supervisores del IFE que acudieron a varias<br />
empresas a las cuales contrató ese partido no<br />
existen o dejaron de existir, como lo dio a conocer<br />
en su relatoría el instituto. Tal fue el caso de uno de<br />
los supervisores que <strong>na</strong>rró así su visita a u<strong>na</strong> de<br />
las direcciones entregadas por este partido.<br />
“El suscrito tocó el inmueble y u<strong>na</strong> perso<strong>na</strong> de<br />
origen extranjero, que no se identificó, indicó que<br />
en el domicilio señalado en el oficio en cuestión ya<br />
no habitaba Carlos Eliseo Romero López, pues ella<br />
tenía de vivir ahí cerca de seis meses”, detalló el<br />
visitante del domicilio ubicado en Diego Are<strong>na</strong>s<br />
Guzmán 270, paralela a Tlalpan, colonia Villa de<br />
Cortés, en Benito Juárez.<br />
El PRI fue de los partidos que presentó diversas<br />
irregularidades en los documentos que entregó,<br />
como facturas, a la Unidad de Fiscalización del<br />
IFE. Esta información fue revisada y resultó en<br />
falsedad de los domicilios registrados como<br />
supuestos proveedores.<br />
El PT compró mil 180 camisetas a la empresa<br />
Renca, S.A. de C.V. por 24 mil 255 pesos, pero no<br />
dio comprobante y también fue sancio<strong>na</strong>do por el<br />
IFE al encontrar que utilizó dinero para “regalos” de<br />
campaña, recursos que no estaban permitidos para<br />
dicho fin.<br />
“De la revisión a la cuenta ‘Gastos Operativos de<br />
Campaña’, subcuenta ‘Regalos’, se observó el<br />
registro contable de pólizas que presentaban como<br />
soporte documental comprobantes por conceptos<br />
que no correspondían a las actividades propias del<br />
partido”.<br />
Entre las compras que hiciera el partido se<br />
encuentran palanga<strong>na</strong>s, cubetas de barril, vasos,<br />
licuadoras, ollas y balones de fútbol. Todo esto por<br />
un costo de 24 mil 935 pesos.<br />
El PVEM incurrió en diversas faltas, entre ellas, el<br />
falseo de información.<br />
“Como se observa, el acta notarial señala que se<br />
tenían miles de playeras, bolsas de mano y otros<br />
artículos, los cuales tenían publicidad del Partido<br />
Verde Ecologista de México, y se manifiesta que<br />
fueron adquiridas con el proveedor ‘Tailhy<br />
Fabricación y Corporación, S.A. de C.V.’, con<br />
domicilio en calle Cerro San Francisco 331, colonia<br />
Campestre Churubusco, en Coyoacán, mediante la<br />
factura número 0959, de fecha 19 de febrero de<br />
2010; sin embargo, no se identificó registro alguno<br />
en su contabilidad de dicha factura.<br />
“En consecuencia, no se tiene identificado el origen<br />
de los recursos para el pago de la factura referida,<br />
ni el destino que se dio a la publicidad u<strong>na</strong> vez que<br />
fue localizada. Au<strong>na</strong>do a lo anterior, el acta<br />
presentada por el partido hace alusión a apéndices<br />
que no fueron remitidos a la autoridad electoral”.<br />
Compra de playeras y bolsas<br />
Este partido no reportó el gasto de la factura 0959<br />
emitida por Tailhy Fabricación y Corporación, S.A.<br />
de C.V. por concepto de 60 mil playeras y 4 mil 500<br />
bolsas de mano y omitió aclarar respecto si los<br />
servicios fueron pagados y en su caso el origen de<br />
los mismos, por 542 mil 880 pesos.<br />
Un caso particular fue detectado en Movimiento<br />
Ciudadano (antes Convergencia), que incluyó en el<br />
rubro de “cuentas por cobrar” un inmueble que está<br />
“tomado” desde 2005 en Nayarit y que fungía como<br />
sede local.<br />
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“Se encuentra en proceso legal por la toma del<br />
edificio de este comité en el año de 2005 y que a la<br />
fecha sigue el proceso, por lo que se anexa<br />
demanda TEP/III/CH/4581/05, así como copia del<br />
oficio sellado de recibido con fecha 8 de julio 2011<br />
por la Procuraduría General de Justicia de Nayarit,<br />
donde se solicita la devolución de los bienes<br />
muebles y documentación asegurados”, dio a<br />
conocer la misma Unidad.<br />
Con este edificio, au<strong>na</strong>do a las demandas y juicios<br />
laborales que tiene en su contra Movimiento<br />
Ciudadano, trataron de justificar el egreso de 3<br />
millones 635 mil pesos que incluyó este instituto<br />
político en sus cuentas de 2010. Sin embargo,<br />
dicha unidad consideró que esto no era correcto.<br />
Sobre la situación fiscal del Pa<strong>na</strong>l, al menos se<br />
detectaron 97 cuentas bancarias cuya creación no<br />
fue notificada legalmente ante el IFE.<br />
“Derivado del intercambio de información fi<strong>na</strong>nciera<br />
que este Consejo General llevó a cabo con la<br />
Comisión Nacio<strong>na</strong>l Bancaria y de Valores, se tuvo<br />
conocimiento de la existencia de 97 cuentas<br />
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bancarias respecto de las cuales el partido no<br />
presentó documentación algu<strong>na</strong>”, detalló la<br />
auditoria.<br />
Aunque el IFE ya ordenó sanciones contra los<br />
partidos políticos por estas irregularidades, los<br />
mismos tienen posibilidad de inconformarse ante el<br />
Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Electoral del Poder Judicial de la<br />
Federación.<br />
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Partidos reprueban auditoría del IFE<br />
Gastos sin justificar, facturas inexistentes,<br />
proveedores con domicilios equivocados, así como<br />
cuentas bancarias sin reportar son algu<strong>na</strong>s de las<br />
irregularidades que presentaron los siete partidos<br />
políticos (PRI, PAN, PRD, PT, PVEM, MC y Pa<strong>na</strong>l)<br />
en la revisión de sus gastos que hizo el Instituto<br />
Federal Electoral (IFE) a través de su Unidad de<br />
Fiscalización durante 2010.<br />
En el caso de AN, el órgano electoral encontró que<br />
este partido abrió cuatro cuentas bancarias sin<br />
avisar a la autoridad y no presentó un recibo por 46<br />
mil pesos para justificar la organización de un<br />
evento.<br />
Además, el Comité Directivo Estatal de Baja<br />
California no registró la deuda de u<strong>na</strong> multa que<br />
tendría que pagar por no haber retirado la<br />
propaganda electoral en los plazos establecidos<br />
por la ley. La multa que debió incluirse en su<br />
cuenta como un egreso de este partido en aquella<br />
entidad era por 131 mil 744 pesos.<br />
Este organismo político también gastó 10 mil 440<br />
pesos por tarjetas de felicitación, pero nunca<br />
entregó el comprobante que justificara el pago.<br />
Empresas “fantasma”<br />
En el PRI, la fiscalización dio cuenta de que los<br />
supervisores del IFE que acudieron a varias<br />
empresas a las cuales contrató ese partido no<br />
existen o dejaron de existir, como lo dio a conocer<br />
en su relatoría el instituto. Tal fue el caso de uno de<br />
los supervisores que <strong>na</strong>rró así su visita a u<strong>na</strong> de<br />
las direcciones entregadas por este partido.<br />
“El suscrito tocó el inmueble y u<strong>na</strong> perso<strong>na</strong> de<br />
origen extranjero, que no se identificó, indicó que<br />
en el domicilio señalado en el oficio en cuestión ya<br />
no habitaba Carlos Eliseo Romero López, pues ella<br />
tenía de vivir ahí cerca de seis meses”, detalló el<br />
visitante del domicilio ubicado en Diego Are<strong>na</strong>s<br />
Guzmán 270, paralela a Tlalpan, colonia Villa de<br />
Cortés, en Benito Juárez.<br />
El PRI fue de los partidos que presentó diversas<br />
irregularidades en los documentos que entregó,<br />
como facturas, a la Unidad de Fiscalización del<br />
IFE. Esta información fue revisada y resultó en<br />
falsedad de los domicilios registrados como<br />
supuestos proveedores.<br />
El PT compró mil 180 camisetas a la empresa<br />
Renca, S.A. de C.V. por 24 mil 255 pesos, pero no<br />
dio comprobante y también fue sancio<strong>na</strong>do por el<br />
IFE al encontrar que utilizó dinero para “regalos” de<br />
campaña, recursos que no estaban permitidos para<br />
dicho fin.<br />
“De la revisión a la cuenta ‘Gastos Operativos de<br />
Campaña’, subcuenta ‘Regalos’, se observó el<br />
registro contable de pólizas que presentaban como<br />
soporte documental comprobantes por conceptos<br />
que no correspondían a las actividades propias del<br />
partido”.<br />
Entre las compras que hiciera el partido se<br />
encuentran palanga<strong>na</strong>s, cubetas de barril, vasos,<br />
licuadoras, ollas y balones de fútbol. Todo esto por<br />
un costo de 24 mil 935 pesos.<br />
El PVEM incurrió en diversas faltas, entre ellas, el<br />
falseo de información.<br />
“Como se observa, el acta notarial señala que se<br />
tenían miles de playeras, bolsas de mano y otros<br />
artículos, los cuales tenían publicidad del Partido<br />
Verde Ecologista de México, y se manifiesta que<br />
fueron adquiridas con el proveedor ‘Tailhy<br />
Fabricación y Corporación, S.A. de C.V.’, con<br />
domicilio en calle Cerro San Francisco 331, colonia<br />
Campestre Churubusco, en Coyoacán, mediante la<br />
factura número 0959, de fecha 19 de febrero de<br />
2010; sin embargo, no se identificó registro alguno<br />
en su contabilidad de dicha factura.<br />
“En consecuencia, no se tiene identificado el origen<br />
de los recursos para el pago de la factura referida,<br />
ni el destino que se dio a la publicidad u<strong>na</strong> vez que<br />
fue localizada. Au<strong>na</strong>do a lo anterior, el acta<br />
presentada por el partido hace alusión a apéndices<br />
que no fueron remitidos a la autoridad electoral”.<br />
Compra de playeras y bolsas<br />
Este partido no reportó el gasto de la factura 0959<br />
emitida por Tailhy Fabricación y Corporación, S.A.<br />
de C.V. por concepto de 60 mil playeras y 4 mil 500<br />
bolsas de mano y omitió aclarar respecto si los<br />
servicios fueron pagados y en su caso el origen de<br />
los mismos, por 542 mil 880 pesos.<br />
Un caso particular fue detectado en Movimiento<br />
Ciudadano (antes Convergencia), que incluyó en el<br />
rubro de “cuentas por cobrar” un inmueble que está<br />
“tomado” desde 2005 en Nayarit y que fungía como<br />
sede local.<br />
“Se encuentra en proceso legal por la toma del<br />
edificio de este comité en el año de 2005 y que a la<br />
fecha sigue el proceso, por lo que se anexa<br />
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demanda TEP/III/CH/4581/05, así como copia del<br />
oficio sellado de recibido con fecha 8 de julio 2011<br />
por la Procuraduría General de Justicia de Nayarit,<br />
donde se solicita la devolución de los bienes<br />
muebles y documentación asegurados”, dio a<br />
conocer la misma Unidad.<br />
Con este edificio, au<strong>na</strong>do a las demandas y juicios<br />
laborales que tiene en su contra Movimiento<br />
Ciudadano, trataron de justificar el egreso de 3<br />
millones 635 mil pesos que incluyó este instituto<br />
político en sus cuentas de 2010. Sin embargo,<br />
dicha unidad consideró que esto no era correcto.<br />
Sobre la situación fiscal del Pa<strong>na</strong>l, al menos se<br />
detectaron 97 cuentas bancarias cuya creación no<br />
fue notificada legalmente ante el IFE.<br />
“Derivado del intercambio de información fi<strong>na</strong>nciera<br />
que este Consejo General llevó a cabo con la<br />
Comisión Nacio<strong>na</strong>l Bancaria y de Valores, se tuvo<br />
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conocimiento de la existencia de 97 cuentas<br />
bancarias respecto de las cuales el partido no<br />
presentó documentación algu<strong>na</strong>”, detalló la<br />
auditoria.<br />
Aunque el IFE ya ordenó sanciones contra los<br />
partidos políticos por estas irregularidades, los<br />
mismos tienen posibilidad de inconformarse ante el<br />
Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Electoral del Poder Judicial de la<br />
Federación.<br />
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TEPJF declara infundada queja por consejeros de IFE<br />
El Tribu<strong>na</strong>l rechaza la queja presentada por un<br />
grupo de 30 ciudadanos contra la omisión de la<br />
Cámara de Diputados de nombrar a los tres<br />
consejeros electorales<br />
El Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Electoral del Poder Judicial de la<br />
Federación (TEPJF) desechó, por segunda<br />
ocasión, u<strong>na</strong> impug<strong>na</strong>ción contra los diputados<br />
federales por no haber elegido a tres consejeros<br />
electorales.<br />
Lo anterior, pese a que el proyecto elaborado por la<br />
magistrada María del Carmen Alanis, proponía<br />
reconocerles interés y orde<strong>na</strong>r a la Cámara de<br />
Diputados realizar las acciones necesarias para<br />
elegir a los consejeros electorales.<br />
A principios de octubre, más de 20 ciudadanos<br />
presentaron un recurso ante el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l, bajo el<br />
argumento de que los diputados habían violado su<br />
derecho a votar y ser votado al no elegir a los tres<br />
consejeros electorales.<br />
La impug<strong>na</strong>ción llegó, luego de que en San Lázaro<br />
desecharan la ter<strong>na</strong> de consejeros electorales<br />
integrada por Cecilia Tapia, David Gómez y<br />
Enrique Ochoa.<br />
El pasado 12 de octubre, el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l resolvió u<strong>na</strong><br />
impug<strong>na</strong>ción similar presentada por Álvaro Uribe<br />
Robles. En esa ocasión, el organismo electoral<br />
concluyó --basado en un proyecto formulado por el<br />
magistrado Pedro Pe<strong>na</strong>gos-- que Uribe no tenía<br />
interés jurídico para impug<strong>na</strong>r el acto.<br />
Lo anterior, porque no formaba parte de la lista de<br />
17 candidatos a consejeros electorales elaborada<br />
por la Comisión de Gober<strong>na</strong>ción de la Cámara de<br />
Diputados y entregada a la Junta de Coordi<strong>na</strong>ción<br />
Política de la misma Cámara, para que con base<br />
en ella elaborara u<strong>na</strong> ter<strong>na</strong> de candidatos a ocupar<br />
el cargo.<br />
Pe<strong>na</strong>gos aclaró que el artículo 79 de la Ley<br />
General del Sistema de Medios de Impug<strong>na</strong>ción<br />
precisa que los juicios para la protección de los<br />
derechos político electorales procederán solo<br />
cuando quien presente la denuncia resulte afectado<br />
en sus derechos como resultado de la decisión<br />
impug<strong>na</strong>da.<br />
El TEPJF tenía pendiente resolver otra<br />
impug<strong>na</strong>ción en el mismo sentido que había sido<br />
tur<strong>na</strong>da a María del Carmen Alanis. En su proyecto<br />
de resolución, la magistrada propuso reconocerles<br />
interés a los ciudadanos que impug<strong>na</strong>ron la<br />
omisión de la Cámara.<br />
Basó su argumentación en considerar al derecho a<br />
votar y ser votado como un derecho humano.<br />
"El Constituyente diseñó la integración de ese<br />
órgano para funcio<strong>na</strong>r óptimamente con un<br />
consejero presidente, ocho consejeros electorales<br />
y su desig<strong>na</strong>ción la atribuyó a la Cámara de<br />
Diputados, entonces toda ciudada<strong>na</strong> o ciudadano<br />
que pueda votar en las elecciones federales cuenta<br />
con la legitimación, con el interés. (Por ello),<br />
encuentro que el juicio para la protección de los<br />
derechos político electorales es la vía procedente<br />
para evitar que el ejercicio de ese derecho pueda<br />
verse afectado de algu<strong>na</strong> manera, sobre todo si ha<br />
iniciado el proceso inicial federal 2011-2012",<br />
explicó Alanis Figueroa.<br />
"Todas y todos los ciudadanos que están en la lista<br />
nomi<strong>na</strong>l, que cuentan con su credencial para votar<br />
con fotografía, que están en capacidad de votar en<br />
la próxima elección federal para Presidente, para<br />
se<strong>na</strong>dores y para diputados, cuyos comicios están<br />
siendo organizados por el Instituto Federal<br />
Electoral, ¿por qué no reconocerles, entonces, la<br />
legitimación e interés jurídico para exigir ante este<br />
Tribu<strong>na</strong>l que el máximo órgano de dirección se<br />
encuentre debidamente conformado?", agregó.<br />
No obstante, la mayoría de los magistrados (con<br />
excepción de Flavio Galván) rechazaron la posición<br />
de Alanis y reiteron los argumentos que<br />
esgrimieron en la primera ocasión que resolvieron<br />
u<strong>na</strong> impug<strong>na</strong>ción contra la Cámara de Diputados<br />
por la elección de consejeros.<br />
"Yo les digo con todo respeto a los recurrentes, no<br />
se les afecta su derecho a votar y ser votado",<br />
precisó el presidente del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l, Alejandro Lu<strong>na</strong><br />
Ramos.<br />
Pedro Esteban Pe<strong>na</strong>gos aclaró que el hecho de<br />
que el Consejo General del IFE no esté<br />
completamente integrado no significa que se afecte<br />
el derecho de un ciudadano a votar o ser votado.<br />
Recordó que según la ley, este Consejo puede<br />
funcio<strong>na</strong>r con seis consejeros. Reconocer los<br />
argumentos de Alanis, acotó, implicaría concluir<br />
que todas las decisiones que ha tomado el IFE<br />
--con su integración actual-- no son válidas.<br />
El magistrado Manuel González Oropeza secundó<br />
a Pe<strong>na</strong>gos y agregó que de aplicar el criterio<br />
propuesto por Alanis Figueroa, cualquier ciudadano<br />
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podría demandar, por ejemplo, al Se<strong>na</strong>do por la no<br />
ratificación de un tratado inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
Fi<strong>na</strong>lmente, con u<strong>na</strong> votación de cinco contra dos,<br />
el TEPJF desechó la impug<strong>na</strong>ción.<br />
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PGN e Itaipu: Resultados de la sesión de Se<strong>na</strong>dores<br />
El ex se<strong>na</strong>dor provincial Abelardo Félix Pacayut, al<br />
conocer el fallo de la STJ, confirmando la sentencia<br />
de rechazar el recurso de Casación contra la Sala<br />
1ª de la Cámara del Crimen de Paraná, afirmó “voy<br />
a instruir a mis apoderados legales de hacer uso<br />
del derecho constitucio<strong>na</strong>l que me asiste de recurrir<br />
a la instancia superior para demostrar mi inocencia”<br />
En ese sentido, el ex legislador manifestó, en u<strong>na</strong><br />
gacetilla enviada a esta Agencia: “Tengo la íntima<br />
convicción que mis acciones no se enmarcan en<br />
las conductas que me endilgan y es por eso que<br />
tengo la decisión de agotar todas las instancias<br />
judiciales; lo digo desde la fortaleza que me<br />
brindan mis familiares y amigos en estos<br />
momentos difíciles”.<br />
Por último el ex se<strong>na</strong>dor consideró: “La Corte<br />
Suprema de Justicia de la Nación, desprovista de<br />
los prejuicios localistas, hará un profundo análisis<br />
de la causa; por lo que mantengo mi fe que se hará<br />
justicia”.<br />
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Por acciones de la Anses, se traban más juicios de<br />
jubilados<br />
En la justicia previsio<strong>na</strong>l están paralizados por lo<br />
menos 2300 expedientes de demandas de<br />
jubilados, a raíz de u<strong>na</strong> acción de la Administración<br />
Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de la Seguridad Social (Anses), que se<br />
propone apartar del análisis de las causas a uno de<br />
los jueces que integran la sala II.<br />
Mientras tanto, no cesa el ingreso de reclamos,<br />
principalmente por reajustes de haberes o por el<br />
cálculo del ingreso mensual de inicio. Según las<br />
estadísticas de la Cámara Federal de la Seguridad<br />
Social, entre febrero y octubre de este año se<br />
iniciaron 71.167 litigios, mientras que los juzgados<br />
de primera instancia emitieron <strong>na</strong>da menos que<br />
33.605 sentencias. En tanto, a las tres salas de la<br />
cámara de apelaciones llegaron en esos nueve<br />
meses 36.311 expedientes, un número muy<br />
superior respecto de los de igual período de años<br />
anteriores.<br />
En esta segunda instancia, las trabas comenzaron<br />
a principios de julio. Tal como se informó en ese<br />
momento, en ese mes el organismo previsio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
-que es la parte demandada en los reclamos de<br />
jubilados- recusó al juez camarista Luis René<br />
Herrero. Es decir: al enviar las apelaciones de<br />
fallos de primera instancia comenzó a rechazar la<br />
intervención del mencio<strong>na</strong>do magistrado en las<br />
votaciones para emitir sentencias.<br />
Si bien las recusaciones fueron sin causa (lo cual<br />
inhabilitaría al Poder Judicial a evaluar si<br />
aceptarlas o no), un tribu<strong>na</strong>l de jueces determinó<br />
que hubo un abuso de derecho por parte de la<br />
Anses al recurrir a ese tipo de figura. Se argumentó<br />
que el organismo había expresado públicamente<br />
que sí tenía causas para actuar contra Herrero, un<br />
magistrado de amplia trayectoria académica que<br />
integra la cámara hace 32 años. De hecho, este<br />
año la Anses envió al Consejo de la Magistratura<br />
un pedido de investigación contra el juez, con la<br />
acusación de supuestas irregularidades en el<br />
proceso de firma de dos sentencias, que podría<br />
derivar en un juicio político y que también involucra<br />
a Emilio Fernández.<br />
Fernández es otro integrante de la misma sala.<br />
Con Herrero, son los dos jueces que años atrás<br />
habilitaron la vía cautelar para que los jubilados<br />
que litigan por reajuste de haberes puedan<br />
comenzar a percibir sus ingresos actualizados, sin<br />
verse obligados a esperar a que fi<strong>na</strong>lice el juicio<br />
(en casos en que ya se conoce cuál será la<br />
sentencia). El trámite judicial suele llevar varios<br />
años, que se suman al plazo posterior para que la<br />
Anses efectivice el pago correspondiente.<br />
Al a<strong>na</strong>lizar en su momento las presentaciones<br />
hechas por la Anses, los jueces camaristas<br />
Fernández, Néstor Fasciolo y Juan Carlos Poclava<br />
Lafuente rechazaron las recusaciones, decisión<br />
que habilitó a Herrero a seguir firmando fallos. Sin<br />
embargo, todo volvió a trabarse porque la Anses<br />
rechazó esa resolución y presentó un recurso<br />
extraordi<strong>na</strong>rio en busca de que el tema llegue a la<br />
Corte Suprema.<br />
Recusación<br />
Además, el organismo estatal recusó a los tres<br />
jueces mencio<strong>na</strong>dos para evitar que sigan<br />
rechazando recusaciones. Esta última presentación<br />
de la Anses, a su vez, debe ser resuelta por otros<br />
tres jueces: Victoria Pérez Tognolla de Vitobello,<br />
Mabel Maffei de Borghi y Ber<strong>na</strong>bé Chirinos.<br />
Mientras todo eso ocurre, los expedientes esperan<br />
y las causas de los jubilados se demoran aún más<br />
de lo habitual. Según fuentes judiciales, de la sala<br />
II sólo salen sentencias y resoluciones de<br />
expedientes previos a que la Anses comenzara con<br />
las recusaciones.<br />
Para la denuncia contra Herrero ante el Consejo de<br />
la Magistratura, el organismo que dirige Diego<br />
Bossio se basó en acusaciones hechas en notas<br />
inter<strong>na</strong>s de la cámara por la tercera jueza de la<br />
sala, Nora Dorado, sobre supuestas irregularidades<br />
en la votación de dos causas.<br />
En su defensa, el juez Herrero expresó<br />
públicamente, entre otros argumentos, que las<br />
acusaciones se refieren a tareas que no están bajo<br />
su responsabilidad. Y rechazó también u<strong>na</strong><br />
acusación de amistad con el abogado de u<strong>na</strong><br />
causa en la que intervino, lo cual, de todas formas<br />
no lo habría obligado a recusarse. Para referirse a<br />
esa supuesta amistad, la Anses presentó<br />
programas de congresos sobre temas jurídicos en<br />
los que ambos profesio<strong>na</strong>les habían coincidido.<br />
Los mismos hechos -sobre los cuales Herrero<br />
presentó su defensa ante el Consejo de la<br />
Magistratura, según pudo saber LA NACIONfueron<br />
denunciados ante el juez Claudio Bo<strong>na</strong>dio y<br />
ante la Unidad Fiscal de Investigaciones de Delitos<br />
de la Seguridad Social, a cargo de Guillermo<br />
Marijuán. Desde el Consejo -donde llegó u<strong>na</strong><br />
presentación espontánea de la jueza Dorado contra<br />
sus pares- señalaron que el caso está en la<br />
Comisión de Discipli<strong>na</strong> y Acusación, aún sin<br />
dictamen..<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Diputados PPD y PS rechazan nueva “lista negra” de<br />
Isapre Consalud<br />
Como un “escándalo” y u<strong>na</strong> “vergüenza” calificaron<br />
diputados del PPD y del PS, el veto de Isapre<br />
Consalud a trabajadores de 619 empresas e<br />
instituciones, emulando u<strong>na</strong> práctica similar que se<br />
había conocido por parte de Banmédica y Vida<br />
Tres. La diputada Adria<strong>na</strong> Muñoz (PPD) indicó que<br />
“desde que asumió el gobierno de Piñera las<br />
Isapres están viviendo en un paraíso terre<strong>na</strong>l<br />
donde no hay normas, ni respeto a la<br />
Constitución. Tenemos u<strong>na</strong> industria que entrega<br />
un derecho fundamental de las perso<strong>na</strong>s que es la<br />
salud, poniendo barreras que son<br />
inconstitucio<strong>na</strong>les, por edad, por sexo, por ingreso<br />
y hoy por pertenecer a u<strong>na</strong> determi<strong>na</strong>da institución<br />
o empresa”. Por eso, dijo que “queremos pedir la<br />
renuncia del Superintendente de Isapres, que no<br />
ha acogido ningu<strong>na</strong> de las denuncias realizadas<br />
por los parlamentarios y por los trabajadores de las<br />
Isapres”. El diputado Enrique Accorsi (PPD) afirmó<br />
que “hemos exigido al Superintendente que nos<br />
entregue el listado de las listas negras que tienen<br />
las otras Isapres. Esto es verdaderamente u<strong>na</strong><br />
vergüenza pública, un escándalo. La Constitución<br />
garantiza el libre acceso de las perso<strong>na</strong>s al sistema<br />
de salud, y aquí por u<strong>na</strong> razón que solamente tiene<br />
que ver con el ingreso, no le dan cabida a las<br />
perso<strong>na</strong>s”. Asimismo, el diputado socialista Juan<br />
Luis Castro sostuvo que “es la hora que los 2.5<br />
millones de chilenos pertenecientes a las Isapres<br />
decidan si quieren mantenerse en un sistema que<br />
incurre en estas prácticas francamente oscuras y<br />
persecutorias o derechamente prefieren irse a<br />
Fo<strong>na</strong>sa”.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
Gobierno recibió informe de Carabineros por parte<br />
adulterado<br />
El ministro del Interior, Rodrigo Hinzpeter, confirmó<br />
este jueves que recibió el informe de Carabineros<br />
sobre la adulteración del parte del accidente de<br />
tránsito en que se vio involucrado el hijo del ex<br />
general director de la institución, Eduardo Gordon.<br />
Hinzpeter no se refirió al contenido específico del<br />
informe y sólo se limitó a señalar que el proceso<br />
está en manos de la justicia militar. "Cuando la<br />
justicia inicia el conocimiento de estos hechos, a<br />
las autoridades políticas nos corresponde tomar un<br />
segundo plano y esperar la decisión fi<strong>na</strong>l del Poder<br />
Judicial, porque es la decisión que en definitiva<br />
corresponde", señaló el ministro. En tanto, el actual<br />
general director de Carabineros, Gustavo<br />
González, también confirmó el envío del informe al<br />
gobierno, pero declinó referirse a la situación del<br />
general Aquiles Blu, quien habría orde<strong>na</strong>do<br />
adulterar el parte. El general Blu, director de Orden<br />
y Seguridad de Carabineros, era mencio<strong>na</strong>do como<br />
sucesor de Eduardo Gordon. Tras la renuncia de<br />
este último, asumió el general González mientras<br />
se reformula el alto mando. Sobre esto último, el<br />
general González confirmó que el nuevo alto<br />
mando de la institución se dará a conocer a<br />
mediados de este mes. Por el momento, se<br />
desconoce si el general Aquiles Blu seguirá en<br />
Carabineros. La adulteración del parte se dio a<br />
conocer el pasado 1 de septiembre por el portal<br />
Ciper Chile. De inmediato el gobierno pidió a la<br />
policía un informe detallado sobre el caso, y<br />
Gordon renunció al cargo al día siguiente.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Matrimonio homosexual: TC rechazó el requerimiento<br />
de parejas gay<br />
Por 9 a favor y el voto en contra el ministro Hernán<br />
Vodanovic, el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l rechazó el<br />
recurso presentado por 3 parejas homosexuales<br />
contra la aplicabilidad del artículo 102 del Código<br />
Civil, que restringe el matrimonio a los contratos<br />
entre un hombre y u<strong>na</strong> mujer. El proceso se inició<br />
en octubre 2010, cuando las parejas, el Movimiento<br />
de Liberación Homosexual (Movilh) y sus abogados<br />
presentaron un recurso de protección ante la Corte<br />
de Apelaciones de Santiago, alegando que la<br />
prohibición al matrimonio igualitario contraviene la<br />
Constitución. En diciembre de 2010, el tribu<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
alzada capitalino decide consultar al TC sobre la<br />
aplicabilidad o i<strong>na</strong>plicabilidad sobre la prohibición<br />
del matrimonio igualitario, institución que tramitó el<br />
requerimiento hasta su sentencia de hoy jueves.<br />
Los recurrentes que llevaron el caso hasta el TC<br />
son César Peralta y Hans Arias, padres de 2 niños,<br />
luego de que el primero ga<strong>na</strong>ra la tuición de sus<br />
hijos en un fallo emitido el 2009 por el Juzgado de<br />
Familia de Puente Alto; el ca<strong>na</strong>diense Stephane<br />
Abran, quien contrajo matrimonio en agosto del<br />
2006 con el chileno Jorge Mo<strong>na</strong>rdes en Ca<strong>na</strong>dá; y<br />
Víctor Arce y Miguel Lillo, quienes formalizaron su<br />
unión en Mendoza en agosto del 2010. EL<br />
REQUERIMIENTO El reclamo de las parejas<br />
homosexuales apuntaba contra el artículo 102 del<br />
Código Civil que establece que el "matrimonio es<br />
un contrato solemne por el cual un hombre y u<strong>na</strong><br />
mujer se unen actual e indisolublemente, y por toda<br />
la vida, con el fin de vivir juntos, de procrear y de<br />
auxiliarse mutuamente". Sin embargo, la<br />
impug<strong>na</strong>ción de i<strong>na</strong>plicabilidad presentada por el<br />
mundo homosexual no fue acogida por el TC. En<br />
su fallo, la instancia expresa que "si bien se ha<br />
efectuado u<strong>na</strong> impug<strong>na</strong>ción aislada de un artículo,<br />
lo que verdaderamente se impug<strong>na</strong> es la aplicación<br />
de un estatuto jurídico complejo derivado del<br />
vínculo matrimonial entre hombre y mujer, que se<br />
encuentra regulado en su estructura esencial en el<br />
Código Civil y en la Ley Nº 19.947, esto es, la Ley<br />
de Matrimonio Civil". "En otras palabras –añade la<br />
sentencia del TC- lo que pretenden los recurrentes<br />
es que se les reconozca la aplicación del<br />
mencio<strong>na</strong>do estatuto, cuestión que no es de<br />
competencia de este Tribu<strong>na</strong>l, pues éste no se<br />
encuentra facultado para modificar y regular las<br />
instituciones que contempla el orde<strong>na</strong>miento<br />
jurídico mediante un pronunciamiento de<br />
i<strong>na</strong>plicabilidad". LLAMADO A LEGISLAR Si bien<br />
votaron contra el recurso de i<strong>na</strong>plicabilidad, los<br />
integrantes del TC Francisco Fernández, Carlos<br />
Carmo<strong>na</strong>, José Antonio Viera Gallo y Gonzalo<br />
García formularon un llamado al Gobierno y al<br />
Congreso a legislar sobre las uniones civiles del<br />
mismo sexo "Legislar sobre la materia resulta aún<br />
más imperioso en nuestro país frente al vacío<br />
normativo que hoy existe. Ello deja en u<strong>na</strong><br />
incertidumbre jurídica a las uniones de hecho,<br />
especialmente a las parejas del mismo sexo,<br />
exponiéndolas a situaciones de menoscabo y<br />
desamparo. Existe en este punto u<strong>na</strong> omisión<br />
legislativa y un déficit de protección que es preciso<br />
remediar con prontitud. Existe u<strong>na</strong> clara tendencia<br />
a regular estas situaciones en los diversos países",<br />
señala el voto redactado por estos 4 ministros.<br />
PLENO RECHAZO En otro voto concurrente, los<br />
ministros Marcelo Venegas, Enrique Navarro e Iván<br />
Aróstica no sólo rechazan el requerimiento de las<br />
parejas homosexuales. También expresan que la<br />
negativa a parejas del mismo sexo a contraer<br />
matrimonio no vulnera la Constitución. De<br />
acuerdo a la sentencia, estos magistrados "dejan<br />
constancia de que "estuvieron por pronunciarse<br />
derechamente sobre el fondo del requerimiento<br />
deducido por la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago,<br />
declarando que no resulta contraria a la<br />
Constitución la aplicación del artículo 102 del<br />
Código Civil, en el proceso sobre Recurso de<br />
Protección N° 6787-2010". EL VOTO DISIDENTE<br />
DE VODANOVIC En su voto disidente, el ministro<br />
Hernán Vodanovic esgrime sus argumentos a favor<br />
de acoger el requerimiento de i<strong>na</strong>plicabilidad contra<br />
el artículo 102 del Código Civil. Para ello cita un<br />
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fallo de 2005 de la Corte Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
Sudáfrica cuando invalidó la cláusula heterosexual<br />
del régimen matrimonial. También hace suyos los<br />
argumentos entregados por Libertades Públicas<br />
ante el TC. "Privar a un grupo de perso<strong>na</strong>s de la<br />
posibilidad de acceder a la institución matrimonial<br />
importa negarles la dignidad que la propia<br />
Constitución les reconoce", sentenció Vodanovic<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
citando la exposición de Libertades Públicas,<br />
añadiendo que se genera un "tratamiento<br />
discrimi<strong>na</strong>torio en perjuicio de las parejas del<br />
mismo sexo que no cuenta con ningu<strong>na</strong><br />
justificación razo<strong>na</strong>ble en u<strong>na</strong> República<br />
democrática que acepta la diversidad de formas de<br />
vida".<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
CBS beats FCC again in Janet Jackson 'wardrobe<br />
malfunction' case<br />
New Delhi, Nov. 2:<br />
Selling a project without registering it with the<br />
proposed Real Estate Authority can soon land a<br />
developer behind bars, if it involves “crimi<strong>na</strong>l<br />
intent”. Also, the erring builder may be asked to<br />
cough up a heavy pe<strong>na</strong>lty.<br />
These provisions are part of the draft Real Estate<br />
(Regulation and Development) Bill 2011. The<br />
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation<br />
plans to seek public comments on the draft in 8-10<br />
days. The new version has been prepared after<br />
extensive consultation with stakeholders and<br />
incorporates many changes since the first draft in<br />
mid-2009.<br />
“Our effort is to table this Bill during the Winter<br />
Session of Parliament and get it passed by the<br />
Monsoon Session,” a senior Government official<br />
said.<br />
So, one can expect e<strong>na</strong>ctment of the law from the<br />
second half of next year. The proposed Bill aims to<br />
cover only property transactions, and all the States<br />
are expected to adhere to its provisions.<br />
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT<br />
The official said there were plans to set up a Real<br />
Estate Authority in each State. Also, there will be a<br />
dispute settlement mechanism to amicably resolve<br />
differences between buyers and builders.<br />
This was not part of the origi<strong>na</strong>l draft, which had<br />
only talked about suo motu action by the proposed<br />
regulator, a source said. The origi<strong>na</strong>l provisions<br />
pertaining to submission of bank guarantee (by<br />
builders) have also been changed, the source<br />
added.<br />
The Bill proposes that a builder or developer will<br />
first have to register with the authority. This will<br />
allow the developer to upload information on the<br />
authority's Web site. One condition could be that a<br />
developer may have to make certain documents<br />
available to intending purchasers for inspection.<br />
PENALTY PROVISION<br />
These could include the title deed and approval<br />
certificate from the competent authorities. But, to<br />
collect any advance payment (over and above the<br />
basic application fee), developers will need to first<br />
enter into registered sales deed, after which they<br />
may have to produce more documents, such as<br />
information about architects and engineers.<br />
The authority's decision can be challenged in the<br />
Appellate Tribu<strong>na</strong>l, which is proposed to be set up<br />
at the central level. The Tribu<strong>na</strong>l's order can be<br />
challenged in the Supreme Court.<br />
For contravention of rules, developers may be<br />
asked to pay up to 5 per cent of the total project<br />
cost. But, if the Tribu<strong>na</strong>l's order is not followed, the<br />
pe<strong>na</strong>lty could go up to 10 per cent of the project<br />
cost.<br />
When contacted, Mr Pradeep Jain, Chairman,<br />
Confederation of Real Estate Developers'<br />
Association of India, said the Bill's focus was mainly<br />
on regulating developers.<br />
“It does not talk of regulating other stakeholders,<br />
such as consumers, fi<strong>na</strong>ncial institutions and local<br />
sanction authorities. If, as a builder, I develop a<br />
project but the local authority delays the occupancy<br />
certificate, why should I be held liable for the<br />
delay?” he said.<br />
Shishir.s@thehindu.co.in<br />
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Justiça no Exterior | Supreme Court<br />
Amazon offers to serve as tax collector - for a price<br />
Reporting from Sacramento- Amazon.com Inc. for<br />
years has fought state efforts to force it to collect<br />
sales taxes from its customers. Now, instead of<br />
battling the tax man, the company is looking to<br />
profit - by hiring itself out as an Internet tax<br />
collector.<br />
In an abrupt about-face, the company is now<br />
offering to handle sales-tax chores for merchants<br />
who sell products through its site for a fee<br />
equivalent to 2.9% of the taxes collected.<br />
The optio<strong>na</strong>l service, which is set to roll out Feb. 1,<br />
will be offered to Amazon's third-party vendors in all<br />
50 states. It's a strategy that could reap millions of<br />
dollars in new revenue for Amazon, which has been<br />
among the most vocal opponents of government<br />
attempts to tax e-commerce.<br />
A<strong>na</strong>lysts said Amazon's shift is an acknowledgment<br />
that Internet retailers ultimately will have to play by<br />
the same rules as bricks-and-mortar stores. It's also<br />
a recognition that there's money to be made in the<br />
process, said George Runner, a member of the<br />
California State Board of Equalization, the agency<br />
that administers sales tax.<br />
"This is what smart businesspeople do," Runner<br />
said. "They are going to use whatever model they<br />
can to expand their business opportunities. They're<br />
very slick at it."<br />
Seattle-based Amazon currently collects sales<br />
taxes from its own customers in Washington, New<br />
York, Kentucky, Kansas and North Dakota, as well<br />
as in some foreign countries where it does<br />
business. In the U.S., Amazon and other online<br />
merchants have long contended that they're legally<br />
obligated to collect sales taxes only in states where<br />
they have a physical presence.<br />
But the rise of Internet commerce has made it a<br />
plum target for wider taxation. U.S. Internet retail<br />
sales topped $176 billion last year and are<br />
expected to reach $279 billion by 2015, according<br />
to Forrester Research Inc. Online sales currently<br />
account for about 9% of total retail sales, a share<br />
that's projected to triple over the next few decades.<br />
State and local governments are determined to<br />
force Amazon and others to pay up.<br />
"The reality is ? that they are going to be collecting<br />
sales tax," said Benjamin Schachter a senior<br />
a<strong>na</strong>lyst for Internet and interactive entertainment<br />
stocks for Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., a New<br />
York investment bank.<br />
In California, Amazon recently abandoned a<br />
much-criticized effort to repeal a new Internet sales<br />
tax law passed by the state legislature this year.<br />
Instead, the company cut a deal with the<br />
administration of Gov. Jerry Brown to start<br />
collecting and remitting California's 7.25% sales<br />
tax, plus local sales taxes, beginning Sept. 15.,<br />
2012.<br />
That agreement was a victory for traditio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
retailers, who say they've lost billions in sales to<br />
Internet merchants that sell identical merchandise<br />
free of sales taxes. But news that Amazon now is<br />
angling to make a buck from those levies has some<br />
fuming anew. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp.<br />
and major chains continue to push legislators to<br />
close legal loopholes that allow Amazon to dodge<br />
sales-tax collection in most U.S. states.<br />
"It's hypocrisy of the highest order," said Jason<br />
Brewer, a spokesman for the Retail Industry<br />
Leaders Assn. in Arlington, Va. "Now, they're trying<br />
to profit from collecting sales tax everywhere else,<br />
while still digging in their heels from collecting for<br />
their own company."<br />
Amazon's new offer is aimed at hundreds of<br />
thousands of independent U.S. businesses, ranging<br />
in size from tiny used-book sellers to major<br />
manufacturers, that sell their products through the<br />
Amazon.com site. Amazon works with about 2<br />
million such sellers worldwide but won't specify how<br />
many of those are based in the U.S.<br />
Nearly 40% of the merchandise sold worldwide by<br />
Amazon comes from third parties that use the<br />
company's Internet platform to do business,<br />
Macquarie a<strong>na</strong>lyst Schachter said. Amazon last<br />
year posted net sales of $34.2 billion. About half of<br />
those sales required Amazon to collect sales taxes<br />
or value-added taxes from U.S. and foreign buyers,<br />
Schachter said.<br />
Amazon, like other e-commerce retailers, earns<br />
commissions and fees for sales made by third-party<br />
sellers that use its site. But the company's move to<br />
charge its affiliates extra for collecting sales taxes<br />
may be an industry first.<br />
Wal-Mart, for example, does not charge for<br />
collecting sales taxes for the independent vendors<br />
that sell through its online store, Wal-Mart<br />
spokesman Daniel Morales said. Neither does Best<br />
Buy Co., whose website is also open to third-party<br />
sellers. E-Bay Inc. provides its sellers some online<br />
tools for calculating state and local sales taxes but<br />
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leaves collecting and remitting those levies to them.<br />
Last week, Amazon told merchants that sell their<br />
wares through Amazon's Marketplace Professio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
and Webstore programs that they were eligible to<br />
take advantage of the service. Amazon said it<br />
would calculate and collect the taxes, then send<br />
those funds back to the affiliate sellers, who would<br />
remain responsible for remitting them to state tax<br />
agencies.<br />
"Tax collection services now available," Amazon<br />
announced electronically in posts on the "help"<br />
section of its website and in messages to its sellers.<br />
"Your seller account now has access to tax<br />
collection services that e<strong>na</strong>ble collection of U.S.<br />
sales and use taxes on your orders."<br />
Streamlining tax collection could benefit<br />
mom-and-pop vendors that sell through Amazon,<br />
but how many are willing to pay for that<br />
convenience remains to be seen.<br />
"Amazon is offering a way to simplify complying<br />
with the tax laws. That's all to the good," said Debra<br />
Schepp, a Washington expert on e-commerce and<br />
social networking whose books are sold on<br />
Amazon.com. "But, on Feb. 1 when the 3% [fee]<br />
starts, it may not feel quite as good to the sellers."<br />
Until recently, Internet retailers haven't had to worry<br />
much about collecting sales taxes from their<br />
out-of-state customers. Lawmakers in the late<br />
1980s and 1990s granted exemptions to foster the<br />
growth of e-commerce. In 1992, the U.S. Supreme<br />
Court enshrined the principal into law in a decision<br />
that said the sales tax should be collected only<br />
when a seller has a physical presence in a state,<br />
such as a store or a warehouse.<br />
Support for that <strong>na</strong>rrow interpretation began to<br />
crumble in the last few years as <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l retail<br />
chains and independent store owners complained<br />
they were victims of unfair competition from<br />
Amazon and other e-sellers that could undercut<br />
their prices by as much as 10% by not adding sales<br />
tax. (Consumers are supposed to pay those taxes,<br />
but rarely do.)<br />
Amazon called the current patchwork of differing<br />
state sales tax laws "an unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l burden" on<br />
commerce. It said it supports collecting the sales<br />
taxes but only if it's done consistently from state to<br />
state, according to a <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l formula approved by<br />
Congress. Amazon is backing a proposed interstate<br />
agreement that would require participating states to<br />
write similar sales tax laws.<br />
Other lawmakers, including Rep. Jackie Speier<br />
(D-Hillsborough), are pushing for more<br />
Los Angeles Times - Business, 03 de Novembro de 2011<br />
Justiça no Exterior | Supreme Court<br />
straightforward measures that affirm the rights of<br />
California and other states to force Internet sellers<br />
to collect sales taxes.<br />
But the company's decision to reverse its<br />
long-standing opposition to collecting sales taxes -<br />
and to profit in the process - "clearly affirms<br />
Amazon has the capability to collect tax on these<br />
sales despite its prior assertion it could not," said<br />
Betty Yee, another Board of Equalization member.<br />
She predicted that Amazon's Marketplace retailers<br />
would pass the 2.9% fee on to their customers in<br />
the form of higher prices.<br />
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Restaurant group to respond Friday to Cain accuser<br />
request<br />
The Natio<strong>na</strong>l Restaurant Assn., the trade group at<br />
the center of the Herman Cain sexual harassment<br />
furor, said it has received a request to allow one of<br />
Cain's accusers to release a public statement<br />
detailing her version of events and will respond<br />
Friday.<br />
The group was contacted by Joel Bennett, a<br />
Washington lawyer who helped negotiate a<br />
settlement with the association on behalf of one of<br />
two women who complained about Cain's conduct<br />
while he was its president and chief executive.<br />
Bennett has been seeking to lift a restriction in the<br />
deal that bars his client from talking.<br />
“Our outside counsel was contacted by Mr. Bennett<br />
today and was asked to provide a response to a<br />
proposed statement by tomorrow afternoon. We are<br />
currently reviewing the document, and we plan to<br />
respond tomorrow,” said Sue Hensley, a<br />
spokeswoman for the association.<br />
Bennett said his client is reluctant to speak publicly<br />
about events that occurred while she worked for<br />
Cain in the late 1990s, so he has asked the<br />
association to instead approve a statement by her<br />
for public release.<br />
Cain is not a party to the agreement, Bennett said,<br />
meaning that he would only need the consent of the<br />
association in order for the statement to be<br />
released.<br />
“Mr. Cain was not a sig<strong>na</strong>tory to the settlement<br />
agreement therefore he would have no standing<br />
one way or another” on whether the statement<br />
could be released, Bennett said.<br />
Politico reported Thursday that one of the women<br />
who accused Cain of sexual harassment during his<br />
tenure received a $45,000 settlement. The New<br />
York Times had previously reported that a second<br />
woman obtained a $35,000 payout.<br />
Cain has demurred when asked whether Bennett's<br />
client should be released from her confidentiality<br />
agreement and be allowed to tell her story to the<br />
media.<br />
Bennett said that if the association approves a<br />
waiver to the confidentiality requirements, he would<br />
release a one-page statement on behalf of his<br />
client. But, he said, he will not divulge her <strong>na</strong>me<br />
and said "she does not intend to appear publicly."<br />
By handling it in this fashion, Bennett said that his<br />
client can get her side of the story out without<br />
becoming an “Anita Hill figure,” a reference to the<br />
woman who endured intense scrutiny after publicly<br />
alleging i<strong>na</strong>ppropriate conduct by Supreme Court<br />
Justice Clarence Thomas.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Constitución<br />
Centro de Estudiantes del STJ celebra sus 30 años de<br />
creación<br />
El Centro de Alumnos Teresianos (CAT) cumple 30<br />
años de su creación y por ello, su Mesa Directiva<br />
organiza un acto conmemorativo este miércoles a<br />
las 10:20 horas en el Salón de Actos del Colegio<br />
Santa Teresa de Jesús (STJ), sito en Avenida<br />
Mariscal López 237 casi Constitución. En el acto<br />
se rendirá home<strong>na</strong>je a las ex presidentas del CAT,<br />
se descubrirá u<strong>na</strong> placa conmemorativa, además<br />
de oír las palabras de bienvenida a cargo de la<br />
Asesora del CAT, Profesora Teresita Arriola de<br />
Jiménez y de la Presidenta actual del CAT, Paula<br />
Pekholtz. Luego se compartirá un brindis. La actual<br />
Mesa Directiva del Centro de Alumnos Teresianos<br />
(CAT) está integrada por: Paula Pekholtz,<br />
Presidenta; Gabriela Parra, Vice Presidenta;<br />
Rodrigo Frontanilla, Tesorero; Vanessa Escobar,<br />
Secretaria; Nadia Romero, Pro Secretaria; Andrea<br />
Brizuela, Vocal; y Chiara Bo, Vocal. El Centro de<br />
Alumnos Teresianos (CAT) fue creado en el año<br />
1981, siendo su primera Presidenta Blanca Lila<br />
Mieres. Se constituye como un espacio de<br />
desarrollo de la autogestión con un estilo<br />
democrático y participativo, del liderazgo juvenil, de<br />
formación ciudada<strong>na</strong> y compromiso social. En sus<br />
inicios estaba enfocado fundamentalmente a la<br />
ayuda social, característica que se mantiene hasta<br />
hoy día. Anualmente, el alum<strong>na</strong>do de 3er. Ciclo de<br />
la Educación Escolar Básica (EEB) y del Nivel<br />
Medio de la institución, a través de un proceso<br />
eleccio<strong>na</strong>rio, escoge a sus autoridades que duran<br />
en sus funciones un año, contando con el<br />
asesoramiento de la Profesora Teresita Arriola de<br />
Jiménez por ser un espacio co-curricular.<br />
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G-20 esboza plan acción para reactivar crecimiento<br />
global<br />
CANNES, Francia, nov 3 (Reuters) - Los líderes del<br />
G-20 reunidos en Cannes delinearán un plan para<br />
que la economía mundial vuelva a crecer de<br />
manera equilibrada, estrategia que incluirá u<strong>na</strong><br />
promesa de Italia para reducir su deuda y su déficit,<br />
según un borrador del comunicado de la cumbre.<br />
El documento al que Reuters tuvo acceso, fechado<br />
el 2 de noviembre, afirma que los países del G-20<br />
se comprometen a coordi<strong>na</strong>r sus acciones y<br />
políticas, en un plan que instaría a los países con<br />
déficits a consolidar sus cuentas y a aquellos con<br />
superávits a fortalecer su demanda inter<strong>na</strong>.<br />
El comunicado fi<strong>na</strong>l será dado a conocer el viernes<br />
por la tarde en la que será la última cumbre de<br />
Francia en la presidencia del G-20.<br />
Algunos espacios en blanco en el borrador sobre<br />
los tipos de cambio y los recursos del FMI sugieren<br />
que esas áreas aún están siendo discutidas, pero<br />
de otra manera el comunicado se ciñe a lo<br />
esperado, en un encuentro que fue eclipsado por la<br />
crisis griega.<br />
Reflejando el nivel de temor a u<strong>na</strong> nueva crisis<br />
económica mundial, el documento reveló que el<br />
G-20 está considerando u<strong>na</strong> propuesta del Fondo<br />
Monetario Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l para crear u<strong>na</strong> nueva línea<br />
de crédito de corto plazo que vaya en ayuda de los<br />
países con crisis exter<strong>na</strong>s, dijo u<strong>na</strong> fuente del<br />
G-20.<br />
La agrupación también considera inyectar miles de<br />
millones de dólares a la economía mundial<br />
mediante u<strong>na</strong> segunda asig<strong>na</strong>ción especial de<br />
Derechos Especiales de Giro, la moneda del FMI.<br />
U<strong>na</strong> medida de ese tipo ayudaría a calmar la<br />
preocupación por la crisis de la zo<strong>na</strong> euro.<br />
El presidente francés, Nicolas Sarkozy, se había<br />
propuesto usar la presidencia anual del G-20 para<br />
lograr metas ambiciosas, como u<strong>na</strong><br />
reestructuración del sistema fi<strong>na</strong>nciero global y<br />
cambios en la regulación de los mercados de<br />
materias primas, pero rápidamente debió reducir<br />
sus ambiciones al desatarse la crisis en Grecia.<br />
Mientras está en suspenso la pertenencia de<br />
Grecia a la zo<strong>na</strong> euro, el borrador del comunicado<br />
resaltó el temor a que si Italia no puede poner sus<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>nzas en orden, pueda seguir los pasos de<br />
Grecia y necesitar un rescate.<br />
"Italia se compromete a alcanzar u<strong>na</strong> rápida caída<br />
en su ratio deuda-PIB a partir del 2012 y a<br />
equilibrar su presupuesto para el 2013", señala el<br />
borrador.<br />
"Este objetivo, basado en la ple<strong>na</strong> implementación<br />
del plan fiscal de 60.000 millones de euros<br />
aprobado este verano, será apuntalado por el<br />
fortalecimiento de las reglas fiscales, provenientes<br />
tanto de la legislación europea como de la<br />
introducción en la Constitución de la regla de un<br />
presupuesto balanceado", agrega.<br />
En busca de enfrentar los desequilibrios que<br />
desencade<strong>na</strong>ron la crisis del 2007-2009, como el<br />
déficit comercial en Estados Unidos y el<br />
correspondiente superávit en Chi<strong>na</strong>, el G-20 había<br />
mencio<strong>na</strong>do a siete países que debían tomar<br />
medidas: Estados Unidos, Chi<strong>na</strong>, Japón, Alemania,<br />
Francia, Gran Bretaña e India.<br />
Ahora, todos los 20 países prometerían medidas,<br />
liderados en parte por el compromiso de Francia de<br />
hacer un millo<strong>na</strong>rio ajuste presupuestario.<br />
(Reporte de Redacción G-20 en Cannes)<br />
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UK court rules WikiLeaks's Assange should be<br />
extradited<br />
WASHINGTON | Wed Nov 2, 2011 4:00pm EDT<br />
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court<br />
justices appeared reluctant on Wednesday to<br />
change how crimi<strong>na</strong>l trials are conducted in a case<br />
about the reliability of eyewitness identification<br />
testimony.<br />
The justices during arguments in a New Hampshire<br />
case cited existing safeguards aimed at preventing<br />
such testimony and expressed reservation about<br />
adopting a broad rule for crimi<strong>na</strong>l trials.<br />
At issue is whether the U.S. Constitution's due<br />
process protections require a judicial inquiry into<br />
the reliability of an eyewitness identification even in<br />
cases where the police do not improperly suggest<br />
the suspect is guilty.<br />
The case involved Barion Perry, who was convicted<br />
of theft for breaking into a car in 2008 at an<br />
apartment building parking lot in Nashua. He was<br />
sentenced to three to 10 years in prison.<br />
Nubia Blandon, who lived in a fourth-floor<br />
apartment, told police she saw Perry take things<br />
from the car. She described the suspect as a "tall<br />
black man," but gave no other details. She later<br />
could not pick him out of a police photo lineup.<br />
Perry's lawyer, Richard Guerriero, argued that<br />
Blandon should have been excluded from testifying<br />
at trial because her observations were unreliable,<br />
and he proposed a rule that would extend the due<br />
process protections to other crimi<strong>na</strong>l cases.<br />
But he faced skeptical questions from both liberal<br />
and conservative justices.<br />
Liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said a defense<br />
lawyer could ask a judge to instruct the jury to be<br />
careful because eyewitness testimony can be<br />
unreliable and could make that point in<br />
cross-examining a witness and in closing<br />
arguments.<br />
"Why aren't all those safeguards enough?" she<br />
asked.<br />
'USURPING' THE JURY?<br />
Liberal Justice Ele<strong>na</strong> Kagan asked whether<br />
Guerriero's proposed rule would apply to other<br />
categories of possible unreliable testimony, such as<br />
testimony by jailhouse informants.<br />
Moderate conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy<br />
said the reliability of witness testimony usually was<br />
a factual question decided by the jury. "You're just<br />
usurping the province of the jury, it seems," he told<br />
Guerriero.<br />
Conservative Justice Samuel Alito said Guerriero's<br />
proposed rule would exclude the testimony of a<br />
rape victim who did not get a good look at her<br />
attacker, but later identified the perpetrator when a<br />
photo appeared in the newspaper after an arrest for<br />
a rape in another part of the city.<br />
New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney<br />
and U.S. Justice Department attorney Nicole<br />
Saharsky urged the justices to uphold a ruling by a<br />
lower court that allowed the eyewitness testimony<br />
in the case.<br />
Delaney said Perry's conviction resulted from a fair<br />
trial, while Saharsky said a judicial inquiry into the<br />
reliability of an eyewitness identification was<br />
required only when the police unnecessarily<br />
suggested a certain suspect was guilty.<br />
A ruling in the case is expected early next year.<br />
The Supreme Court case is Perry v. New<br />
Hampshire, No. 10-8974.<br />
(Reporting by James Vicini, Editing by Peter<br />
Cooney)<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
2G: A Raja completes 9-months in jail, never sought<br />
bail<br />
NEW DELHI: A Raja, former telecom minister,<br />
today completed nine months in jail without even<br />
once trying his release on bail unlike other 13<br />
accused persons in the 2G spectrum case, who<br />
have knocked the doors of all the three courts,<br />
including the Supreme Court.<br />
Raja, also a lawyer by profession, was the first<br />
along with two others to be arrested by the CBI on<br />
February 2 and till now he has preferred not to<br />
move any bail application either in the trial court or<br />
Delhi High Court or the Supreme Court.<br />
In stark contrast, his party colleague and Rajya<br />
Sabha MP Kanimozhi, has knocked the doors of all<br />
courts and her fate is likely to be decided by<br />
Special CBI Judge O P Saini, who has reserved the<br />
order on her bail plea for tomorrow.<br />
Besides Kanimozhi, others whose bail pleas will be<br />
decided are Raja's former private secretary R K<br />
Chandolia, former telecom secretary Siddhartha<br />
Behura, who were arrested along with Raja.<br />
The special judge is also likely to pronounce<br />
tomorrow the order on bail pleas of Swan Telecom<br />
promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, Kalaig<strong>na</strong>r TV MD<br />
Sharad Kumar, Directors of Kusegaon Fruits and<br />
Vegetables Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal,<br />
Bollywood producer Karim Morani.<br />
The Supreme Court has also reserved its order on<br />
the bail pleas of five corporate honchos -- Sanjay<br />
Chandra, MD of Unitech Ltd, Vinod Goenka, MD of<br />
DB Realty and Reliance ADAG top executives<br />
Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair.<br />
Earlier, the bail pleas of all the 13 accused persons<br />
were dismissed either by the trial or the High Court<br />
and in the case of Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar,<br />
the apex court had asked them to approach the trial<br />
court afresh for bail after framing of charges.<br />
The charges were framed against all the accused in<br />
the case on October 22.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Denying bail a grave miscarriage of justice: Ram<br />
Jethmalani<br />
NEW DELHI: The denial of bail to DMK MP<br />
Kanimozhi by a Delhi Court was today termed as a<br />
"serious miscarriage of justice" by her counsel Ram<br />
Jethmalani who hoped that the Supreme Court<br />
would set it right.<br />
"What the judge has done is a serious miscarriage<br />
of justice. I believe this judge seems to have<br />
decided that no relief should be given except by the<br />
Supreme Court itself. He is not therefore wanting<br />
to do what is plainly right.<br />
"I consider it grave, grave miscarriage of justice and<br />
a deliberate misapplication of law, I hope the<br />
Supreme Court will soon put this right," Jethmalani<br />
said.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Supreme Court<br />
Monopoly after SC ban on mining helps NMDC<br />
Mining company NMDC surprised investors with a<br />
42% rise in per share profits. This has to do with<br />
the near monopolistic situation for mining ore in<br />
Kar<strong>na</strong>taka, which currently favours the state-run<br />
firm after the ban imposed by the Supreme Court<br />
on mining activities in the state. But it appears that<br />
the performance has already been captured in the<br />
price as the stock trades at over 12 times its trailing<br />
12-month earnings, making it fairly valued.<br />
In the wake of the ban which halted operations of<br />
private producers, steel makers in the region have<br />
only one source of iron ore - NMDC. Moreover, due<br />
to numerous logistical constraints, it is unviable for<br />
steel manufacturers to procure iron ore from other<br />
states, increasing their dependence on NMDC. To<br />
meet the demand of steel makers in the state, the<br />
Supreme Court directed NMDC to double its<br />
output to 12 million metric tonnes a year. Having<br />
ramped up production, net sales increased 24% to<br />
Rs 3,062.32 crore over the year-ago period.<br />
Compared to the previous quarter, sales rose 10%,<br />
but blended realisations were flat.<br />
This is because iron ore prices have started to<br />
decline globally. Though NMDC earns only about<br />
10% of its revenue through exports, iron ore prices<br />
in India are largely driven by global trends, where<br />
further softening could be expected. A a result,<br />
realisations are not expected to increase<br />
significantly.<br />
The company's operating profit for the quarter rose<br />
32% to Rs 2,435.35 crore and net profit 42% to Rs<br />
1,963.15 crore. Last month, the company<br />
announced that it had acquired a 50% stake in<br />
Australian miner, Legacy Iron Ore, for<br />
approximately Rs 96.34 crore. It is also in the<br />
process of setting up a 3mtpa steel plant at<br />
Chhattisgarh. With a cash balance of Rs 20,725<br />
crore as on September 30, 2011, NMDC is in a<br />
comfortable position to fund its acquisition and<br />
expansion plans. The company is now debt free.<br />
During the quarter, the NMDC scrip declined 14%<br />
in a choppy market, but has started to recover. At<br />
Rs 234, the stock trades at 12.6 times its trailing<br />
12-month earnings and is fairly valued. Given the<br />
softening iron ore price sce<strong>na</strong>rio, there appears to<br />
be little upside left. Moreover, the lifting of the<br />
mining ban in Kar<strong>na</strong>taka, though unlikely in the<br />
near term, will nullify NMDC's monopolistic<br />
advantage in the state.<br />
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2G: DMK MP Kanimozhi, 7 others denied bail by<br />
court<br />
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday denied bail<br />
to Kanimozhi and seven others accused in the 2G<br />
spectrum allocation case. Kanimozhi has been in<br />
jail since May 20.<br />
Special CBI Judge O P Saini had on September 24<br />
reserved the order on the bail pleas of Kanimozhi,<br />
Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa,<br />
former Telecom Minister A Raja's ex-private<br />
secretary R K Chandolia, Kalaig<strong>na</strong>r TV MD Sharad<br />
Kumar, Directors of Kusegaon Fruits & Vegetables<br />
Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal and Bollywood<br />
producer Karim Morani.<br />
Besides them, the court had yesterday reserved its<br />
order on the bail plea of former telecom secretary<br />
Siddhartha Behura.<br />
The CBI had preferred not to oppose the bail pleas<br />
of Kanimozhi and four others during the arguments<br />
on the ground that they faced specific charges,<br />
apart from the "umbrella section" of 120-B (crimi<strong>na</strong>l<br />
conspiracy) IPC, which entail five years sentence<br />
as maximum punishment.<br />
The agency has also slapped charges of crimi<strong>na</strong>l<br />
breach of trust under section 409 of the IPC which<br />
carries life term as maximum punishment, against<br />
Kanimozhi and four others.<br />
The agency, however, had opposed the bail pleas<br />
of Shahid Balwa, Chandolia and Behura.<br />
Regarding Shahid Balwa and Chandolia, special<br />
public prosecutor U U Lalit had told the court that<br />
they should be denied bail as maximum<br />
punishment for the specific charges levelled against<br />
them was seven years.<br />
Opposing Behura's bail plea, Lalit had said he was<br />
earlier indicted with charges punishable up to seven<br />
years of jail term whereas now he is also charged<br />
under section 409 of the IPC, carrying maximum life<br />
term on conviction.<br />
Senior advocate Altaf Ahmed, appearing for<br />
Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar, had said as per the<br />
June 22 order of the Supreme Court, both of them<br />
could approach the special court seeking bail after<br />
framing of charges. The court had framed charges<br />
against all the accused on October 22.<br />
Morani's counsel Siddharth Luthra had sought bail<br />
saying his health condition was not good and that<br />
the probe against him was complete and charges<br />
too have been framed.<br />
Shahid Balwa's counsel Vijay Aggarwal had said he<br />
was willing to deposit his 55 per cent share in<br />
Etisalat DB with the court as pre-requisite condition<br />
for bail.<br />
Arguing on bail pleas of Asif and Rajiv, Aggarwal<br />
had said these are two persons who are in custody<br />
for the longest time as far as supplementary charge<br />
sheet is concerned.<br />
Senior advocate Aman Lekhi, appearing for<br />
Behura, had claimed that CBI was discrimi<strong>na</strong>ting<br />
among various accused in the case by not<br />
opposing the bail pleas of some of them for political<br />
considerations.<br />
Besides these accused, the court had also framed<br />
charges against Raja, DB Realty MD Vinod<br />
Goenka, Ma<strong>na</strong>ging Director of Unitech Ltd Sanjay<br />
Chandra, Reliance ADAG top executives Gautam<br />
Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair and telecom<br />
firms Reliance Telecom, Swan Telecom and<br />
Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Pvt Ltd.<br />
The court had found prima facie evidence to<br />
proceed with the trial against all the accused in the<br />
case.<br />
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As Polls Slip, Perry Gets First Bounty of ‘Super PAC’<br />
Ads<br />
A new “super PAC” co-founded by Gov. Rick<br />
Perry’s onetime chief of staff has begun running<br />
campaign ads in Iowa and South Caroli<strong>na</strong>, marking<br />
the first advertising by a major super PAC in the<br />
Republican presidential primary and serving as a<br />
reminder of the Texas governor’s formidable<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>ncial resources despite his recent slide in the<br />
polls.The group, Make Us Great Again, is spending<br />
roughly $200,000 in each state over the next 10<br />
days. While that amount is enough for a large initial<br />
advertising buy, it is sure to be only the first trickle<br />
in the total spent by candidate-focused super PACs<br />
in the coming months.<br />
Make Us Great Again initially planned to raise and<br />
spend as much as $55 million through next April,<br />
though an official of the group later said that<br />
information was outdated, and it was not clear how<br />
much the group had raised. Some rival campaigns<br />
question whether the pro-Perry group can ever<br />
come close to reaching its initial target.<br />
A competing super PAC, Restore Our Future, which<br />
supports Mitt Romney and is operated by his former<br />
aides, reported raising $12 million in the first half of<br />
the year. Most of these groups are not required to<br />
disclose their contributions or donors from the<br />
second half of this year until Jan. 31.<br />
There had been expectations that super PACS<br />
would fi<strong>na</strong>nce attack ads; historically, outside<br />
groups have run some of the harshest ads against<br />
candidates, like Swift Boat Veterans for Truth,<br />
which attacked the Viet<strong>na</strong>m War record of Se<strong>na</strong>tor<br />
John Kerry. But the two 30-second pro-Perry spots<br />
are designed instead to build up the candidate with<br />
a <strong>na</strong>rrative of his life and his accomplishments as<br />
Texas governor, echoing his message on the<br />
campaign trail.<br />
Both advertisements, for example, mention that Mr.<br />
Perry was the son of a te<strong>na</strong>nt farmer and that he<br />
served in the Air Force, and they repeat Mr. Perry’s<br />
campaign message that his policies have created<br />
jobs in Texas.<br />
The group’s advertising expenditure comes one<br />
week after Mr. Perry’s campaign began running its<br />
first television advertising in Iowa. A person close to<br />
Make Us Great Again declined to discuss future<br />
strategy, including whether the group might run<br />
attack ads against Mr. Romney or other Republican<br />
rivals, but said the scope of the group’s efforts was<br />
expected to be comparable to the pro-Romney<br />
group.<br />
Super PACs were made possible by the Supreme<br />
Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010, which<br />
allowed unlimited spending by corporations, unions<br />
and individuals through these organizations, as<br />
long as the groups do not coordi<strong>na</strong>te their spending<br />
with the candidates. Most of the top Republican<br />
presidential contenders, and President Obama,<br />
now have the support of super PACs established by<br />
donors and former aides, and they are expected to<br />
play a major role in the 2012 campaign.<br />
The pro-Perry ads feature recent video of the<br />
governor shaking hands and speaking on the<br />
campaign trail. Jason Miller, a spokesman for Make<br />
Us Great Again, said the video was taken during<br />
campaign events that had been announced and<br />
open to the public in both Iowa and South Caroli<strong>na</strong>.<br />
The ads “are designed to promote Governor Perry’s<br />
excellent record on helping to create jobs and grow<br />
the economy,” Mr. Miller said.<br />
The group was founded two weeks before Mr. Perry<br />
officially declared his candidacy in August by<br />
supporters and donors including Mike Toomey, a<br />
lobbyist and former chief of staff to the Texas<br />
governor. Its executive director, Scott Rials,<br />
formerly worked for the campaign of Newt Gingrich,<br />
with the two men now at the top of the Perry<br />
campaign, Dave Carney and Rob Johnson.<br />
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Under ‘Color of Federal Law’<br />
The Supreme Court ruled three decades ago in<br />
Carlson v. Green that a federal prisoner could sue<br />
for money damages from prison employees who<br />
abused his constitutio<strong>na</strong>l rights. On Tuesday, in<br />
Minneci v. Pollard, the court heard the government<br />
and others contend that a prisoner held in a facility<br />
operated by a private contractor cannot bring this<br />
kind of action.The court should reject this argument.<br />
If not, it will allow the government to contract away<br />
prisoners’ constitutio<strong>na</strong>l rights — and contract away<br />
its own responsibility to protect individuals<br />
imprisoned under the law.<br />
While incarcerated for 20 months in a privately run<br />
facility, Richard Lee Pollard fell and broke his<br />
elbows, a serious injury. When he sought medical<br />
treatment, he was refused a splint to help repair his<br />
arms and forced to wear a handcuff-like device that<br />
caused him tremendous pain.<br />
If he had been in a government-run prison, he<br />
clearly could have sued those who mistreated him<br />
for damages. The private facility where Mr. Pollard<br />
was imprisoned was different only in ownership. It<br />
operated under federal authority and functioned as<br />
a government facility. Those who worked there or<br />
provided services for it were operating “under the<br />
color of federal law,” a critical test.<br />
The government and others also contend that such<br />
actions are reserved for extraordi<strong>na</strong>ry<br />
circumstances where the person alleging injury has<br />
no other basis for suing because, for example, state<br />
law provides no remedy and that Mr. Pollard could<br />
have brought a civil action under tort law in state<br />
court. But after the court held that is no substitute<br />
because of the vagaries of state laws, Congress<br />
twice affirmed the right to sue officials for redress in<br />
federal court.<br />
The Pollard case matters so much because one of<br />
every six federal prisoners is now held in a privately<br />
run facility, compared with none two decades ago.<br />
Private facilities also house half the federal<br />
immigration detainees.<br />
Bad as many government-run prisons are, some<br />
privately run prisons may well be worse. There is<br />
mounting evidence that private prisons pay guards<br />
less, have smaller staffs and give limited training,<br />
reducing the level of care and oversight and<br />
exposing prisoners to greater threats to health and<br />
safety. The prisons and the people who work there<br />
must be held accountable when they badly perform<br />
this role of government.<br />
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To the Editor:<br />
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A Political Battle Over the Courts’ Power<br />
Re “G.O.P. Field Stoking Anger at U.S. Courts”<br />
(front page, Oct. 24):<br />
Extreme anti-judiciary measures like those<br />
proposed by Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann<br />
and Ron Paul, as well as Mitt Romney’s choice of<br />
the ultra-conservative failed Supreme Court<br />
nominee Robert H. Bork to head his legal team, are<br />
chilling reminders of the stakes of the 2012<br />
presidential election.<br />
But these are not far-off threats. The G.O.P. has<br />
already found a simple and immediate way to wage<br />
war on the federal judiciary: by obstructing the<br />
confirmation of new judges.<br />
There are about 100 vacancies in federal courts<br />
throughout the country, a third of which are in<br />
districts so hard pressed that they have been<br />
desig<strong>na</strong>ted “judicial emergencies.”<br />
In spite of this, Se<strong>na</strong>te Republicans have been<br />
confirming nominees at a record sluggish pace. The<br />
Se<strong>na</strong>te is currently sitting on 23 nominees, virtually<br />
all of whom have b bipartisan support. It simply<br />
defies reason that nominees who have received<br />
absolutely no opposition from either party are<br />
sometimes forced to wait months for a simple<br />
up-or-down confirmation vote.<br />
A functioning independent judiciary is at the<br />
foundation of our democracy. But the religious right<br />
has often been wary of the judiciary’s power to act<br />
as a bulwark against efforts to crumble the wall of<br />
separation between church and state and to deny<br />
rights to women, gay people, religious minorities,<br />
workers and consumers. U<strong>na</strong>ble to pass extreme<br />
measures like the ones being proposed by<br />
presidential candidates, the right has settled<br />
instead for quietly kneecapping the courts.<br />
MARGE BAKER<br />
Exec. V.P. for Policy and Program<br />
People for the American Way<br />
Washington, Oct. 24, 2011<br />
To the Editor:<br />
“The Court and the Next President” (editorial, Oct.<br />
29) asserts that “it may not be in the Republicans’<br />
best interests to have a sober <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l debate”<br />
about the judicial branch. Newt Gingrich disagrees,<br />
which is why he has put the issue of restoring the<br />
proper role of the judicial branch front and center in<br />
his campaign.<br />
The modern Supreme Court claims that its<br />
interpretations of the Constitution are binding on the<br />
executive and legislative branches. The founding<br />
fathers believed otherwise and President Abraham<br />
Lincoln acted otherwise, issuing passports to free<br />
blacks and signing legislation that limited the<br />
extension of slavery, both in clear defiance of the<br />
Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott.<br />
Today, as federal courts have intervened in sectors<br />
of American life never before imagi<strong>na</strong>ble, the public<br />
has increasingly come to view them as an<br />
usurpative device for unelected rulers. This abuse<br />
of power and loss of public confidence amounts to<br />
a constitutio<strong>na</strong>l crisis.<br />
In response, Mr. Gingrich supports the view that the<br />
executive and legislative branches each have an<br />
independent responsibility to interpret the<br />
Constitution, and in those rare circumstances when<br />
they believe the federal courts, including the<br />
Supreme Court, have engaged in a serious<br />
constitutio<strong>na</strong>l error, they can choose among an<br />
array of constitutio<strong>na</strong>l powers to check and balance<br />
the courts.<br />
Specifically, Mr. Gingrich believes that the<br />
Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in Boumediene<br />
giving captured noncitizen enemy combatants the<br />
constitutio<strong>na</strong>l right to access American courts to<br />
challenge their detention was wrongly decided and<br />
should be ignored by the executive branch and<br />
challenged by Congress.<br />
VINCE HALEY<br />
Arlington, Va., Oct. 31, 2011<br />
The writer is policy director for Newt Gingrich’s<br />
campaign.<br />
To the Editor:<br />
Your editorial claims that if a Republican is elected<br />
president and has a chance to fill a Ruth Bader<br />
Ginsburg vacancy, that would result in a “decidedly<br />
conservative” court, but if President Obama is<br />
re-elected and has the chance to fill Antonin<br />
Scalia’s seat, the court becomes “a more moderate<br />
one.”<br />
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Not so. The four liberals on the court are every bit<br />
as predictable on key political issues as the four<br />
conservatives; another liberal member and one<br />
fewer conservative and the court becomes<br />
decidedly liberal.<br />
HARVEY SWENSON<br />
Sacramento, Oct. 29, 2011<br />
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Detective Is Found Guilty of Planting Drugs<br />
The New York Police Department, already saddled<br />
with corruption scandals, saw its image further<br />
tainted on Tuesday with the conviction of a<br />
detective for planting drugs on a woman and her<br />
boyfriend.<br />
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The bench verdict from Justice Gustin L. Reichbach<br />
in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn stemmed from<br />
acts committed in 2007 by the defendant, Jason<br />
Arbeeny, a 14-year veteran of the department who<br />
worked in the Brooklyn South unit.<br />
Before announcing the verdict, Justice Reichbach<br />
scolded the department for what he described as a<br />
widespread culture of corruption endemic in its drug<br />
units.<br />
“I thought I was not <strong>na</strong>ïve,” he said. “But even this<br />
court was shocked, not only by the seeming<br />
pervasive scope of misconduct but even more<br />
distressingly by the seeming casualness by which<br />
such conduct is employed.”<br />
The case against Detective Arbeeny was rooted in<br />
a far larger tale of corruption in Police Department<br />
drug units: several <strong>na</strong>rcotics officers in Brooklyn<br />
have been caught mishandling drugs they seized<br />
as evidence, and hundreds of potentially tainted<br />
drug cases have been dismissed. The city has<br />
made payments to settle civil suits over wrongful<br />
incarcerations.<br />
During the trial, prosecutors described the<br />
corruption in the drug units that Detective Arbeeny<br />
worked for. One former detective, Stephen<br />
Anderson, who did not know the defendant, testified<br />
that officers in those units often planted drugs on<br />
innocent people. Mr. Anderson has pleaded guilty<br />
to official misconduct over a 2008 episode involving<br />
drug evidence and now faces two to four years in<br />
prison.<br />
Detective Arbeeny was convicted of official<br />
misconduct, offering a false instrument for filing and<br />
falsifying business records. Charles Guria, a<br />
prosecutor, described this latest case of police<br />
corruption as an abuse of power.<br />
“It’s a sad day when a police officer misuses his<br />
authority,” Mr. Guria said.<br />
On Jan. 25, 2007, prosecutors said, Detective<br />
Arbeeny planted a small bag of crack cocaine on<br />
two innocent people.<br />
The detective’s lawyer, Michael Elbaz, tried to<br />
discredit the most important prosecution witnesses,<br />
Yvelisse DeLeon and her boyfriend, Juan Figueroa.<br />
Ms. DeLeon had testified that the couple drove up<br />
to their apartment building in Coney Island and<br />
were approached by two plainclothes police<br />
officers. She said she then saw Detective Arbeeny<br />
remove a bag of powder from his pocket and place<br />
it in the vehicle.<br />
“He brought out his pocket,” Ms. DeLeon told the<br />
court. “He said, ‘Look what I find.’ It looked like little<br />
powder in a little bag.”<br />
Later in 2007, the detective was accused of stealing<br />
multiple bags of cocaine from the prisoner van to<br />
which he had been assigned; Justice Reichbach<br />
found Detective Arbeeny not guilty of those<br />
charges.<br />
Though there had been conflicting testimony during<br />
the trial about the existence of quotas in the<br />
department’s drug units, Justice Reichbach said, a<br />
system of flawed procedures in part led to the<br />
charges against Detective Arbeeny.<br />
In the department’s Brooklyn South <strong>na</strong>rcotics unit,<br />
for instance, drugs seized as evidence are not<br />
counted or sealed until they reach the precinct and<br />
can be handled by multiple officers along the way,<br />
Justice Reichbach said, adding that such<br />
u<strong>na</strong>cceptable practices “pale in significance” to the<br />
“cowboy culture” of the drug units.<br />
“Anything goes in the never-ending war on drugs,”<br />
he said, “and a refusal to go along with<br />
questio<strong>na</strong>ble practices raise the specter of<br />
blacklisting and isolation.”<br />
Sentencing is scheduled for January. Detective<br />
Arbeeny faces up to four years in prison.<br />
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As Polls Slip, Perry Gets First Bounty of ‘Super PAC’<br />
Ads<br />
A new “super PAC” co-founded by Gov. Rick<br />
Perry’s onetime chief of staff has begun running<br />
campaign ads in Iowa and South Caroli<strong>na</strong>, marking<br />
the first advertising by a major super PAC in the<br />
Republican presidential primary and serving as a<br />
reminder of the Texas governor’s formidable<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>ncial resources despite his recent slide in the<br />
polls.The group, Make Us Great Again, is spending<br />
roughly $200,000 in each state over the next 10<br />
days. While that amount is enough for a large initial<br />
advertising buy, it is sure to be only the first trickle<br />
in the total spent by candidate-focused super PACs<br />
in the coming months.<br />
Make Us Great Again initially planned to raise and<br />
spend as much as $55 million through next April,<br />
though an official of the group later said that<br />
information was outdated, and it was not clear how<br />
much the group had raised. Some rival campaigns<br />
question whether the pro-Perry group can ever<br />
come close to reaching its initial target.<br />
A competing super PAC, Restore Our Future, which<br />
supports Mitt Romney and is operated by his former<br />
aides, reported raising $12 million in the first half of<br />
the year. Most of these groups are not required to<br />
disclose their contributions or donors from the<br />
second half of this year until Jan. 31.<br />
There had been expectations that super PACS<br />
would fi<strong>na</strong>nce attack ads; historically, outside<br />
groups have run some of the harshest ads against<br />
candidates, like Swift Boat Veterans for Truth,<br />
which attacked the Viet<strong>na</strong>m War record of Se<strong>na</strong>tor<br />
John Kerry. But the two 30-second pro-Perry spots<br />
are designed instead to build up the candidate with<br />
a <strong>na</strong>rrative of his life and his accomplishments as<br />
Texas governor, echoing his message on the<br />
campaign trail.<br />
Both advertisements, for example, mention that Mr.<br />
Perry was the son of a te<strong>na</strong>nt farmer and that he<br />
served in the Air Force, and they repeat Mr. Perry’s<br />
campaign message that his policies have created<br />
jobs in Texas.<br />
The group’s advertising expenditure comes one<br />
week after Mr. Perry’s campaign began running its<br />
first television advertising in Iowa. A person close to<br />
Make Us Great Again declined to discuss future<br />
strategy, including whether the group might run<br />
attack ads against Mr. Romney or other Republican<br />
rivals, but said the scope of the group’s efforts was<br />
expected to be comparable to the pro-Romney<br />
group.<br />
Super PACs were made possible by the Supreme<br />
Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010, which<br />
allowed unlimited spending by corporations, unions<br />
and individuals through these organizations, as<br />
long as the groups do not coordi<strong>na</strong>te their spending<br />
with the candidates. Most of the top Republican<br />
presidential contenders, and President Obama,<br />
now have the support of super PACs established by<br />
donors and former aides, and they are expected to<br />
play a major role in the 2012 campaign.<br />
The pro-Perry ads feature recent video of the<br />
governor shaking hands and speaking on the<br />
campaign trail. Jason Miller, a spokesman for Make<br />
Us Great Again, said the video was taken during<br />
campaign events that had been announced and<br />
open to the public in both Iowa and South Caroli<strong>na</strong>.<br />
The ads “are designed to promote Governor Perry’s<br />
excellent record on helping to create jobs and grow<br />
the economy,” Mr. Miller said.<br />
The group was founded two weeks before Mr. Perry<br />
officially declared his candidacy in August by<br />
supporters and donors including Mike Toomey, a<br />
lobbyist and former chief of staff to the Texas<br />
governor. Its executive director, Scott Rials,<br />
formerly worked for the campaign of Newt Gingrich,<br />
with the two men now at the top of the Perry<br />
campaign, Dave Carney and Rob Johnson.<br />
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Tainted Witness<br />
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week on<br />
a critical question about the use of witness<br />
identification. In Perry v. New Hampshire, the State<br />
Supreme Court ruled that a trial judge cannot<br />
exclude witness identification based on suggestive<br />
circumstances, unless there was improper police<br />
manipulation of the identification. That ruling takes<br />
the law backward and should be firmly rejected by<br />
the Supreme Court.<br />
Reliability, the court has said, is the “linchpin” in<br />
decisions about whether an identification should be<br />
admitted into evidence. For trials to be fair, courts<br />
must scrutinize all suspect identifications. That<br />
principle has been Supreme Court law for a<br />
generation and should not be made unjustly <strong>na</strong>rrow<br />
— particularly given decades of studies showing<br />
that misidentification is the leading cause of<br />
wrongful convictions across the country.<br />
Barion Perry, an African-American, was convicted<br />
of stealing two amplifiers from a car around 3 a.m.<br />
When he was identified by a woman looking down<br />
from an apartment near where the car was parked,<br />
he was the only possible suspect. The witness told<br />
one officer at the scene that the thief was the man<br />
“in the back parking lot standing with the police<br />
officer.” Even though she could not later identify Mr.<br />
Perry from a lineup of photos, the court let the jury<br />
hear the witness testify against Mr. Perry.<br />
There is overwhelming scientific evidence, as a<br />
recent New Jersey Supreme Court ruling<br />
explained, about the risk of i<strong>na</strong>ccurate<br />
identifications. Many studies document how certain<br />
factors — stress on a witness, viewing a crime from<br />
a distance, a suspect’s race — greatly reduce<br />
accuracy. The lack of improper police action does<br />
not make identifications tainted by these factors any<br />
less prejudicial. When jurors hear i<strong>na</strong>ccurate<br />
identifications, they have a tendency to accept that<br />
testimony. Yet consistently, one-third of witness<br />
identifications are wrong.<br />
The Supreme Court should maintain the law’s<br />
focus on reliability — and require that courts keep<br />
out unreliable identification that is likely to prejudice<br />
a verdict.<br />
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Meeting With Chinese, Official Tests Limits Set by<br />
Congress<br />
WASHINGTON — A fight over whether a White<br />
House official broke the law by meeting with<br />
Chinese officials has opened a rare window into<br />
how executive branch lawyers, working across<br />
administrations of both parties, get around legal<br />
limits imposed by Congress.The dispute centers on<br />
a statute forbidding the White House’s Office of<br />
Science and Technology Policy from using its funds<br />
for bilateral engagements with Chinese officials.<br />
The restriction was inserted into a budget bill by<br />
Republican lawmakers who were suspicious of<br />
Chinese espio<strong>na</strong>ge. President Obama signed the<br />
measure in April.<br />
Although the Supreme Court has never struck<br />
down such a law, the Justice Department<br />
pronounced it unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l. The director of the<br />
technology office, John Holdren, spent about<br />
$3,500 in public funds to participate at a conference<br />
with visiting Chinese officials in May and to host a<br />
dinner and buy gifts for them.<br />
At an oversight hearing on the matter Wednesday,<br />
the subcommittee chairman, Representative Da<strong>na</strong><br />
Rohrabacher, Republican of California, criticized<br />
cooperation with Chi<strong>na</strong> and chastised the<br />
administration for violating the statute. But Dr.<br />
Holdren said that the benefits of engaging with<br />
Chi<strong>na</strong> outweighed the risks and that his actions<br />
were lawful, pointing to the Justice Department’s<br />
advice.<br />
While the power of the department’s Office of Legal<br />
Counsel to nullify statutes has led to fierce debate<br />
in recent years, the highest-profile disputes have<br />
involved <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l security issues like surveillance,<br />
where significant portions of the material are<br />
classified.<br />
By contrast, the executive branch’s writings in the<br />
current dispute are public. They illustrate how one<br />
president’s assertion of executive power —<br />
sometimes in memorandums that are secret at the<br />
time — establishes a “precedent” for his successors<br />
to develop by applying it to new circumstances.<br />
Each repetition cements and expands the claim<br />
without a court ever weighing in.<br />
“This is a bipartisan project of executive<br />
aggrandizement,” said Bruce Ackerman, a Yale law<br />
professor and critic of the Office of Legal Counsel<br />
system. “Law is a disciplined conversation between<br />
lawyers and judges. But without any judges, law is<br />
a conversation between lawyers and other lawyers<br />
— and they’re all on the same side, building upon<br />
one another.”<br />
Dawn Johnsen, who led the Office of Legal Counsel<br />
for a period during the Clinton administration and<br />
was Mr. Obama’s first nominee for that position,<br />
said on some matters the president must rely on<br />
Justice Department legal advice.<br />
“The executive should be very wary of ever acting<br />
contrary to a federal statute, but on rare occasions<br />
it is necessary and appropriate,” she said. “On<br />
some issues there is simply very little judicial<br />
precedent, and there is no alter<strong>na</strong>tive to the<br />
executive branch relying on its own legal<br />
interpretations.”<br />
As in many cases raising tensions between the<br />
power of Congress and of the presidency, courts<br />
have no opportunity to weigh in because no one<br />
has standing to file a lawsuit. In that vacuum, the<br />
Justice Department largely cited its own previous<br />
claims. Many were not directly relevant, but were<br />
instead citations to objections to statutes burdening<br />
the president’s diplomatic powers in other ways,<br />
like restricting his ability to talk to whomever and<br />
about whatever he wants.<br />
A handful of precedents directly addressed the<br />
<strong>na</strong>rrower question at hand: whether Congress can<br />
use its spending power to restrict which officials the<br />
president may desig<strong>na</strong>te as his diplomatic agents.<br />
The first directly relevant precedent was in 1990,<br />
when the first Bush administration claimed that<br />
Congress could not, as a condition of approving<br />
funds for a certain diplomatic delegation, require it<br />
to include a representative from a Congressio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
panel.<br />
In a memorandum, William P. Barr, the head of the<br />
Office of Legal Counsel, pronounced the restriction<br />
unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l because the president’s powers<br />
“self-evidently” included the authority “to choose the<br />
individuals through whom the Nation’s foreign<br />
affairs are conducted. That responsibility cannot be<br />
circumscribed by statute.”<br />
In 1991, Congress passed a statute about<br />
passports effectively requiring the State<br />
Department to send different officials to Israel and<br />
Arab countries. In a signing statement, the Bush<br />
administration said Congress could not prevent the<br />
president from sending the same diplomat to both<br />
places.<br />
In 1992, the new Office of Legal Counsel head,<br />
Timothy Flanigan, issued a memorandum applying<br />
the theory to a nearly identical law, thereby<br />
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establishing a third precedent. Lawyers in the<br />
George W. Bush administration added more<br />
precedents after Congress passed budget bills that<br />
barred State Department officials, but not other<br />
agencies, from attending meetings chaired by a<br />
country linked to terrorism. They drafted signing<br />
statements declaring the mandates would be<br />
treated as “advisory” and a State Department<br />
delegation attended such a meeting.<br />
In 2009, the Obama administration added a<br />
Democratic precedent. In a memorandum, its first<br />
Office of Legal Counsel head, David Barron, cited<br />
the previous precedents and agreed that the State<br />
Department could keep attending such meetings<br />
because Congress cannot “place limits on the<br />
president’s use of his preferred agents” for<br />
diplomacy.<br />
He also noted, as strengthening the case, that the<br />
statute barred using the State Department for<br />
diplomacy. The executive branch’s latest claim<br />
went further, asserting that Congress cannot stop<br />
the president from using a White House aide for<br />
diplomacy, either. Citing previous executive writings<br />
as “ample precedent,” the current head of the Office<br />
of Legal Counsel, Virginia Seitz, wrote that the<br />
president has “absolute discretion” to choose<br />
“whomever he considers most suitable” to be his<br />
diplomatic agent, clearing Dr. Holdren to ignore the<br />
statute.<br />
Mr. Rohrabacher on Wednesday vowed to “fight”<br />
that “overreach.” But Congress has limited tools to<br />
push back in disputes falling far short of<br />
impeachable offenses. Congress e<strong>na</strong>cted a law<br />
making it a crime to spend public funds beyond its<br />
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appropriated limits. But the Justice Department<br />
does not prosecute people for actions its Office of<br />
Legal Counsel approved.<br />
Representative Frank R> Wolf, Republican of<br />
Virginia, is trying to slash the technology office’s<br />
budget, but that would not prevent the White House<br />
from paying the same staff from its general budget.<br />
He has also demanded that the Justice Department<br />
revoke its memo, pointing to an a<strong>na</strong>lysis by the<br />
Government Accountability Office, a Congressio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
agency, saying that Dr. Holdren had violated the<br />
statute. But a G.A.O. lawyer testified Wednesday<br />
that his agency did not a<strong>na</strong>lyze the constitutio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
issue, saying it presumed that spending restrictions<br />
were valid “until a court indicates otherwise.”<br />
Shannen Coffin, who worked on executive power<br />
issues during the Bush administration for the<br />
Justice Department and Vice President Dick<br />
Cheney, argued that courts should stay out of<br />
foreign policy disputes between the two political<br />
branches. “This is a paradigmatic political question:<br />
It’s a battle between the branches in an area of<br />
shared authority,” he said. “Courts dramatically<br />
upset that political balance when they start to<br />
impose legal standards that are more or less made<br />
up.”<br />
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Years Later, Lawsuit Seeks to Recreate a Wedding<br />
Of all the many things that make up a wedding, few<br />
are more important than the photographs.Long after<br />
the last of the cake has grown stale and the tossed<br />
bouquet has wilted, the photos endure, stirring<br />
memories and providing vivid proof that the day of<br />
one’s dreams took place.<br />
So it is not particularly surprising that one groom,<br />
disappointed with his wedding photos, decided to<br />
sue. The photographers had missed the last dance<br />
and the bouquet toss, the groom, Todd J. Remis of<br />
Manhattan, said.<br />
But what is striking, said the studio that took the<br />
pictures, is that Mr. Remis’s wedding took place in<br />
2003 and he waited six years to sue. And not only<br />
has Mr. Remis demanded to be repaid the $4,100<br />
cost of the photography, he also wants $48,000 to<br />
recreate the entire wedding and fly the principals to<br />
New York so the celebration can be re-shot by<br />
another photographer.<br />
Re-e<strong>na</strong>cting the wedding may pose a particular<br />
challenge, the studio pointed out, because the<br />
couple divorced and the bride is believed to have<br />
moved back to her <strong>na</strong>tive Latvia.<br />
Although Justice Doris Ling-Cohan of State<br />
Supreme Court in Manhattan dismissed most of<br />
the grounds for the lawsuit, like the “infliction of<br />
emotio<strong>na</strong>l distress,” she has allowed the case to<br />
proceed to determine whether there was indeed a<br />
breach of contract. But she displayed a good deal<br />
of amusement about the lawsuit’s purpose in an<br />
opinion in January that quoted lyrics from the<br />
Barbra Streisand classic “The Way We Were.”<br />
“This is a case in which it appears that the ‘misty<br />
watercolor memories’ and the ‘scattered pictures of<br />
the smiles ... left behind’ at the wedding were more<br />
important than the real thing,” the judge wrote.<br />
“Although the marriage did not last, plaintiff’s fury<br />
over the quality of the photographs and video<br />
continued on.”<br />
Mr. Remis is suing H & H Photographers, a<br />
65-year-old studio known fondly among thousands<br />
of former and current Bronx residents because it<br />
chronicled their weddings, bar mitzvahs and<br />
communions.<br />
One of the two founders, Curt Fried, escaped<br />
Nazi-occupied Vien<strong>na</strong> in September 1939 as a<br />
15-year-old and was drafted into the United States<br />
Army, where he learned to shoot pictures assisting<br />
cameramen along the legendary Burma Road<br />
supply line to Chi<strong>na</strong> during World War II. Mr. Fried<br />
recalled that in the late 1940s, Arthur Fellig, the<br />
celebrated street photographer known as Weegee,<br />
twice sought work at the studio when he needed<br />
money, but was turned down because he did not<br />
own a suit.<br />
In November 2003, Mr. Remis, an equity research<br />
a<strong>na</strong>lyst, and his fiancée, Mile<strong>na</strong> Grzibovska,<br />
stepped into the H & H studio, which was then in<br />
Riverdale, met with Mr. Fried and signed a contract<br />
to have photographs and videotape taken of their<br />
wedding the next month — on Dec. 28 — for<br />
$4,100.<br />
It was a small party, with fewer than 40 guests, at<br />
Castle on the Hudson in Tarrytown. Photographs<br />
show a cheerful bride and groom surrounded by<br />
delighted relatives, including Ms. Grzibovska’s<br />
mother, Iri<strong>na</strong>, and her sister Ali<strong>na</strong>, who traveled<br />
from Latvia.<br />
But a month after the wedding, when Mr. Remis<br />
returned to the studio to look over the proofs, he<br />
complained that the three-person crew had missed<br />
the last 15 minutes — the last dance and the<br />
bouquet toss. He noted in a deposition last July that<br />
the employees at H & H did not respond in a courtly<br />
fashion.<br />
“I remember being yelled at more than I have ever<br />
been yelled at before,” Mr. Remis said.<br />
In his lawsuit, he also complained that the<br />
photographs were “u<strong>na</strong>cceptable as to color,<br />
lighting, poses, positioning” and that a video, which<br />
he had expected to record the wedding’s six hours,<br />
was only two hours long.<br />
“I need to have the wedding recreated exactly as it<br />
was so that the remaining 15 percent of the<br />
wedding that was not shot can be shot,” he<br />
testified.<br />
Mr. Fried, now 87, chuckles at this idea: “He wants<br />
to fly his ex-wife back and he doesn’t even know<br />
where she lives.”<br />
Mr. Remis, who said at his deposition that he has<br />
not been employed since 2008, and his lawyer,<br />
Frederick R. McGowen, did not return messages<br />
left on their phones. Ms. Grzibovska did not<br />
respond to a message left through her Facebook<br />
page. The next court hearing is scheduled for<br />
Thursday.<br />
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Mr. Fried said Mr. Remis left the studio in 2004 with<br />
400 proofs — essentially small photographs used<br />
for selecting a few dozen photographs for the<br />
album; Mr. Remis claims “the office kept<br />
everything.” But a 2004 magazine published by Mr.<br />
Remis’s alma mater, Bowdoin College, which is<br />
also online, displays a photograph of the bride and<br />
groom in a feature on alumni weddings. Mr. Fried<br />
said it was a photograph his firm took.<br />
The couple separated around 2008 and their<br />
divorce, which Mr. Remis contends was amicable,<br />
was fi<strong>na</strong>lized in 2010. Mr. Remis sued in 2009, just<br />
before the statute of limitation was about to expire,<br />
according to Mr. Fried.<br />
Mr. Remis testified that he wanted photographs of<br />
the wedding, even if it ended in divorce and even if<br />
Mr. Fried contended he already had them.<br />
“It was unfortu<strong>na</strong>te in its circumstances,” he said,<br />
“but we are very much happy with the wedding<br />
event and we would like to have it documented for<br />
eternity, for us and our families.”<br />
Mr. Fried retired in 2004 and turned his half of the<br />
business over to his son Dan, who now operates<br />
the studio with Lawrence Gillet, a son of the other<br />
founder, from a loft in Irvington, in Westchester<br />
County.<br />
Dan Fried said that the costs of defending the<br />
lawsuit had already matched the amount sought by<br />
Mr. Remis and that it was hurting his business’s<br />
bottom line. He said the case was “an abuse of the<br />
legal system.”<br />
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Mr. Remis’s lawyer works for Goodwin Procter,<br />
where Mr. Remis’s father, Shepard M. Remis, is a<br />
litigation partner. The younger Mr. Remis has<br />
testified that he is paying his lawyer himself.<br />
Curt and Dan Fried are paying their lawyer, Peter<br />
Wessel, themselves, they said, and the costs —<br />
$50,000 — the time the suit has taken and the<br />
distress have taken a toll.<br />
“I had a good life, thank God,” Curt Fried said, “and<br />
at the end of my life this hits me in the face.”<br />
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Firing Sought for One of Two Officers in Bell<br />
Shooting Case<br />
Prosecutors with the New York Police Department<br />
recommended on Wednesday that one of the two<br />
officers being tried in connection with the killing of<br />
Sean Bell five years ago should be allowed to stay<br />
on the force while the other should be fired.In<br />
closing arguments in a departmental administrative<br />
trial, prosecutors said that Detective Gescard F.<br />
Isnora, who fired the first shots in a 50-bullet<br />
barrage that killed Mr. Bell on what was supposed<br />
to have been his wedding day, should lose his job,<br />
but a lesser punishment — the loss of 30 vacation<br />
days — was appropriate for Officer Michael Carey,<br />
who fired three of the shots.<br />
“Maybe Detective Isnora was frightened; maybe<br />
Detective Isnora was nervous,” said Nancy Slater,<br />
one of the prosecutors. “I submit he overreacted.”<br />
Ms. Slater also questioned the detective’s judgment<br />
in coming out of his undercover role, approaching<br />
Mr. Bell’s car with his gun drawn and his shield<br />
clipped to his collar, and opening fire on the car<br />
early on the morning of Nov. 25, 2006.<br />
Last week, Detective Isnora testified that he thought<br />
Mr. Bell and his friend Joseph Guzman, who were<br />
parked outside a strip club in Jamaica, Queens,<br />
were about to take part in a drive-by shooting. He<br />
has said his belief that Mr. Guzman had a gun was<br />
based on a heated argument that he overheard in<br />
front of the strip club.<br />
But Ms. Slater argued that going from thinking that<br />
the man may have had a gun to “I alone have to<br />
come out of role and stop a drive-by” was “a huge<br />
leap of logic.”<br />
In contrast, Ms. Slater characterized Officer Carey<br />
as the victim of “contagious firing” and blamed him<br />
for relying too heavily on Detective Isnora’s actions<br />
when he decided to start shooting.<br />
“He didn’t know who he was firing at; he didn’t know<br />
why he was firing,” Ms. Slater said.<br />
In his closing arguments, Detective Isnora’s lawyer,<br />
Philip E. Karasyk, argued that the prosecution was<br />
unfairly judging an officer “who has to make life or<br />
death decisions in a heartbeat.”<br />
“In that split-second judgment call, Detective Isnora<br />
believed Joseph Guzman had a firearm and was<br />
about to use it,” Mr. Karasyk said. The police did<br />
not find a weapon on Mr. Guzman.<br />
Detective Isnora was acquitted of crimi<strong>na</strong>l charges<br />
in a State Supreme Court trial in 2008. Officer<br />
Carey was not charged crimi<strong>na</strong>lly.<br />
Officer Carey’s lawyer, Stephen C. Worth, argued<br />
that his client’s decision to open fire was based on<br />
the information that he had at the time, and that if<br />
Mr. Guzman had had a weapon and Officer Carey<br />
had not fired, he would have been accused of<br />
failing to defend a fellow officer.<br />
The judge presiding over the case, Deputy<br />
Commissioner Martin G. Karopkin, will send a<br />
recommendation to Police Commissioner Raymond<br />
W. Kelly, who will decide the professio<strong>na</strong>l fate of<br />
the two officers.<br />
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Trial Begins for Man Charged With Falsely Accusing<br />
Ex-Girlfriend<br />
A little more than a year after she accused her<br />
ex-boyfriend of rape, Seemo<strong>na</strong> Sumasar was<br />
pulled over by the police near her Queens home.<br />
Before she had a chance to speak, she said, she<br />
was handcuffed.Ms. Sumasar, 36, a petite former<br />
Morgan Stanley a<strong>na</strong>lyst, suddenly found herself<br />
treated like a crimi<strong>na</strong>l rather than a rape victim,<br />
charged with carrying out a spree of armed<br />
robberies while dressed as a police officer.<br />
All the while, she protested loudly that her<br />
ex-boyfriend, Jerry Ramrattan, had set her up,<br />
using the knowledge he had gleaned by<br />
obsessively watching detective dramas like “CSI.”<br />
But she said prosecutors and the police called her a<br />
liar.<br />
On Wednesday, as Mr. Ramrattan’s trial on<br />
charges including rape, perjury and conspiracy<br />
began at State Supreme Court in Queens,<br />
prosecutors told the jury that Ms. Sumasar had<br />
been right all along, the victim of what Frank<br />
DeGaetano, an assistant district attorney,<br />
characterized as one of the most elaborate<br />
frame-ups in recent history.<br />
“When reality dawned on Jerry Ramrattan, he<br />
s<strong>na</strong>pped,” Mr. DeGaetano said to the jury, referring<br />
to the rape charge against Mr. Ramrattan. “He<br />
masterminded a conspiracy that will astound you.”<br />
Prosecutors say the scheme unraveled after a<br />
police informant connected Mr. Ramrattan to Ms.<br />
Sumasar’s various accusers. Mr. Ramrattan, 39,<br />
was arrested in December 2010, and has pleaded<br />
not guilty to all charges. If convicted, he could face<br />
more than 25 years in prison.<br />
Mr. Ramrattan’s lawyer told the jury on Wednesday<br />
that it was Ms. Sumasar who had framed Mr.<br />
Ramrattan and that the alleged rape had been<br />
consensual sex. He called the prosecution’s<br />
description of an elaborate plot “preposterous.”<br />
On Wednesday, Mr. Ramrattan took his place in<br />
court, smiling at members of the news media,<br />
carefully taking notes and at times shaking his head<br />
and opening his mouth wide as if in shock.<br />
At the center of the trial is the rape that prosecutors<br />
say led to the plot.<br />
Mr. DeGaetano told the jury that Ms. Sumasar had<br />
been begging Mr. Ramrattan to move from her Far<br />
Rockaway house, but he refused. On March 8,<br />
2009, Mr. Ramrattan raped her, Mr. DeGaetano<br />
said. He said DNA evidence would unequivocally<br />
link Mr. Ramrattan to the crime.<br />
After charges were filed, the prosecutor said, Mr.<br />
Ramrattan intimidated or cajoled several people to<br />
concoct stories that they had been robbed at<br />
gunpoint by Ms. Sumasar. He said Mr. Ramrattan<br />
had staged crime scenes and had shown the<br />
supposed witnesses photographs of Ms. Sumasar<br />
so they could identify her in a police lineup.<br />
In May 2010, Ms. Sumasar was arrested and<br />
remained in jail for seven months, separated from<br />
her daughter.<br />
Mr. Ramrattan’s lawyer, Frank Kelly, said on<br />
Wednesday that Mr. Ramrattan had no motive to<br />
set her up: “This story is nothing but lies,<br />
fabrication, embellishment, revenge and hate.”<br />
He also said that at the time of the alleged rape,<br />
Ms. Sumasar and Mr. Ramrattan were living as if<br />
they were husband and wife.<br />
Mr. Kelly also indicated that one of the defense’s<br />
main strategies would be to discredit the testimony<br />
of the people who once said they had been robbed<br />
by Ms. Sumasar and have now agreed to testify at<br />
trial for the prosecution. All have been convicted of<br />
perjury for their initial claims about Ms. Sumasar.<br />
“Rats in the sewer — you are going to see them,”<br />
he told the jury. “These are people who will say or<br />
do anything.”<br />
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British Court Says WikiLeaks Founder Can Be<br />
Extradited for Questioning<br />
LONDON — A British court ruled Wednesday that<br />
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, can be<br />
extradited to Sweden for questioning over<br />
allegations of sexual abuse made against him by<br />
two women there last year. He will seek a fi<strong>na</strong>l<br />
appeal at Britain’s highest court, according to a<br />
person close to him.Two of Britain’s most senior<br />
judges dismissed all four arguments raised by Mr.<br />
Assange’s defense team. The decision makes it<br />
increasingly likely that Mr. Assange will face his<br />
accusers in Sweden.<br />
He has at least 14 days to ask for permission to<br />
bring his case before Britain’s highest court, the<br />
Supreme Court, for a fi<strong>na</strong>l appeal. The court hears<br />
only cases of constitutio<strong>na</strong>l or general public<br />
importance.<br />
The 43-page ruling was the latest twist in an<br />
11-month legal battle that has included multiple<br />
court appearances and brought out throngs of<br />
supporters, and it comes as WikiLeaks has been<br />
temporarily shuttered because of continuing<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>ncing troubles. Mr. Assange was briefly jailed<br />
last December, as Swedish authorities filed an<br />
arrest warrant demanding he return to face<br />
accusations made by two WikiLeaks volunteers in<br />
Stockholm in August 2010. He is accused of two<br />
counts of sexual molestation, one count of unlawful<br />
coercion and one count of rape based on their<br />
allegations that consensual sex became<br />
nonconsensual.<br />
He vehemently denies the allegations and has<br />
engaged a series of high-profile lawyers to fight the<br />
extradition warrant, arguing, among other things,<br />
that he could not get a fair trial. Mr. Assange has<br />
given interviews condemning Sweden’s strict<br />
sexual crimes laws, calling the country “the Saudi<br />
Arabia of feminism.”<br />
Wednesday’s ruling marks the second time a British<br />
court has rejected his appeals. After the ruling Mr.<br />
Assange and a coterie of advisers and friends<br />
huddled in the courthouse to discuss their options,<br />
flanked by security guards.<br />
“We will consider our next steps in the coming<br />
days,” he said in a brief statement to the throng of<br />
reporters gathered outside. But a person close to<br />
Mr. Assange said he would appear in court again to<br />
seek permission to appeal. If the court does not<br />
allow him to move his case forward, Mr. Assange<br />
will be extradited to Sweden within 10 days of the<br />
court’s decision.<br />
Mr. Assange appeared for an initial interview with<br />
the police in Sweden in 2010, but flew to London<br />
before further questioning could be completed, a<br />
court here was subsequently told.<br />
He has told friends that he has refused to return to<br />
Stockholm to face questioning because he fears<br />
that the country is run by a cabal of interconnected<br />
people who are aligned against him.<br />
Mr. Assange’s lawyers have also argued that if he<br />
were extradited from Sweden to the United States,<br />
he could face the death pe<strong>na</strong>lty over the leaking of<br />
classified American documents, citing comments by<br />
conservative politicians, including the former<br />
governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, who said he<br />
should be hunted down as an anti-American<br />
operative. In addition, Mr. Assange has hinted that<br />
he believes world powers might be behind the<br />
sexual abuse charges, seeing them as a way of<br />
silencing him and halting embarrassing leaks.<br />
The WikiLeaks release of hundreds of thousands of<br />
United States military documents on the Iraq and<br />
Afghanistan wars and State Department diplomatic<br />
cables domi<strong>na</strong>ted the front pages of newspapers<br />
across the world last year. Mr. Assange has hoped<br />
that releases of such documents would reshape the<br />
very <strong>na</strong>ture of government. WikiLeaks cables in<br />
which American diplomats reported on the<br />
corruption of Tunisia’s rulers did, in fact, help fuel<br />
the uprising that overthrew Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali,<br />
jumpstarting the Arab Spring.<br />
WikiLeaks has foundered since Mr. Assange was<br />
briefly jailed last December, before being placed<br />
under virtual house arrest at the country mansion of<br />
a wealthy friend in eastern England. Mr. Assange<br />
told a press conference in London last month that<br />
WikiLeaks would cease its publishing activities<br />
because it lacked money following a blockade on<br />
do<strong>na</strong>tions by credit card companies like Visa and<br />
MasterCard, and the payments services Western<br />
Union and PayPal.<br />
The organization has also been severely weakened<br />
by a spate of defections from its core of<br />
computer-programmer volunteers, insiders have<br />
said. Many, tired of what they described as Mr.<br />
Assange’s imperiousness, have formed their own<br />
document-leaking sites.<br />
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Having the Watchdogs to Tea<br />
Congress rarely remembers that it is responsible for<br />
overseeing the Federal Election Commission — the<br />
party-hack-ridden agency that e<strong>na</strong>bles campaign<br />
abuses. The House elections subcommittee has<br />
now summoned commission members to a rare<br />
hearing on Thursday about its work. Rather than a<br />
severe grilling, it’s more likely to be a<br />
meet-and-greet smile among professio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
backslappers.The need for a vigilant F.E.C. has<br />
never been greater as the <strong>na</strong>tion enters the most<br />
money-drenched campaign in history, thanks to the<br />
new “super PAC” bundlers and the Supreme<br />
Court’s Citizens United decision blessing unlimited<br />
corporate do<strong>na</strong>tions. While all this looms, the<br />
six-member F.E.C. has been stymied by its three<br />
Republican appointees who apparently believe the<br />
best campaign regulation is none and regularly<br />
reject professio<strong>na</strong>l staff findings of campaign<br />
abuses and block enforcement.<br />
Politicians know a toothless watchdog when they<br />
see one. In the latest outrage, Se<strong>na</strong>tor Mike Lee, a<br />
Republican of Utah, asked the F.E.C. for an<br />
advisory opinion on whether he can raise unlimited<br />
funds for his own leadership political action<br />
committee. This is clearly barred by law. It would<br />
ensconce moneyed princes on Capitol Hill to buy<br />
lawmakers’ favors from within. Surely the F.E.C.<br />
can muster the courage to shoot that down. Surely?<br />
Congress should be reforming the agency, and<br />
President Obama should be challenging Congress<br />
to do it. The F.E.C. needs commissioners who don’t<br />
owe their positions to either party machine. The<br />
president can drive the issue by proposing truly<br />
independent appointees to the Se<strong>na</strong>te to replace<br />
lame-duck members.<br />
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U.K. Court Rejects Bid by Assange to Stop<br />
Extradition<br />
LONDON—A U.K. appeals court has ruled that<br />
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be<br />
extradited to Sweden to face questioning in a<br />
sexual assault case, leaving him with dwindling<br />
legal options in the long-running drama.<br />
The High Court in London Wednesday dismissed<br />
Mr. Assange's appeal against a lower court's<br />
decision to extradite him.<br />
Wednesday's ruling isn't necessarily the end of the<br />
extradition saga, however. Mr. Assange has two<br />
weeks to appeal Wednesday's ruling. If he does,<br />
the High Court will then decide whether to allow his<br />
appeal, which would be heard before the U.K.'s<br />
Supreme Court.<br />
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Court Affirms Ruling That FCC Wrongly Fined CBS<br />
WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court on<br />
Wednesday for the second time ruled that the<br />
Federal Communications Commission improperly<br />
fined CBS Corp. for airing singer Janet Jackson's<br />
infamous Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" in<br />
2004.<br />
The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Court of Appeals,<br />
ruling again after the Supreme Court remanded<br />
the case in 2009, upheld its previous decision that<br />
the agency didn't provide broadcasters fair warning<br />
about a change in indecency enforcement rules.<br />
The case involves a $550,000 fine on CBS for<br />
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Ex-wife of Texas judge calls his brutal spankings an<br />
'addiction'<br />
The Texas woman who released a 7-year-old video<br />
showing her being beaten by her father, a Texas<br />
judge, says she has "some regret" over making the<br />
tape public. Update at 8:50 a.m. ET: The ex-wife of<br />
a Texas judge who was captured on video beating<br />
his tee<strong>na</strong>ge daughter with a belt 7 years ago<br />
blames the regular attacks on an addiction and<br />
says he brainwashed her into compliance. Hallie<br />
Adams, in an interview with NBC's Today show<br />
calls County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams'<br />
addiction a "family secret," but does not elaborate.<br />
Their 22-year marriage ended in 2007. She is<br />
shown in the 8-minute-video also striking the girl<br />
with a belt. Adamstells Today that her ex-husband<br />
"completely brainwashed and controlled" her.<br />
Update at 8:38 a.m. ET: "I'm experiencing some<br />
regret because I just pulled the covers off my own<br />
father's misbehavior after so many people thought<br />
he was such a good person. ... But so many people<br />
are also telling me I did the right thing," she tells<br />
The Associated Press outside her mother's home in<br />
the Gulf Coast town of Portland, near Corpus<br />
Christi. "He's supposed to be a judge who<br />
exercises fit judgment," she tells the AP. Earlier<br />
posting: The young woman who released a video<br />
showing her father, a Texas judge, beating her with<br />
a belt 7 years ago says she decided to make it<br />
public not out of vengeance, but as a way to move<br />
on, KRIS-TV reports. "Waiting this long to publish it<br />
has e<strong>na</strong>bled me to look at it with hindsight and not<br />
be so caught up in the passion of the moment,"<br />
Hillary Adams tells reporter Keaton Fox of the<br />
Corpus Christi TV station. "I think we do, my mother<br />
and I, we do need to try to move on past the anger<br />
and just concentrate on getting counseling and<br />
help." She says she feels like a lot of people in her<br />
community "were tricked" by her father, Judge<br />
William Adams in Aransas County. "They saw him<br />
treating his wife and daughter, oh, look what I gave<br />
them, look at these amazing cars and watches and<br />
pianos, everything like that and just this other side<br />
of him, was hidden for so long, because he was so<br />
good at controlling the situation and covering<br />
anything up," she tells KRIS. Origi<strong>na</strong>l posting by<br />
Michael Winter: Texas authorities are investigating<br />
a family-law judge after his daughter posted a video<br />
that shows him beating her legs with a belt when<br />
she was 16 years old, according to news reports.<br />
"She's mad because I've ordered her to bring the<br />
car back, in a nutshell, but, yeah, that's me, I lost<br />
my temper," Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge<br />
William Adams told KRIS-TV. "Her mother was<br />
there, she wasn't hurt ... it was a long time ago. ... I<br />
really don't want to get into this right now, because<br />
as you can see my life's been made very difficult<br />
over this child." "In my mind I have not done<br />
anything wrong other than discipline my child when<br />
she was caught stealing. I did lose my temper, I've<br />
apologized. ... It looks worse than it is." The judge<br />
added that he informed the Judicial Review board<br />
after seeing the 2004 video, which was posted to<br />
YouTube last week by his daughter, Hillary, now<br />
23. The county district attorney and Rockport,<br />
Texas, police department are investigating. KRIS<br />
has reaction from Hillary Adams and her mother,<br />
who is divorced from her father. Hillary said that<br />
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she "had held onto the video for so long for the right<br />
time" and that it wasn't for revenge. She hopes her<br />
father seeks counseling. Later this afternoon, she<br />
told the Associated Press she set up the camera<br />
because she knew her father would punish her for<br />
illegally downloading music. She admitted she felt<br />
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some regret for posting the seven-minute clip,<br />
which has gone viral since Reddit linked to it<br />
Tuesday. Slate magazine poses this question:<br />
"Does Texas Judge William Adams Deserve<br />
Internet Vigilantism for Allegedly Beating His<br />
Daughter?"<br />
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Column: 'Juan Crow' law alive and well in Alabama<br />
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ??" Here in the South it feels<br />
like the 1960s all over again. And now, just as back<br />
then, far right-wing white politicians are doing their<br />
damnedest to be the poster boys of intolerance, this<br />
time on the issue of immigration. Birmingham's<br />
Eugene "Bull" Connor, Dallas County Sheriff Jim<br />
Clark and Alabama Gov. were high-profile<br />
antagonists of the civil rights movement. Today, it's<br />
north Alabama Rep. and Kansas Secretary of State<br />
Kris Kobach leading the anti-illegal-immigration<br />
charge. Of all Alabama's officials, Brooks has been<br />
the most inflammatory and provocative cheerleader<br />
for the state's heinous immigration law. Kobach<br />
helped Alabama and other states craft similar laws<br />
through his side gig with the Federation for<br />
American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an<br />
organization described as a hate group by the .<br />
Despite objections from the Justice Department, a<br />
federal judge upheld portions of it, directing<br />
Alabama law enforcement officers to act as de facto<br />
immigration agents during routine traffic stops and<br />
requiring school systems to document the<br />
citizenship status of new students. Some are calling<br />
it "Juan Crow" ??" a play on Jim Crow, the moniker<br />
for segregation in the pre-civil rights South ??"<br />
because of the likelihood that Hispanics will be<br />
subjected to racial profiling and dubious detentions.<br />
Not surprisingly, most black lawmakers in the South<br />
bly oppose this and similar laws. They have not<br />
forgotten the sting of Jim Crow laws that were<br />
aimed at segregating blacks and denying them<br />
equal access to jobs, education, housing and health<br />
care. The Justice Department is asking the 11th<br />
Circuit Court of Appeals to invalidate the law. That<br />
court temporarily blocked the portions requiring that<br />
schools collect immigration data and that<br />
immigrants carry proof of residency. This month, it<br />
is expected to hear full arguments challenging the<br />
constitutio<strong>na</strong>lity of the law. Taxes and education as<br />
weapons That has not deterred Brooks and other<br />
supporters of the law from continuing to dig in,<br />
repackaging the old arguments that were used<br />
against Jim Crow-era blacks to target the<br />
undocumented. For example, like Jim Crow laws<br />
imposed segregated schools on black children, the<br />
Alabama law attempts to place barriers to illegal<br />
immigrants getting an education ??" though the<br />
appeals court has temporarily blocked that part of<br />
the law. "The bottom line is illegal aliens consume<br />
far more of our tax resources than they generate,"<br />
Brooks told Politico recently. "We don't have the<br />
money in America to keep paying for the education<br />
of everybody else's children from around the world."<br />
The Tax Foundation, a non-partisan tax research<br />
group that conservatives love to quote, disputes<br />
Brooks' first point. The foundation concluded that<br />
undocumented workers are helping to fill federal<br />
and state coffers via payroll taxes (Social Security<br />
and Medicare) and sales taxes on food, clothing<br />
and other essentials. Some might even pay income<br />
taxes, depending on their income level and whether<br />
or not they have a Social Security Number or a Tax<br />
Identification Number, even if they are fraudulent<br />
numbers. As for Brooks' claim of having to educate<br />
"everybody else's children," the Supreme Court in<br />
1982 ruled in Plyler v. Doe that any child living in<br />
the U.S., whether here legally or illegally, has a<br />
right to a free public education. Alabama's law<br />
attempted to get around that fact by not blocking<br />
enrollment, but by requiring the student and/or<br />
parent upon enrollment to provide proof of<br />
citizenship as a way to track the number of illegal<br />
immigrant students. Of course fear, not facts, is<br />
driving Alabama's law and its sister laws. The same<br />
fear, no doubt, moved FAIR founder John Tanton to<br />
write in a 1993 letter that his goal is to keep the<br />
United States "a European-American majority, and<br />
a clear one at that." Supporters of Alabama's law<br />
also claim that undocumented workers are taking<br />
jobs away from American citizens. But Tanton and<br />
FAIR should rest easy. Alabama and its deep South<br />
neighbors still have solid white majorities. Hispanics<br />
make up only 3.9% of Alabama's population,<br />
according to the Census Bureau. Florida (23%),<br />
Georgia (9%), Tennessee (5%) and Mississippi<br />
(3%) are just as safe. Some rise up despite bias<br />
But the Tantons and Brookses of the world should<br />
remember that some of our society's greatest<br />
contributors have been victims of discrimi<strong>na</strong>tion.<br />
Survivors of Jim Crow have become some of our<br />
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<strong>na</strong>tion's most important leaders in business,<br />
science, academics and entertainment. Many future<br />
leaders are now being subjected to Juan Crow<br />
when what they should be given is a fair and<br />
reaso<strong>na</strong>ble path to citizenship. I recently met two of<br />
them ??" sisters Kelly and Nelly (I am not giving<br />
their last <strong>na</strong>me because of their immigration status.)<br />
??" who crossed the Mexico-U.S. border five years<br />
ago with their parents, struggling farmers from the<br />
small city of Cuer<strong>na</strong> Vaca. For now, despite the<br />
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law, their family is opting to stay in Alabama. "My<br />
parents told us we had to come," said Kelly, the<br />
oldest at 18. "They didn't want the same thing for<br />
us." "We want a better life," said Nelly, 15.<br />
Hopefully, they'll still have one ??" as long as our<br />
bigotry and fears don't get the best of us. David<br />
Person is the host of WEUPTalk on WEUP-AM in<br />
Huntsville, Ala., a freelance arts reporter for<br />
Natio<strong>na</strong>l Public Radio and a member of USA<br />
TODAY's Board of Contributors.<br />
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High court case on GPS surveillance could break new<br />
ground<br />
By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY<br />
Updated 11/2/2011 1:27 AM<br />
WASHINGTON – In a potentially groundbreaking<br />
case on high-tech tracking by police, the Supreme<br />
Court will decide whether constant surveillance is<br />
such an intrusion on people's lives that police need<br />
a warrant before attaching a GPS device to a<br />
person's car.<br />
The Global Positioning System not only helps<br />
drivers find their way around, it can also allow for<br />
constant surveillance otherwise too costly for law<br />
enforcement.<br />
The case, to be heard Tuesday, tests law<br />
enforcement's use of the latest technology to fight<br />
crime as it raises the specter of a "Big Brother"<br />
government knowing one's every move. GPS<br />
tracking lets police engage in round-the-clock<br />
surveillance — without a person's knowledge —<br />
over a prolonged period that could seldom be<br />
matched by cops on a beat or other traditio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
observation.<br />
Global Positioning System receivers, origi<strong>na</strong>lly<br />
developed for military use, rely on a constellation of<br />
satellites in fixed orbits. Receivers on the ground<br />
use satellite transmissions to calculate the latitude<br />
and longitude of a location. Data can be transmitted<br />
remotely to police computers and stored.<br />
"A person who knows all of another's travels"<br />
through GPS, U.S. Appeals Court Judge Douglas<br />
Ginsburg wrote in the ruling that the high court will<br />
take up, "can deduce whether he is a weekly<br />
church goer, a heavy drinker, a regular at the gym,<br />
an unfaithful husband, an outpatient receiving<br />
medical treatment, an associate of particular<br />
individuals or political groups — and not just one<br />
such fact about a person, but all such facts."<br />
The Washington, D.C.-based appeals court ruled<br />
that the Fourth Amendment protection against<br />
unreaso<strong>na</strong>ble searches and seizures require police<br />
get a warrant before affixing a GPS device to a car<br />
or truck.<br />
The federal Justice Department, appealing the<br />
warrant requirement, argues that drivers do not<br />
expect their movements to be kept private. "Officers<br />
do not conduct a 'search' when they observe<br />
matters conducted in the open, which anyone could<br />
see," U.S. Solicitor General Do<strong>na</strong>ld Verrilli tells the<br />
justices in his brief.<br />
The dispute over the technology becoming<br />
ubiquitous on smartphones and vehicles could lead<br />
to a major decision regarding police tactics for<br />
decades to come.<br />
The case, involving a Washington, D.C., nightclub<br />
operator who was investigated in a<br />
cocaine-trafficking case, has drawn a dozen "friend<br />
of the court" briefs from an array of outside groups<br />
all but one opposing the federal government.<br />
Among those siding with the drug defendant, who<br />
was tracked for a month, is the Council on<br />
American-Islamic Relations, which says Muslim<br />
Americans have been increasingly subject to<br />
warrantless GPS surveillance, and Roger Easton,<br />
an inventor regarded by many as "the father of<br />
GPS."<br />
Lawyers for Easton, 90, and other GPS developers,<br />
say the tracking is done in such continuous and<br />
large-scale fashion that it defies comparisons to<br />
beepers and other electronic surveillance tactics<br />
previously reviewed by the high court.<br />
The one group siding with the federal government,<br />
the New York-based Center on the Administration<br />
of Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Law, points to the cost benefits of<br />
satellite surveillance in tough fi<strong>na</strong>ncial times. It says<br />
GPS surveillance requires fewer personnel hours<br />
and less cost than having agents physically follow<br />
someone.<br />
Anthony Barkow, the group's director, said in an<br />
interview that GPS surveillance is on the<br />
"constitutio<strong>na</strong>l" side because it reveals information<br />
that could be observed in public. Barkow<br />
acknowledged that "fear of Big Brother" could affect<br />
the justices, but he says that law enforcement<br />
should be able to take advantage of technology,<br />
within constitutio<strong>na</strong>l safeguards.<br />
The Justice Department is urging the high court to<br />
reinstate the drug-conspiracy conviction of Antoine<br />
Jones, who was tracked with a GPS device over<br />
four weeks in 2005.<br />
Federal agents, who had secretly put a GPS device<br />
on Jones' Jeep while it was in a public lot, used the<br />
evidence from Jones' travels to a stash house in<br />
Fort Washington, Md., to help win a conviction of<br />
conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Agents found large<br />
amounts of cocaine in the house and recovered<br />
about $70,000 from the Jeep.<br />
Solicitor General Verrilli is urging the high court to<br />
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ely on its 1983 ruling in United States v. Knotts,<br />
which said the use of a beeper to track a suspect<br />
driving to a drug lab was not a search under the<br />
Fourth Amendment. Verrilli says the lower court<br />
hearing Jones' appeal wrongly abandoned a<br />
longstanding line between private information and<br />
information that is "exposed to the public," for<br />
example, on roadways.<br />
The lower court said, however, that a month of<br />
detailed tracking could not be considered "public" in<br />
the usual sense because it was unlikely anyone<br />
would actually have observed all of Jones' travels.<br />
Verrilli counters that information does not become<br />
"less public" simply because it is collected with in a<br />
more sophisticated technology.<br />
The high court will also be looking at whether just<br />
the installation of the device violated Jones' rights.<br />
Justice Department lawyers say installing the GPS<br />
device was permitted because it didn't interfere with<br />
Jones' driving or take up any space inside the<br />
vehicle.<br />
Stephen Leckar, representing Jones, tells the<br />
justices in his brief that unrestrained GPS<br />
monitoring has become "a grave threat to<br />
expressive and political association, as well as to<br />
the perso<strong>na</strong>l privacy and security of every individual<br />
in the country."<br />
Leckar added in an interview, "I'm not saying the<br />
government can't tail you, but they can't track<br />
people relentlessly without a warrant. … Who wants<br />
to live in a totalitarian state when you're under<br />
constant electronic monitoring?"<br />
The U.S. government tells the justices that law<br />
enforcement has not been abusing GPS technology<br />
and it is not even in widespread police use. "If<br />
'dragnet' use of tracking technology" were to occur,<br />
Verrilli says, "its constitutio<strong>na</strong>l implications can be<br />
addressed at that time."<br />
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Other cases involving technology<br />
The following Supreme Court cases that involve<br />
police use of technology form the backdrop of the<br />
Nov. 8 dispute over the use of GPS tracking:<br />
•Katz v. United States, 1967: Establishing the<br />
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Fourth Amendment standard that people are<br />
entitled to a “reaso<strong>na</strong>ble expectation of privacy”<br />
against electronic surveillance; the court ruled that<br />
the use of an electronic listening device attached to<br />
the outside of a public telephone booth, to gather<br />
information from a private conversation inside,<br />
constituted a “search,” requiring a warrant.<br />
•United States v. Knotts, 1983: Finding that a<br />
person riding in car on public streets has no<br />
reaso<strong>na</strong>ble expectation of privacy in any<br />
movements from one place to another; the court<br />
permitted police use of a beeper to follow a car on<br />
public roads.<br />
•United States v. Karo, 1984: Declaring that the use<br />
of a beeper to track information into a private<br />
residence — the device was used to track a can of<br />
ether — violated the Fourth Amendment.<br />
•Kyllo v. United States, 2001: Holding that officers’<br />
use of thermal imaging technology to detect heat<br />
radiating from within a home (where marijua<strong>na</strong> was<br />
being grown) was a “search” subject to the Fourth<br />
Amendment; that decision emphasized the sanctity<br />
of the home.<br />
By Joan Biskupic<br />
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Arizo<strong>na</strong> gives boot to redistricting leader<br />
If you ever wanted to know why redrawing<br />
boundaries for Congress is such a politically<br />
sensitive topic, Arizo<strong>na</strong> is now Exhibit A in that<br />
expla<strong>na</strong>tion.<br />
The Republican-controlled Arizo<strong>na</strong> Se<strong>na</strong>te last<br />
night ousted the chairwoman of the state's<br />
independent redistricting commission. The<br />
unprecedented step came at the behest of Arizo<strong>na</strong><br />
Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican.<br />
The commission's attorneys will try today to petition<br />
the state Supreme Court to allow Colleen Mathis<br />
to remain leader of the commission, which is trying<br />
to draw new boundaries for Congress and the state<br />
Legislature.<br />
"I will not sit idly by while Arizo<strong>na</strong>'s congressio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
and legislative boundaries are drawn in a fashion<br />
that is anything but constitutio<strong>na</strong>l and proper,"<br />
Brewer said in a statement.<br />
She contends that Mathis has been trying to tilt the<br />
redistricting process toward Democrats and has not<br />
held commission meetings, as required, in public.<br />
The Arizo<strong>na</strong> Republic explains the redistricting<br />
controversy in more detail.<br />
Lawyers for the five-member commission and<br />
Mathis say Brewer is overstepping her authority.<br />
"This was just an opportunity for Republicans to<br />
take over this process," Mathis' attorney, Paul<br />
Charlton, told The New York Times.<br />
Because of population gains in the last Census,<br />
Arizo<strong>na</strong> will get one new U.S. House seat. The<br />
state currently is represented in the House by five<br />
Republicans and three Democrats.<br />
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Justice Ginsburg: A clean bill of health<br />
By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY<br />
Updated 4d 10h ago<br />
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who<br />
has twice survived cancer and is regularly subject<br />
to speculation about her retirement plans, said<br />
Thursday she recently received a clean bill of<br />
health.<br />
Ginsburg, 78, in response to a question from USA<br />
TODAY, said she recently underwent her annual<br />
checkup and was in good health.<br />
The eldest of the nine justices, Ginsburg has<br />
repeatedly vowed to stay on the bench through the<br />
2012 presidential election and a few years after<br />
that. Yet rumors of a possible retirement continue to<br />
swirl, because of her past health problems and<br />
because of presidential politics.<br />
The president makes lifetime appointments to the<br />
federal bench, and the stakes for the Supreme<br />
Court tend to be heightened during an election<br />
season.<br />
Harvard Law professor Randall Kennedy wrote in<br />
The New Republic magazine last spring that<br />
Ginsburg should retire soon to ensure that<br />
Democratic President Obama, rather than a<br />
possible new GOP president, could appoint her<br />
successor. (Kennedy said Stephen Breyer, 73,<br />
should also retire.)<br />
Ginsburg has said she at least wants to match the<br />
tenure of Justice Louis Brandeis, who retired at age<br />
82 in 1939. That would get her to 2015.<br />
The current Supreme Court, deeply split along<br />
ideological lines, is facing a slew of significant<br />
cases through mid-2012, including on the<br />
constitutio<strong>na</strong>lity of the Obama-sponsored health<br />
care law.<br />
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Texas judge questions daughter's motives in posting<br />
video<br />
By Michael Winter, USA TODAY<br />
The Texas woman who released a 7-year-old video<br />
showing her being beaten by her father, a Texas<br />
judge, says she has "some regret" over making the<br />
tape public.<br />
Update at 6:10 p.m. ET: In a statement released by<br />
his lawyer this afternoon, Aransas County<br />
Court-at-Law Judge William Adams questions his<br />
daughter's motives, saying she posted the video<br />
after he told her he would no longer support her<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>ncially and was taking away her Mercedes-Benz<br />
because the piano prodigy had dropped out of<br />
college and was working part time at a video game<br />
store, the Corpus Christi Caller says.<br />
Adams, who handles family law cases, also said it<br />
was "regrettable" that she had used her cerebal<br />
palsy "as a device for media sympathy," saying she<br />
"is articulate, possesses a superior IQ, and is<br />
capable of functioning as a productive adult in<br />
today's complex society."<br />
Some excerpts from the three-page letter (pdf):<br />
Perhaps Hillary Adams should explain, if she felt<br />
she was raised by a tyrannical father, a claim<br />
shared with no one until five years after adulthood,<br />
why she insisted on living with her father and not<br />
her mother from the time of her parent's divorce,<br />
until she moved out on her own. Hillary Adams has<br />
been living on her own for some time, and has been<br />
an adult for almost six years, so why post the video<br />
in late 2011?<br />
William Adams is of the opinion that Hillary Adams<br />
is an extremely bright, highly functio<strong>na</strong>l, adult. The<br />
media has described her as a piano prodigy, who<br />
has competed at Carnegie Hall on multiple<br />
occasions. As one of Hillary's long term teachers<br />
noted in the press, Hillary, so close to<br />
accomplishment, has of recent "inexplicably<br />
dropped out, just two classes shy of completing her<br />
[college] studies."<br />
The video in question was recorded well before<br />
Hillary graduated high school. If the public must<br />
know, just prior to the You Tube upload, a<br />
concerned father shared with his 23 year old<br />
daughter that he was unwilling to continue to work<br />
hard and be her primary source of fi<strong>na</strong>ncial support,<br />
if she was going to simply "drop out", and strive to<br />
achieve no more in life than to work part time at a<br />
video game store. Hillary warned her father if he<br />
reduced her fi<strong>na</strong>ncial support, and took away her<br />
Mercedes automobile, which her father had<br />
provided, he would live to regret it. The post was<br />
then uploaded. The public may wonder if this is the<br />
tyranny of which Hillary Adams speaks as her<br />
reason to dissemi<strong>na</strong>te the video seven years after it<br />
was recorded, and five years into adulthood? Is this<br />
the reason she "hoarded" the video for seven<br />
years?<br />
...<br />
Judge Adams regrets, if true, that his daughter<br />
believes he is in need of healing from the family<br />
divorce. Divorce is certainly traumatic, and takes a<br />
significant toll on all, especially children. Judge<br />
Adams is of the opinion that Hillary's gesture is little<br />
more than a much needed but hard to believe<br />
expla<strong>na</strong>tion of why she chose to post the video. If<br />
this entire event was a plea for help and healing,<br />
the methodology is certainly unorthodox. ...<br />
Earlier updates by Douglas Stanglin:<br />
Update at 8:50 a.m. ET: The ex-wife of a Texas<br />
judge who was captured on video beating his<br />
tee<strong>na</strong>ge daughter with a belt 7 years ago blames<br />
the regular attacks on an addiction and says he<br />
brainwashed her into compliance.<br />
Hallie Adams, in an interview with NBC's Today<br />
show calls County Court-at-Law Judge William<br />
Adams' addiction a "family secret," but does not<br />
elaborate. Their 22-year marriage ended in 2007.<br />
WATCH: Tape of beating. Warning: Graphic<br />
She is shown in the 8-minute-video also striking the<br />
girl with a belt. Adams tells Today that her<br />
ex-husband "completely brainwashed and<br />
controlled" her.<br />
Update at 8:38 a.m. ET: "I'm experiencing some<br />
regret because I just pulled the covers off my own<br />
father's misbehavior after so many people thought<br />
he was such a good person. ... But so many people<br />
are also telling me I did the right thing," she tells<br />
The Associated Press outside her mother's home in<br />
the Gulf Coast town of Portland, near Corpus<br />
Christi. "He's supposed to be a judge who<br />
exercises fit judgment," she tells the AP.<br />
Earlier posting: The young woman who released a<br />
video showing her father, a Texas judge, beating<br />
her with a belt seven years ago says she decided to<br />
make it public not out of vengeance, but as a way<br />
to move on, KRIS-TV reports.<br />
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"Waiting this long to publish it has e<strong>na</strong>bled me to<br />
look at it with hindsight and not be so caught up in<br />
the passion of the moment," Hillary Adams tells<br />
reporter Keaton Fox of the Corpus Christi TV<br />
station. "I think we do, my mother and I, we do need<br />
to try to move on past the anger and just<br />
concentrate on getting counseling and help."<br />
She says she feels like a lot of people in her<br />
community "were tricked" by her father, Judge<br />
William Adams in Aransas County.<br />
"They saw him treating his wife and daughter, oh,<br />
look what I gave them, look at these amazing cars<br />
and watches and pianos, everything like that and<br />
just this other side of him, was hidden for so long,<br />
because he was so good at controlling the situation<br />
and covering anything up," she tells KRIS.<br />
CAPTION<br />
By Chris Sherman, AP<br />
Origi<strong>na</strong>l posting by Michael Winter:<br />
Texas authorities are investigating a family-law<br />
judge after his daughter posted a video that shows<br />
him beating her legs with a belt when she was 16<br />
years old, according to news reports.<br />
"She's mad because I've ordered her to bring the<br />
car back, in a nutshell, but, yeah, that's me, I lost<br />
my temper," Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge<br />
William Adams told KRIS-TV. "Her mother was<br />
there, she wasn't hurt ... it was a long time ago. ... I<br />
really don't want to get into this right now, because<br />
as you can see my life's been made very difficult<br />
over this child.<br />
"In my mind I have not done anything wrong other<br />
than discipline my child when she was caught<br />
stealing. I did lose my temper, I've apologized. ... It<br />
looks worse than it is."<br />
The judge added that he informed the Judicial<br />
Review board after seeing the 2004 video, which<br />
was posted to YouTube last week by his daughter,<br />
Hillary, now 23.<br />
The county district attorney and Rockport, Texas,<br />
police department are investigating.<br />
KRIS has reaction from Hillary Adams and her<br />
mother, who is divorced from her father. Hillary said<br />
that she "had held onto the video for so long for the<br />
right time" and that it wasn't for revenge. She hopes<br />
her father seeks counseling.<br />
Later this afternoon, she told the Associated Press<br />
she set up the camera because she knew her<br />
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father would punish her for illegally downloading<br />
music. She admitted she felt some regret for<br />
posting the seven-minute clip, which has gone viral<br />
since Reddit linked to it Tuesday.<br />
Slate magazine poses this question: "Does Texas<br />
Judge William Adams Deserve Internet Vigilantism<br />
for Allegedly Beating His Daughter?"<br />
Origi<strong>na</strong>l posting by Michael Winter:<br />
Texas authorities are investigating a family-law<br />
judge after his daughter posted a video that shows<br />
him beating her legs with a belt when she was 16<br />
years old, according to news reports.<br />
"She's mad because I've ordered her to bring the<br />
car back, in a nutshell, but, yeah, that's me, I lost<br />
my temper," Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge<br />
William Adams told KRIS-TV. "Her mother was<br />
there, she wasn't hurt ... it was a long time ago. ... I<br />
really don't want to get into this right now, because<br />
as you can see my life's been made very difficult<br />
over this child.<br />
"In my mind I have not done anything wrong other<br />
than discipline my child when she was caught<br />
stealing. I did lose my temper, I've apologized. ... It<br />
looks worse than it is."<br />
The judge added that he informed the Judicial<br />
Review board after seeing the 2004 video, which<br />
was posted to YouTube last week by his daughter,<br />
Hillary, now 23.<br />
The county district attorney and Rockport, Texas,<br />
police department are investigating.<br />
KRIS has reaction from Hillary Adams and her<br />
mother, who is divorced from her father. Hillary said<br />
that she "had held onto the video for so long for the<br />
right time" and that it wasn't for revenge. She hopes<br />
her father seeks counseling.<br />
Later this afternoon, she told the Associated Press<br />
she set up the camera because she knew her<br />
father would punish her for illegally downloading<br />
music. She admitted she felt some regret for<br />
posting the seven-minute clip, which has gone viral<br />
since Reddit linked to it Tuesday.<br />
Slate magazine poses this question: "Does Texas<br />
Judge William Adams Deserve Internet Vigilantism<br />
for Allegedly Beating His Daughter?"<br />
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Group to decide whether Cain accuser can make<br />
statement<br />
A day after the Herman Cain controversy reached a<br />
fever pitch, the decibel level seemed to come down<br />
a notch over sexual harassment allegations made<br />
in the 1990s against the GOP presidential<br />
candidate.<br />
Developments on Thursday:<br />
1) The Natio<strong>na</strong>l Restaurant Association says it will<br />
decide tomorrow whether one of Herman Cain's<br />
accusers will be released from her confidentiality<br />
agreement.<br />
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain says he<br />
is the victim of a smear campaign.<br />
CAPTION<br />
By Carolyn Kaster, AP<br />
Joel Bennett, the woman's attorney, has been<br />
working with his client on a statement about<br />
accusations she made against Cain when he led<br />
the trade group.<br />
"Our outside counsel was contacted by Mr. Bennett<br />
today and was asked to provide a response to a<br />
proposed statement by tomorrow afternoon. We are<br />
currently reviewing the document, and we plan to<br />
respond tomorrow," Sue Hensley, senior vice<br />
president for public affairs, said in a statement.<br />
2) Texas Gov. Rick Perry said his campaign was<br />
not involved with leaking details of the harassment<br />
accusations to Politico. In an interview with CNN,<br />
Perry was adamant that he would fire someone on<br />
his staff for such behavior. "If you're passing rumors<br />
that are that heinous and that bad, you don't need<br />
to be working for me," Perry said. He stressed: "Our<br />
campaign didn't have anything to do with it."<br />
Cain's chief of staff, Mark Block, told Fox News<br />
earlier Thursday that he accepted the expla<strong>na</strong>tion<br />
of Curt Anderson, a Perry political consultant, that<br />
he had nothing to do with the Politico story.<br />
Anderson worked on Cain's unsuccessful 2004<br />
Se<strong>na</strong>te race in Georgia.<br />
"I didn't know anything about this, I didn't leak it,"<br />
Anderson said Thursday on CNN, adding that he<br />
believes Cain and his campaign are "grasping at<br />
straws" and have developed a "diversio<strong>na</strong>ry<br />
strategy."<br />
3) Cain told The Daily Caller that the news media<br />
have rushed to judgment. "That is the D.C. culture.<br />
Guilty until proven innocent," he told Ginni Thomas,<br />
wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas,<br />
who is a special correspondent to the website.<br />
On Sean Hannity's radio show, Cain decried "gutter<br />
politics." He said the controversy is "an intentio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
way to slow me down ... and put a cloud of doubt<br />
over me and my campaign,"<br />
4) Some of Cain's GOP presidential rivals are<br />
starting to speak out about the scandal.<br />
Rick Santorum told Radio Iowa that Cain's policy<br />
positions on issues such as abortion are more<br />
troublesome than the sexual harassment<br />
allegations.<br />
"If you look at his policy positions, they're all over<br />
the map, and I'm hopeful that as this situation<br />
comes to a resolution one way or another that<br />
people go back and look at his policies," the former<br />
Pennsylvania se<strong>na</strong>tor said in the interview.<br />
Newt Gingrich told CNN on Wednesday night that<br />
he finds the idea of a possible smear campaign<br />
"repulsive."<br />
"I'd want to see the evidence, but I would say if it<br />
turns out that a Republican presidential candidate<br />
deliberately went out and created this kind of a<br />
story about a fellow candidate, that they would<br />
pretty rapidly become a pariah to the rest of us and<br />
they'd fire who did it," said Gingrich, a former<br />
House speaker.<br />
5) Cain tried to go back to business as usual on the<br />
campaign trail. His campaign announced formation<br />
of an Iowa fund, with the goal of raising $999,000<br />
by Nov. 9 to help him bolster his ground game in<br />
the lead-off state.<br />
The Iowa caucuses are on Jan. 3.<br />
"As of today we are back on message and we're<br />
going to stay on message," he said on the Hannity<br />
radio show.<br />
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Unbeaten New York team loses appeal in state court<br />
An undefeated central New York high school<br />
football team will not play in Saturday's<br />
championship game after a state appeals judge<br />
refused to lift a suspension for recruiting violations.<br />
Skaneateles Central School officials took the case<br />
to the Appellate Division of New York State<br />
Supreme Court, arguing the suspension was too<br />
severe and the team should be allowed to play for<br />
the Section III Class C title.<br />
Section III's Athletic Council voted to suspend the<br />
team for the rest of the season after a district<br />
investigation found an un<strong>na</strong>med coach improperly<br />
tried to recruit players from other schools last year.<br />
There also were allegations that three players who<br />
did switch to Skaneateles this season did not live in<br />
the district.<br />
Judge John V. Centra left the suspension in place<br />
Thursday.<br />
"The judge denied our appeal, so at this point our<br />
season has ended," Skaneateles Superintendent<br />
Philip D'Angelo said outside court. "We had a<br />
fabulous season, 9-0. Our student-athletes did a<br />
tremendous job. We're very, very proud of them.<br />
They're ending their season as winners. We<br />
appreciate that. This has nothing to do with them."<br />
After the team's practice Thursday, the players<br />
stood in a huddle near the goal posts at the<br />
northern end zone, yellow pants topped by white<br />
practice jerseys. At the end of the brief gathering,<br />
they raised their yellow helmets over their heads<br />
and walked off the field to the locker room. A few of<br />
the players exchanged hugs.<br />
Head coach Tim Green, a former Syracuse<br />
All-American and eight-year NFL veteran, resigned<br />
Tuesday night in the wake of the suspension. He<br />
has denied wrongdoing. Green, who coached the<br />
team for two seasons, was not immediately<br />
available for comment.<br />
The district argued the players were being punished<br />
for mistakes made by adults.<br />
"It was the right decision. It was a law decision and<br />
sometimes that's difficult," said John McGowan,<br />
attorney for Section III. "There's no joy in this.<br />
Nobody wants to take kids off the field. These are<br />
young athletes who have done their very best.<br />
"It's what the rules are. It's a matter of upholding the<br />
integrity of the system. It has to be done, and it's<br />
done."<br />
The section officials voted u<strong>na</strong>nimously last Friday<br />
to suspend the team, but Supreme Court Justice<br />
Brian DeJoseph later issued a temporary<br />
restraining order delaying the suspension.<br />
That allowed Skaneateles to play in the state<br />
semifi<strong>na</strong>ls, and the Lakers beat Notre Dame (Utica,<br />
N.Y.) 46-27. DeJoseph lifted the restraining order<br />
Tuesday, saying any further delay and allowing the<br />
Lakers to finish their season would nullify the<br />
pe<strong>na</strong>lty.<br />
That cleared the way for Section III officials to offer<br />
Notre Dame a berth against Herkimer for the<br />
sectio<strong>na</strong>l title.<br />
Section III executive director John Rathbun said he<br />
called Notre Dame athletics director Gene<br />
Leuthauser as soon as Thursday's decision was<br />
rendered, Leuthauser relayed the news, and the<br />
players erupted in glee. All three teams had been<br />
practicing while they awaited the decision.<br />
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Suprema Corte de Justicia en sesión extraordi<strong>na</strong>ria por<br />
caso Damasco<br />
MONTEVIDEO, 3 Nov (UYPRESS/Actualización) –<br />
En sesión extraordi<strong>na</strong>ria se reunieron este jueves<br />
los ministros de la Suprema Corte de Justicia y<br />
ratificaron la decisión de auditar el juzgado pe<strong>na</strong>l<br />
de 14º turno.<br />
Según informa el diario El País, la Suprema Corte<br />
de Justicia (SCJ) está evaluando este jueves las<br />
consecuencias del procesamiento de la ex jueza<br />
A<strong>na</strong>bella Damasco, procesada con prisión el<br />
miércoles por el juez Jorge Díaz, que la encontró<br />
culpable de “siete delitos de peculado en<br />
reiteración real” cometidos entre 2004 y 2007.<br />
Se anunció que en la reunión de hoy la Corte<br />
dispondrá u<strong>na</strong> auditoría contable en el juzgado en<br />
el que Damasco se desempeñaba como jueza,<br />
para tener el control exacto de los dineros<br />
manejados, los depósitos realizados y el destino de<br />
esos dineros.<br />
La magistrada ahora procesada admitió ante el<br />
juez Jorge Díaz haberse apropiado del dinero<br />
—unos U$S 55.000 en total, según cifras del citado<br />
matutino— pero no quiso revelar las razones de su<br />
accio<strong>na</strong>r ni declarar qué uso le había dado al<br />
dinero.<br />
La Asociación de Magistrados, por su parte,<br />
también reunirá a su comisión directiva este jueves<br />
para a<strong>na</strong>lizar los hechos. A<strong>na</strong>bella Damasco<br />
presidió esa Asociación hasta el martes, día en que<br />
presentó su renunica mediante un corre<br />
electrónico, al tomar conocimiento de que se<br />
habían iniciado las investigaciones.<br />
Fuentes vinculadas al ámbito del Derecho<br />
entrevistadas en diversos medios de prensa han<br />
coincidido en señalar que el Poder Judicial actuó<br />
con celeridad, rigor y transparencia, mostrando su<br />
capacidad de autosanearse y probando que la<br />
honorabilidad del cuerpo está por encima de los<br />
vínculos perso<strong>na</strong>les o profesio<strong>na</strong>les.<br />
El abogado Federico álvarez Petraglia, en tanto,<br />
que fue quien ocupó el cargo de juez de la sede de<br />
14° Turno luego de que Damasco fuera ascendida<br />
a ministra de un Tribu<strong>na</strong>l de Apelaciones en lo<br />
pe<strong>na</strong>l, afirmó que mientras estuvo al frente de ese<br />
juzgado "nunca existieron elementos que hicieran<br />
pensar en que haya existido algún tipo de<br />
irregularidad en ese sentido".<br />
álvarez Petraglia fue el juez que, continuando con<br />
las investigaciones derivadas de la Operación<br />
Campanita llevada adelante por Damasco, procesó<br />
por lavado de activos al abogado pe<strong>na</strong>lista Carlos<br />
Curbelo Tammaro.<br />
A última hora de este jueves se confirmó que la<br />
SCJ ratificó la decisión de auditar el jusgado pe<strong>na</strong>l<br />
de 14º turno en el que Damasco se desempeño<br />
como jueza. Además, la Corte suspendió a<br />
Damasco como ministra del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
Apelaciones.<br />
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Court rules WikiLeaks' Assange should be extradited<br />
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian<br />
Assange, whose activities have angered the U.S.<br />
government, should be sent to Sweden from Britain<br />
to face questioning over alleged sex crimes, the<br />
High Court ruled Wednesday, rejecting his appeal<br />
against extradition.<br />
Swedish authorities want to question the<br />
40-year-old over accusations of rape and sexual<br />
assault made by two female former WikiLeaks<br />
volunteers.<br />
Assange now has two weeks to consider whether to<br />
make a fi<strong>na</strong>l appeal to the Supreme Court.<br />
However, any recourse to Britain's highest judicial<br />
body can only be made on a point of law<br />
considered by judges to be of general public<br />
interest, so permission to appeal must be obtained<br />
first from the High Court.<br />
"We will be considering our next steps in the days<br />
ahead," Assange said in an uncharacteristically<br />
short statement afterwards.<br />
Wearing a smart <strong>na</strong>vy blue suit and sporting a<br />
Remembrance Day poppy in his lapel, the<br />
Australian computer expert listened intently during<br />
the 10-minute hearing but showed no emotion as<br />
the result was read out.<br />
He was hugged and kissed by a female supporter<br />
after the hearing while banners fixed to the court<br />
railings outside proclaimed him to be a "casualty of<br />
war and truth."<br />
He was mobbed by supporters on his arrival and<br />
when he left court Wednesday, waving and smiling<br />
when an anti-capitalist protester from a camp<br />
outside St Paul's Cathedral shouted out he had<br />
their backing.<br />
Assange was arrested in Britain 11 months ago and<br />
has since been living under strict bail conditions at<br />
the country estate of a wealthy supporter.<br />
He denies any wrongdoing, saying the case is<br />
politically motivated, possibly at the direction of<br />
U.S. officials angry over WikiLeaks' release of<br />
secret State Department and Pentagon documents.<br />
Swedish prosecutors say their case has nothing to<br />
do with his whistle-blowing website.<br />
In 2010 WikiLeaks posted 391,832 secret<br />
documents on the Iraq war and 77,000 classified<br />
Pentagon documents on the Afghan conflict. It has<br />
also made available about 250,000 individual<br />
cables -- the daily traffic between the State<br />
Department and more than 270 American<br />
diplomatic outposts around the world.<br />
Assange's lawyers have argued the Swedish<br />
demand is legally flawed and that the sex was<br />
consensual.<br />
A lawyer for the women in Sweden making the<br />
allegations criticised the High Court for having<br />
taken months to reach its verdict.<br />
"This decision was exactly what I expected, but I<br />
am very critical about the fact that it has taken the<br />
High Court such a long time, from July," said Claes<br />
Borgstrom.<br />
Last month, Assange, an Australian citizen, said<br />
WikiLeaks would stop publishing secret cables and<br />
devote itself instead to fund-raising because of a<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>ncial block on payments to the site by U.S. firms<br />
such as Visa and MasterCard.<br />
He said if the block was not ended by the turn of<br />
the year, WikiLeaks would not be able to continue.<br />
(Editing by Janet Lawrence)<br />
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CBS wins Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction ruling<br />
(Reuters) - An appeals court on Wednesday threw<br />
out a federal agency's decision to fine CBS Corp<br />
television stations $550,000 for airing singer Janet<br />
Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004<br />
Super Bowl broadcast.<br />
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in<br />
Philadelphia said that in imposing the fine, the<br />
Federal Communications Commission "arbitrarily<br />
and capriciously" departed from prior policy that<br />
exempted "fleeting" indecency from sanctions.<br />
Jackson's right breast was briefly exposed to<br />
almost 90 million TV viewers after the singer Justin<br />
Timberlake accidentally ripped off part of her<br />
bustier during a halftime show performance.<br />
The 3rd Circuit ruled in favor of CBS in 2008. The<br />
Supreme Court vacated that ruling the following<br />
year and sent the case back for reconsideration.<br />
(Reporting by Jo<strong>na</strong>than Stempel in New York;<br />
editing by Andre Grenon)<br />
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Supreme Court blocks Khadr extradition to U.S.<br />
By Randall Palmer | Reuters – Thu, Nov 3, 2011<br />
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of<br />
Ca<strong>na</strong>da blocked on Thursday the extradition to the<br />
United States of Abdullah Khadr, a Ca<strong>na</strong>dian<br />
wanted by Washington on terrorist charges. Khadr,<br />
30, who told CBC television before being detained<br />
in Islamabad in 2004 that every Muslim dreams of<br />
being a martyr for Islam, was accused by<br />
Washington of supplying missiles to al Qaeda in<br />
Pakistan and conspiring to murder Americans<br />
abroad. His brother Omar is in prison at<br />
Guanta<strong>na</strong>mo. The Supreme Court refused on<br />
Thursday to hear an appeal - launched on behalf of<br />
the United States - of lower court decisions that had<br />
stopped proceedings for his extradition. That brings<br />
the United States to the end of the legal road in<br />
Ca<strong>na</strong>da. The high court did not give a reason for its<br />
decision.<br />
But the Ontario court that first quashed his<br />
extradition had ruled that Khadr's human rights,<br />
including access to Ca<strong>na</strong>dian diplomatic counsel,<br />
had been unjustifiably violated after his arrest by<br />
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate.<br />
The United States paid $500,000 to the Pakistanis<br />
to abduct him in Pakistan in October 2004. For 14<br />
months he was held secretly in that country, where<br />
he alleges he was tortured. Khadr's lawyer, Dennis<br />
Edney, said the United States presented no other<br />
evidence than that which had been obtained<br />
through Pakistani mistreatment of him. "This is a<br />
triumph for justice. Courts have shone by indicating<br />
that the rule of law and fundamental human rights<br />
are not trumped by security concerns," Edney said<br />
in a phone interview. According to documents<br />
before the Supreme Court, after the Pakistanis<br />
had exhausted Khadr as a source of anti-terrorism<br />
intelligence, they were ready to free him. But<br />
Washington insisted they hold him for another six<br />
months, while it held an investigation and started<br />
the extradition process. He was allowed to return in<br />
December 2005 to Ca<strong>na</strong>da, where he was soon<br />
arrested at the request of the United States.<br />
The Ca<strong>na</strong>dian government was the actual party that<br />
appealed the lower court decisions to the top court,<br />
acting on behalf of the United States. Khadr was<br />
freed in August 2010 after the initial court ruling that<br />
he should not be extradited. The Khadr family had<br />
close ties to Osama bin Laden, living at his<br />
compound in Afghanistan before the September 11,<br />
2001, attacks on the United States. Abdullah's<br />
father, Ahmed, was arrested in Pakistan in 1995 in<br />
connection with a bomb at the Egyptian embassy in<br />
Islamabad, then freed at Ca<strong>na</strong>da's request. He was<br />
killed in a gun battle in Pakistan in 2003. Abdullah's<br />
brother, Omar, pleaded guilty in October 2010 to a<br />
series of charges, including an admission under a<br />
plea deal that he was an al Qaeda conspirator who<br />
murdered a U.S. soldier. Under a deal agreed at his<br />
sentencing, he is eligible to be sent home to<br />
Ca<strong>na</strong>da at some point to serve his sentence.<br />
(Reporting by Randall Palmer; editing by Peter<br />
Galloway)<br />
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Co<strong>na</strong>tel anunció medidas cautelares contra las<br />
radioemisoras Machiques Stereo, Romance y K’lor<br />
La medida tiene sus bases en el Art. 182 de la Ley<br />
Orgánica de Telecomunicaciones, que establece la<br />
suspensión de las actividades clandesti<strong>na</strong>s e<br />
incautación de los equipos<br />
La Comisión Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de Telecomunicaciones,<br />
Co<strong>na</strong>tel, con miras a establecer el control de la<br />
prestación ilegal de servicio de telecomunicaciones<br />
tomó medidas cautelares de carácter<br />
provisio<strong>na</strong>lísimo para los operadores de<br />
radiodifusión: Machiques Stereo 106.7 FM,<br />
Romance 104.3 FM y K’lor 92.1 FM, que operaban<br />
en la población de Machiques de Perijá, estado<br />
Zulia.<br />
Co<strong>na</strong><strong>na</strong>tel informó mediante nota de prensa que a<br />
prestación ilegal de servicio ocasio<strong>na</strong> el colapso del<br />
espectro radioeléctrico y perjudica a los<br />
radioescuchas y prestadores de servicio que<br />
cumplen con los requerimientos de la Constitución<br />
y el Marco Legal de las Instituciones.<br />
De acuerdo al gerente general de Operaciones,<br />
Enrique Quinta<strong>na</strong>, esta medida tiene sus bases en<br />
el Art. 182 de la Ley Orgánica de<br />
Telecomunicaciones, que establece la suspensión<br />
de las actividades clandesti<strong>na</strong>s e incautación de los<br />
equipos y materiales empleados en la realización<br />
de esta actividad ilegal.<br />
Añadió que a estos prestadores de servicio se les<br />
resguardará el derecho a la defensa y al debido<br />
proceso que ampara a todos los administrados, los<br />
prestadores de servicio cuentan con quince (15)<br />
días hábiles para exponer sus alegatos y defensas,<br />
y cinco (5) días hábiles para oponerse a las<br />
medidas acordadas, todo ello de conformidad con<br />
las previsiones de la Ley Orgánica de<br />
Telecomunicaciones.<br />
Fuente/Co<strong>na</strong>tel<br />
Texto/CO<br />
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Macri admitió que el subte podría aumentar a 3,40<br />
pesos si se quitan los subsidios<br />
03.11.2011 | El jefe de gobierno porteño afirmó con<br />
respecto al traspaso de los subtes de la Nación a la<br />
Ciudad: "Algunos especulan que sería sin<br />
recursos", lo cual para él "sería demasiado burdo".<br />
El jefe de Gobierno porteño, Mauricio Macri,<br />
admitió que el boleto de subte podría aumentar de<br />
1,10 a "3,30 ó 3,40" pesos si se elimi<strong>na</strong>n los<br />
subsidios del ejecutivo <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
Macri aseguró esta maña<strong>na</strong> estar predispuesto<br />
para "poner el hombro y trabajar" junto al gobierno<br />
de Cristi<strong>na</strong> Fernández en la transferencia de la<br />
administración del sistema de subterráneos a la<br />
órbita capitali<strong>na</strong>, aunque advirtió que el traspaso<br />
debería realizarse con sus recursos porque "hoy la<br />
plata no la tenemos".<br />
"Maña<strong>na</strong> a las 12 voy perso<strong>na</strong>lmente a reunirme<br />
con (el ministro de Planificación Julio) De Vido y su<br />
equipo y, en base a la información que recibamos,<br />
veremos las decisiones conjuntas que vamos a<br />
tomar", sostuvo el mandatario comu<strong>na</strong>l por radio.<br />
Según el jefe de Gobierno, "algunos especulan que<br />
(el traspaso) sería sin recursos. Nosotros no<br />
queremos especular con <strong>na</strong>da. De Vido dijo<br />
claramente que esto es sin chica<strong>na</strong>s. Si uno tiene<br />
un plan de inversión que lleva adelante y un<br />
sistema tarifario, tiene que sentarse a ver cómo<br />
evacúa las dos cosas con equilibrio".<br />
"Las redes de subte necesitan ser modernizadas y<br />
ampliadas. Hay que sentarse en u<strong>na</strong> mesa a<br />
dialogar para ver cómo nos ayudamos en la gestión<br />
del subte. Es parte de la tarea que debe tener cada<br />
vez más el gobierno de la ciudad autónoma",<br />
prosiguió.<br />
En ese sentido, dijo: "No me quiero adelantar.<br />
Nosotros estamos para poner el hombro y trabajar:<br />
el transporte, la seguridad, la salud pública, la<br />
educación pública son los temas centrales".<br />
Sin embargo, consultado respecto de si el boleto<br />
del subte podría aumentar a cinco pesos si se<br />
elimi<strong>na</strong> el aporte estatal, Macri respondió: "No nos<br />
da un valor tan alto. El valor de equilibrio del<br />
subsidio da 3,30, 3,40. Ese es el valor de equilibrio<br />
que, en apariencia, nos da a nosotros".<br />
Además, cuando se le preguntó si su<br />
administración cuenta con "plata" para hacerse<br />
cargo del servicio de subtes, Macri contestó: "Hoy<br />
no la tenemos".<br />
En tanto, el jefe de Gabinete de Macri, Horacio<br />
Rodríguez Larreta, consideró hoy que la<br />
transferencia "es u<strong>na</strong> medida en la bue<strong>na</strong><br />
dirección" y evaluó que "sería demasiado burdo,<br />
demasiado exagerado" que se concretara sin<br />
recursos.<br />
El funcio<strong>na</strong>rio capitalino manifestó a radio La Red<br />
que "ayer De Vido dijo que las transferencias van<br />
con los recursos correspondientes. No sólo lo dijo<br />
De Vido sino que lo dice la Constitución, que es<br />
muy clara".<br />
Autoridades <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>les y del gobierno autónomo<br />
de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires se reunirán maña<strong>na</strong><br />
para comenzar a discutir la transferencia de la<br />
administración del sistema de subterráneos y el<br />
premetro a la órbita porteña.<br />
La decisión de la Casa Rosada se adoptó en el<br />
contexto de la política de reducción de subsidios<br />
del Estado <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l a diversos servicios públicos<br />
anunciados por los ministros de Economía, Amado<br />
Boudou, y de Planificación Federal, De Vido.<br />
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Venta de dólares: Se rechazó el primer recurso de<br />
amparo<br />
Economía / El juez Luis Armella no hizo lugar a u<strong>na</strong><br />
medida cautelar presentada por un particular que<br />
pretendía que se declarase la inconstitucio<strong>na</strong>lidad<br />
del nuevo sistema de control para la venta de<br />
divisas.<br />
El titular del Juzgado Federal de Quilmes, Luis<br />
Armella, resolvió “denegar la medida cautelar<br />
solicitada” ante u<strong>na</strong> presentación realizada por u<strong>na</strong><br />
jubilada a la que se le denegó la venta de dólares<br />
en u<strong>na</strong> entidad bancaria del Banco Piano.<br />
La medida fue solicitada por Justa Ruperez, veci<strong>na</strong><br />
del barrio quilmeño de Ber<strong>na</strong>l, quien el lunes<br />
intentó adquirir 1.700 dólares estadounidenses.<br />
Según explica la resolución, la jubilada señaló que<br />
su intención era ahorrarlos para sus nietos y ante lo<br />
cual la entidad le informó que por la nueva<br />
normativa de control de venta de moneda<br />
extranjera, no se le podía vender dicha divisa.<br />
Ante esta situación, la jubilada decidió presentar<br />
u<strong>na</strong> medida cautelar, convirtiéndose así en la<br />
primera perso<strong>na</strong> en presentar un recurso de<br />
amparo en la justicia contra la entidad fi<strong>na</strong>nciera y<br />
contra la AFIP, organismo que dirige Ricardo<br />
Echegaray.<br />
El reclamo (causa número 2370) que fue<br />
presentado ayer argumentaba que las resoluciones<br />
3210/11 de la AFIP y la comunicación 5239 del<br />
Banco Central que establecen el régimen de<br />
consulta y validación oficial ante cada compra de<br />
divisas afectan derechos y garantías previstas en la<br />
Constitución, como el derecho a la propiedad<br />
privada y que por lo tanto solicitaba que se declare<br />
su inconstitucio<strong>na</strong>lidad.<br />
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Juez ciudadano procesado por renunciar a caso<br />
Porvenir<br />
El juez ciudadano Rodolfo Álvarez, quien cumplía<br />
esa función dentro del juicio por la "masacre de<br />
Porvenir", cuyo principal acusado es el ex prefecto<br />
de Pando Leopoldo Fernández, será procesado por<br />
renunciar a cumplir esa labor, argumentando<br />
razones económicas, informaron fuentes judiciales.<br />
Freddy Panique, miembro del comité impulsor del<br />
juicio contra Fernández, indicó que Álvarez envió<br />
su carta en la que manifestó su deseo de no<br />
continuar con esa labor, después de haberse<br />
ausentado en dos audiencias anteriores.<br />
"Se ha dado lectura a u<strong>na</strong> carta, (...) ha<br />
manifestado que el fundamento esencial de su<br />
i<strong>na</strong>sistencia, se debe a razones de índole<br />
económica. El Tribu<strong>na</strong>l ha dispuesto la separación,<br />
y ha orde<strong>na</strong>do también que se lo procese<br />
judicialmente por incumplimiento de deberes con el<br />
Poder Judicial", manifestó a los medios. /ABI<br />
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TSE dio a conocer a los titulares del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Supremo de Justicia<br />
La vocal del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Supremo Electoral (TSE),<br />
Di<strong>na</strong> Chuquimia, informó ayer que ya se concluyó<br />
el escrutinio de votos departamentales sobre las<br />
elecciones judiciales del pasado 16 de octubre y se<br />
conocen los nombres de los titulares del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Supremo Electoral (TSJ).<br />
“Teniendo ya los datos enviados por los tribu<strong>na</strong>les<br />
departamentales, se darán los datos fi<strong>na</strong>les a nivel<br />
<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l para conocer los nombres de los elegidos<br />
suplentes y titulares del TSJ”, anotó.<br />
Agregó que, de acuerdo al escrutinio de votos<br />
realizados a nivel departamental, los magistrados<br />
titulares y suplentes elegidos para el TSJ a nivel<br />
departamental, son Maritza Suntura (Titular) y<br />
William Alave (Suplente) en La Paz; Jorge Von<br />
Borries (Titular) y María Ríos (Suplente); Fidel<br />
Tordoya (Titular) y María Lourdes Bustamante<br />
(Suplente) en Cochabamba; Rita Nava (Titular) y<br />
Javier Serrano (Suplente) en Chuquisaca; Rómulo<br />
Calle (Titular) y A<strong>na</strong> Quispe (Suplente) en Oruro;<br />
Pastor Mamani (Titular) y Elisa Sánchez (Suplente)<br />
en Potosí; Antonio Campero (Titular) y Carmen<br />
Núñez (Suplente) en Tarija; Gonzalo Hurtado<br />
(Titular) y Silva<strong>na</strong> Rojas (Suplente) en Beni; y<br />
Norka Mercado (Titular) y Delfín Betancour<br />
(Suplente) del departamento de Pando.<br />
Chuquimia recordó que luego de las elecciones y<br />
para demostrar la transparencia del proceso<br />
electoral, el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Supremo Electoral ha<br />
mantenido las “puertas abiertas” para que la<br />
ciudadanía en su conjunto pueda verificar el<br />
cómputo de las actas electorales. “Sabemos que<br />
más de medio millón de perso<strong>na</strong>s han ingresado a<br />
la pági<strong>na</strong> web del TSE (www.oep.org.bo) para<br />
realizar consultas y verificar el trabajo realizado<br />
sobre el escrutinio de los votos”, dijo.<br />
Agregó que igualmente pueden acudir a las<br />
ofici<strong>na</strong>s del TSE para indagar sobre la votación.<br />
Chuquimia enfatizó que para este siete de<br />
noviembre ya se tendrán los datos oficiales fi<strong>na</strong>les<br />
del escrutinio de votos a nivel <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
De un total de 5,2 millones de bolivianos<br />
habilitados para votar, por lo menos un 80 por<br />
ciento sufragó el pasado 16 de octubre.<br />
Esperan captura del presidente Ovando<br />
La abogada del Movimiento Sin Miedo (MSM),<br />
informó ayer que la físcal Verónica Arancibia podría<br />
pronunciarse el próximo miércoles 9 de noviembre<br />
sobre la solicitud de aprehensión del presidente del<br />
Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Supremo Electoral (TSE), Wilfredo<br />
Ovando, presentada por este partido político el<br />
pasado 28 de octubre debido a que la autoridad<br />
electoral no asistió a declarar en dos ocasiones<br />
para aclarar sobre tres procesos que se habrían<br />
cometido antes y después de las elecciones<br />
judiciales.<br />
“La fiscal nos dijo que el miércoles se pronunciará<br />
sobre nuestra solicitud, seguramente la están<br />
evaluando para determi<strong>na</strong>r la decisión que se debe<br />
asumir. Los ciudadanos autoridades o no debemos<br />
someternos a la acción de la justicia y si fuimos<br />
objeto de u<strong>na</strong> demanda pe<strong>na</strong>l con mayor razón<br />
debemos someternos a la autoridad que nos está<br />
convocando”, explicó Camacho.<br />
El MSM inició, el pasado 20 de julio de este año,<br />
u<strong>na</strong> serie de denuncias y demandas contra el<br />
presidente y los vocales del Órgano Electoral por<br />
los delitos de incumplimiento de deberes y<br />
resoluciones contrarias a la Constitución Política<br />
del Estado (CPE), retardación de justicia, falsedad<br />
ideológica y uso de instrumento falsificado,<br />
tipificados en los artículos 153, 154, 177, 199 y 203<br />
del Código de Procedimiento Pe<strong>na</strong>l y que tienen<br />
pe<strong>na</strong>s de cárcel de 2 a 10 años. /Erbol<br />
Ovando apoya auditoría electoral<br />
El presidente del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Supremo Electoral<br />
(TSE), Wilfredo Ovando, informó que u<strong>na</strong> vez<br />
concluya el recuento de votos a nivel <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l este<br />
siete de noviembre, la Sala Ple<strong>na</strong> se autorizará u<strong>na</strong><br />
auditoria al proceso electoral del 16 de octubre,<br />
para verificar la transparencia del proceso que fue<br />
cuestio<strong>na</strong>da por líderes de la oposición. “Nosotros<br />
somos los más interesados en que se realice la<br />
auditoría para ver el trabajo transparente del<br />
Órgano Electoral, primero tiene que concluirse con<br />
el computo <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l y la publicación de resultados<br />
luego hacer u<strong>na</strong> evaluación”, declaró Ovando en<br />
inmediaciones de la Asamblea Legislativa.<br />
El día de ayer la máxima autoridad electoral<br />
presentó su informe oral ante la Comisión de<br />
Constitución de la Cámara de Diputados sobre las<br />
elecciones judiciales, referido a la difusión de<br />
méritos de los candidatos, uso de recursos<br />
económicos, entre otros que deberían haberse<br />
conocido antes de los comicios del mes de octubre.<br />
El informe fue solicitado por parlamentarios de la<br />
oposición en el mes de julio y recién se llevó a<br />
cabo luego de tres meses, por dilación de<br />
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Jueces con mucho poder y poco control de la Corte<br />
Caso Damasco. La Suprema Corte de Justicia<br />
inspeccio<strong>na</strong> los juzgados pe<strong>na</strong>les solamente u<strong>na</strong><br />
vez al año o cada dos años No se hacen auditorías<br />
sobre los fondos incautados a delincuentes<br />
La Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCJ) casi no ejerce<br />
control administrativo sobre los jueces pe<strong>na</strong>les. Las<br />
cuentas donde se deposita el dinero incautado no<br />
son auditadas, y el único registro que se lleva es el<br />
saldo mensual que envía el BROU.<br />
El Código del Proceso Pe<strong>na</strong>l (CPP) vigente en<br />
Uruguay es inquisitivo, lo que implica que es el juez<br />
quien dirige la investigación, dispone<br />
procesamientos y conde<strong>na</strong> o absuelve al fi<strong>na</strong>lizar el<br />
proceso judicial.<br />
Los magistrados tienen u<strong>na</strong> absoluta<br />
independencia técnica de la SCJ. El único medio<br />
para controlar la actuación jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>l de los<br />
jueces es la apelación de sus decisiones y que,<br />
incluso, sus pronunciamientos pueden llegar a<br />
estudio de la SCJ, que tendrá la palabra en la<br />
tercera y última instancia del proceso.<br />
La independencia técnica de los magistrados está<br />
postulada en la ley de la Judicatura (15.750)<br />
vigente desde 1985, que en su artículo 1°<br />
establece: "El Poder Judicial y el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l de lo<br />
Contencioso Administrativo son independientes de<br />
toda otra autoridad en el ejercicio de sus<br />
funciones".<br />
A su vez, el artículo 4° de la norma, prevé para<br />
todos los jueces (no sólo los pe<strong>na</strong>les) la posibilidad<br />
de dar intervención a la Policía con el objetivo de<br />
que se cumplan sus fallos.<br />
"Para hacer ejecutar sus sentencias y para<br />
practicar los demás actos que decreten, pueden los<br />
tribu<strong>na</strong>les requerir de las demás autoridades el<br />
concurso de la fuerza pública que de ellas<br />
dependa, o los otros medios de acción<br />
conducentes de que dispongan", dice la ley.<br />
INSPECCIONES. A nivel administrativo, los jueces<br />
pe<strong>na</strong>les están sometidos a controles de la SCJ que<br />
no son muy exhaustivos y que se realizan en cada<br />
juzgado solamente u<strong>na</strong> vez al año o cada dos<br />
años.<br />
Los inspectores, que dependen de la División de<br />
Servicios Inspectivos de la SCJ, concurren a las<br />
sedes y controlan desde el cumplimiento de los<br />
plazos para el dictado de resoluciones y hasta la<br />
asistencia de los funcio<strong>na</strong>rios, explicó a El País el<br />
actuario de un juzgado pe<strong>na</strong>l de Montevideo.<br />
Además, todos los meses, los juzgados deben<br />
enviar a la SCJ u<strong>na</strong> nómi<strong>na</strong> con la lista de las<br />
sentencias dictadas y los expedientes que están en<br />
plazo para emitir resolución.<br />
En forma semestral, todos los juzgados deben<br />
informar a la Corporación sobre el trámite de los<br />
casos en calidad de presumario (en los cuales no<br />
hay resolución de procesamiento), ya que si bien<br />
no hay un plazo para la extensión del presumario,<br />
se busca que su duración sea lo menor posible.<br />
El vocero de la Corporación, Raúl Oxandabarat,<br />
dijo a El País que las características de los<br />
controles a los jueces pe<strong>na</strong>les son producto "de la<br />
<strong>na</strong>turaleza del propio sistema judicial, que necesita<br />
que los magistrados puedan obrar con absoluta<br />
independencia, y si hay otra perso<strong>na</strong> que controle o<br />
dé el visto bueno a las cosas que hace, el juez<br />
estaría sujeto a la autoridad de otro funcio<strong>na</strong>rio".<br />
Por eso, Oxandabarat explicó que es "muy<br />
delicado" determi<strong>na</strong>r los aspectos en los cuales se<br />
puede intervenir en la gestión de los juzgados.<br />
LAS CUENTAS. En relación a lo que prácticamente<br />
no hay controles, es en cuanto a las cuentas<br />
bancarias en las que se deposita el dinero<br />
incautado en las investigaciones judiciales.<br />
En cada caso donde se incauta dinero, ese monto<br />
es ingresado a u<strong>na</strong> cuenta a nombre del<br />
expediente en el Banco de la República Oriental<br />
del Uruguay (BROU).<br />
Esos fondos quedan a disposición del juez, que al<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>lizar el proceso, deberá decidir si los reintegra a<br />
su propietario o los decomisa y en tal caso serán<br />
derivados a Rentas Generales o a la Junta<br />
Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de Drogas, en casos de <strong>na</strong>rcotráfico.<br />
El actuario consultado, y que pidió reserva de su<br />
nombre, dijo que sobre las cuentas bancarias "no<br />
hay ningún control". Agregó que u<strong>na</strong> vez por mes el<br />
BROU envía a cada juzgado la información con el<br />
saldo de cada cuenta.<br />
"Control, lo que se dice control, no hay, pero eso no<br />
significa que haya descontrol", dijo el funcio<strong>na</strong>rio,<br />
que tiene amplia experiencia como actuario en la<br />
órbita pe<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
MUCHO PodER. Consultado sobre la gestión de<br />
cuentas bancarias con fondos incautados, el<br />
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exministro de la SCJ y catedrático pe<strong>na</strong>lista Milton<br />
Cairoli opinó que "sería bueno" que el tema fuera<br />
manejado por la Corporación de forma tal que el<br />
resguardo de los fondos no dependa únicamente<br />
del juez.<br />
Así, para Cairoli, el manejo del dinero debería<br />
quedar en manos de la División Contaduría de la<br />
SCJ o algu<strong>na</strong> otra ofici<strong>na</strong> especializada. El<br />
exministro agregó que sería bueno que el dinero se<br />
pueda mover "con la firma de varias perso<strong>na</strong>s".<br />
"Para la tranquilidad de todo el Poder Judicial y la<br />
propia Suprema Corte de Justicia sería bueno<br />
cambiar el manejo de dinero", expresó Cairoli,<br />
quien ejerció como magistrado durante más de 40<br />
años.<br />
Por su parte, Raúl Vázquez, secretario general de<br />
la Asociación de Funcio<strong>na</strong>rios Judiciales del<br />
Uruguay (AFJU), cuestionó que los magistrados<br />
tienen "demasiado poder".<br />
"Los jueces tienen que tener libertad e<br />
independencia técnica, pero el hecho de auditar las<br />
cuentas del dinero incautado no tiene <strong>na</strong>da que ver<br />
con la independencia técnica de los magistrados",<br />
señaló.<br />
"Sería bueno auditar todos los juzgados pe<strong>na</strong>les",<br />
dijo Vázquez. A criterio del dirigente gremial, la<br />
Corporación "tendría que buscar mecanismos que<br />
protejan a los justiciables".<br />
Imagen Poder Judicial<br />
Según el Índice Factum de Imagen, la confianza en<br />
las instituciones cayó en Uruguay entre junio de<br />
2010 y junio de 2011.<br />
El Poder Judicial ocupa el cuarto lugar entre las<br />
instituciones más confiables.<br />
El primer lugar en el Índice Factum de Imagen lo<br />
ocupan los bancos (56 puntos) como la institución<br />
más confiables, seguidos por el Parlamento (44), la<br />
Policía (42) y la Justicia (41). Más atrás aparece un<br />
grupo integrado por los empresarios (37), la Iglesia<br />
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Católica (36) y las Fuerzas Armadas (34). Y en el<br />
grupo de los de menos confianza, figuran los<br />
partidos políticos (27) y los sindicatos (24).<br />
Los que tienen más confianza en el Poder Judicial<br />
son los votantes del Frente Amplio y las perso<strong>na</strong>s<br />
de nivel socioeconómico alto o medio.<br />
Todas las instituciones relevadas han perdido<br />
confianza en la población, medidos en términos del<br />
Índice Factum de Imagen la pérdida promedio es<br />
de 9 puntos. El Parlamento y la Policía son las<br />
instituciones que han tenido u<strong>na</strong> pérdida mayor.<br />
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Nicolás Sartorius: "El 20-N Franco falleció en la cama<br />
pero su dictadura murió en la calle"<br />
La Constitución de 1978 implicó la ruptura con el<br />
franquismo, asegura el político y sindicalista<br />
La Constitución de 1978 implicó la ruptura<br />
democrática con el franquismo, cuyo titular falleció<br />
el 20-N en la cama, si bien su dictadura murió en la<br />
calle. Este razo<strong>na</strong>miento del expolítico, dirigente<br />
sindical y exparlamentario Nicolás Sartorius<br />
resume su intervención en el tercer ciclo de la<br />
Fundación Progreso y Cultura dedicado a la<br />
Transición democrática en España en u<strong>na</strong><br />
conferencia-coloquio sobre "El ocaso del<br />
franquismo" celebrado este jueves en Madrid. En el<br />
evento han participado también el profesor y<br />
exparlamentario Antonio Chazarra y el escritor<br />
Javier Alfaya, que intervino como introductor y<br />
moderador del ulterior debate.<br />
Alfaya abrió el tema negando la especie, que<br />
considera muy extendida, según la cual la agonía<br />
del franquismo anunciaba u<strong>na</strong> liberalización política<br />
interior del régimen. Por el contrario, el escritor<br />
gallego aseguró que "los últimos años de la<br />
dictadura fueron momentos de verdadero terror,<br />
con las cárceles lle<strong>na</strong>s de prisioneros políticos,<br />
procesos judiciales abiertos contra dirigentes de los<br />
sindicatos obreros clandestinos y u<strong>na</strong> lucha<br />
incesante y muy arriesgada de los movimientos<br />
obrero y estudiantil, pese a lo cual no consiguieron<br />
derrocar al Gobierno". Antonio Chazarra,<br />
exparlamentario autonómico socialista, destacó por<br />
su parte que el decli<strong>na</strong>r franquista "ha sido objeto<br />
de un revisionismo reaccio<strong>na</strong>rio" y que la transición<br />
democrática "fue consecuencia del desgarro entre<br />
u<strong>na</strong> sociedad española ya europeizada y u<strong>na</strong>s<br />
estructuras dictatoriales incapaces de satisfacer los<br />
anhelos sociales de libertad". Chazarra remarcó el<br />
papel de la cultura y de los intelectuales en aquel<br />
tránsito entre la dictadura y la democracia, y<br />
rechazó "la atribución de un protagonismo crucial<br />
en tal proceso a figuras providenciales",<br />
protagonismo que atribuyó a las luchas<br />
ciudada<strong>na</strong>s.<br />
Para Nicolás Sartorius, que vivió el ocaso del<br />
franquismo desde la primera línea política como<br />
dirigente del Partido Comunista Español y del<br />
sindicato clandestino Comisiones Obreras, "no fue<br />
lo mismo la agonía de Franco que la agonía de la<br />
dictadura, porque Franco falleció en la cama y la<br />
dictadura murió en la calle" en referencia a las<br />
luchas sociales obreras, estudiantiles,<br />
profesio<strong>na</strong>les y campesi<strong>na</strong>s desencade<strong>na</strong>das por<br />
las fuerzas de oposición antifranquista. Más<br />
adelante, el presidente de la Fundación<br />
Alter<strong>na</strong>tivas reiteró que "no es lo mismo u<strong>na</strong><br />
democracia otorgada, como pretenden definirla<br />
quienes manipulan aquel proceso, que u<strong>na</strong><br />
democracia conquistada como la que entonces las<br />
luchas populares lograron adquirir". De igual modo<br />
recordó el político comunista y dirigente sindical<br />
que "entre la muerte física del dictador y la<br />
legalización de partidos y sindicatos medió un largo<br />
año y medio jalo<strong>na</strong>do por numerosas situaciones<br />
de represión, incertidumbre y retrocesos bajo el<br />
mandato de Carlos Arias Navarro, represor de<br />
Málaga en el primer franquismo". Atribuyó Sartorius<br />
al Rey Juan Carlos "la certeza de que la mo<strong>na</strong>rquía<br />
no era compatible con la dictadura, consciente del<br />
desenlace político que acarreó el juego de Alfonso<br />
XIII con la dictadura del general Primo de Rivera".<br />
En el coloquio, Nicolás Sartorius remarcó la idea<br />
central de su discurso, según la cual "la<br />
Constitución de 1978 supuso la ruptura<br />
democrática con el franquismo". Por otra parte, el<br />
exlíder sindicalista informó de u<strong>na</strong> reunión secreta<br />
entre el ministro del Gobierno predemocrático,<br />
Enrique de la Mata Gorostizaga, con la dirección<br />
clandesti<strong>na</strong> de Comisiones Obreras en la cual el<br />
ministro pidió a los sindicalistas que aceptaran<br />
retardar la legalización sindical, a lo cual se<br />
opusieron. "Si quieren salir de la crisis económica,<br />
legalicen los sindicatos", aseguró Sartorius que<br />
respondieron, y el Gobierno acabó por avenirse. En<br />
otro momento del debate dijo que "en ningún<br />
momento se depuraron responsabilidades políticas<br />
y policiales por la represión" y añadió "no haber<br />
oído nunca" la interpretación según la cual la<br />
continuidad del franquismo sin Franco, encar<strong>na</strong>da<br />
por el almirante Luis Carrero Blanco, hubiera<br />
polarizado la hegemonía de la transición<br />
democrática hacia la izquierda comunista,<br />
posibilidad que el asesi<strong>na</strong>to del almirante a manos<br />
de ETA en 1973 truncó, permitiendo a otras fuerzas<br />
políticas no comunistas aprovechar aquella<br />
situación en beneficio propio.<br />
El escritor Javier Alfaya, que cubrió<br />
informativamente la Revolución de los claveles en<br />
Portugal en 1974, aseguró haber recabado<br />
testimonios en medios de la izquierda gallega<br />
según los cuales "hubo entonces un tráfico de<br />
armas españolas hacia grupos<br />
contrarrevolucio<strong>na</strong>rios portugueses, con<br />
complicidades de las autoridades españolas, para<br />
intentar sofocar aquella revolución".<br />
Durante el coloquio, los participantes tildaron de<br />
falacia la identificación del llamado "Estado de<br />
obras franquista" con el Estado de derecho como, a<br />
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Fiscal: la CPI no juzga decisiones políticas<br />
Corte Pe<strong>na</strong>l Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l es selectiva al admitir<br />
denuncias, asegura Moreno<br />
Cualquier perso<strong>na</strong> puede denunciar casos ante la<br />
Corte Pe<strong>na</strong>l Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l (CPI), pero ésta<br />
investiga responsabilidades pe<strong>na</strong>les, no decisiones<br />
políticas, aseguró el fiscal de ese tribu<strong>na</strong>l, Luis<br />
Moreno Ocampo.<br />
El fiscal dictó ayer u<strong>na</strong> conferencia magistral en el<br />
auditorio del Instituto de la Judicatura Federal,<br />
donde fue consultado sobre la denuncia por<br />
crímenes de guerra en contra del presidente Felipe<br />
Calderón, que pretende llevar ante la CPI un<br />
colectivo de la sociedad civil.<br />
Moreno Ocampo evitó pronunciarse sobre el caso:<br />
“Yo opino que no debo hablar porque soy el fiscal”,<br />
pero explicó que la CPI tiene dos criterios<br />
fundamentales al admitir denuncias “y es muy<br />
selectiva”.<br />
“Tiene que haber crímenes de lesa humanidad, de<br />
guerra o genocidio. Torturas individuales o casos<br />
que no son eso, no nos corresponde. Decisiones<br />
políticas no son lo que juzgamos. Vamos a juzgar<br />
responsabilidad pe<strong>na</strong>l, no responsabilidad política”,<br />
dijo.<br />
El segundo criterio, explicó Moreno Ocampo, es<br />
que el sistema de justicia <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l del país al que<br />
corresponda el caso tiene la prioridad para realizar<br />
la investigación y tomar acciones, y la CPI sólo<br />
podrá intervenir si esto no ocurre. “Mi deber es no<br />
intervenir si el gobierno <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l actúa”, aclaró.<br />
Citó como ejemplo a Colombia, donde la guerrilla,<br />
los grupos paramilitares e incluso el ejército han<br />
incurrido en conductas que pueden tipificarse como<br />
crímenes de guerra y de lesa humanidad, pero el<br />
gobierno tiene u<strong>na</strong> actividad judicial muy intensa,<br />
con juicios, conde<strong>na</strong>s y nuevos casos.<br />
“El sistema (<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l) por lo menos está intentando<br />
enfrentarlo. Y si esto ocurre y los casos que yo<br />
integro están hechos en Colombia, mi deber es<br />
respetarlos en la medida en que yo tenga datos de<br />
que los esfuerzos son genuinos (…) Tiene que<br />
haber crímenes de guerra y tiene que haber<br />
i<strong>na</strong>ctividad del sistema <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l o que éste no<br />
actúe de forma genui<strong>na</strong>”, afirmó.<br />
Moreno Ocampo estuvo acompañado por el<br />
magistrado y ex asesor fiscal de España, Baltasar<br />
Garzón, y la fiscal de la Audiencia Nacio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Española, Dolores Delgado, quienes dictaron u<strong>na</strong><br />
conferencia magistral sobre justicia pe<strong>na</strong>l<br />
inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
Ante la insistencia por la eventual denuncia contra<br />
Calderón, Moreno Ocampo reiteró que la Corte<br />
Pe<strong>na</strong>l sigue criterios jurídicos, no políticos, por lo<br />
que para ser efectiva u<strong>na</strong> denuncia contra<br />
cualquier perso<strong>na</strong> debe demostrar que cometió u<br />
ordenó crímenes que son competencia de ese<br />
tribu<strong>na</strong>l, como en los casos de Libia y Sudán.<br />
Acciones contra paramilitares<br />
Por la maña<strong>na</strong>, en la Cámara de Diputados el juez<br />
español Baltasar Garzón recomendó a México<br />
ejercer acciones contundentes frente a la<br />
existencia de posibles grupos paramilitares.<br />
El experto en terrorismo inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l y crimen<br />
organizado consideró que se debe de actuar así,<br />
“porque constituyen un germen nocivo que ataca a<br />
las estructuras democráticas de la sociedad, en<br />
cuanto a que pueden revelar insatisfacción por la<br />
acción de las instituciones, lo que se traduce en<br />
u<strong>na</strong> acción ilegal por fuera de los bordes”.<br />
A Garzón se le preguntó su opinión sobre la<br />
operación en México de presuntos grupos<br />
paramilitares. Aunque no dio por hecho su<br />
existencia, dijo que su surgimiento “puede<br />
obedecer a muchos factores, no sólo a la eventual<br />
ineficacia de las instituciones”. Es decir, podría<br />
tratarse de “escuadrones de la muerte o de grupos<br />
paramilitares” que operan contra un grupo, pero<br />
también u<strong>na</strong> mera confrontación entre grupos<br />
armados o miembros del crimen.<br />
Baltasar Garzón, Luis Ocampo Moreno, fiscal jefe<br />
de la CPI, y Dolores Delgado, fiscal de la Audiencia<br />
Nacio<strong>na</strong>l de España, acudieron a San Lázaro al<br />
foro Legalidad democrática, ética, derechos<br />
humanos y seguridad, en el que pusieron como<br />
ejes para el combate al crimen abatir el beneficio<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>nciero de los cárteles y la corrupción, y el<br />
respeto a los derechos humanos.<br />
Delgado, experta en terrorismo inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l, dijo<br />
que es u<strong>na</strong> “barbaridad” llamar “guerra” a la lucha<br />
anticrimen: “Nosotros no entramos en un combate<br />
paritario con los crimi<strong>na</strong>les: ellos son los malos,<br />
nosotros los buenos (…) Si entramos en conceptos<br />
de guerra a un régimen de excepcio<strong>na</strong>lidad, de<br />
terrorismo o crimen organizado, corremos el riesgo<br />
de que nos confundan y seamos nosotros también<br />
crimi<strong>na</strong>les”.<br />
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Alabama: ecos de la lucha por los derechos civiles<br />
BIRMINGHAM.— El epicentro de la lucha por la<br />
reforma a la ley de inmigración de Estados Unidos<br />
no está en Arizo<strong>na</strong>, que tiene frontera con México,<br />
sino en el estado suroriental de Alabama.<br />
Este factor ha hecho que la ley más dura contra la<br />
inmigración de perso<strong>na</strong>s que carecen de los<br />
correspondientes permisos para residir en el país<br />
esté siendo comparada con el movimiento por los<br />
derechos civiles que hace más de cuatro décadas<br />
protagonizó la población estadounidense de origen<br />
africano en este mismo estado.<br />
Casi con seguridad, la nueva ley estatal termi<strong>na</strong>rá<br />
en la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos, pese a<br />
que Arizo<strong>na</strong>, Georgia, India<strong>na</strong>, Utah y Caroli<strong>na</strong> del<br />
Sur han aprobado leyes similares.<br />
Sin embargo, tanto detractores como simpatizantes<br />
de la nueva iniciativa coinciden en que ningu<strong>na</strong> de<br />
las otras leyes estatales es tan estricta como la de<br />
Alabama, bloqueada temporalmente y que requiere<br />
que las escuelas comprueben si sus estudiantes<br />
cumplen con la ley migratoria.<br />
Los partidarios de esta legislación consideran<br />
necesaria esta cláusula, alegando que impedirá<br />
que quienes no tienen autorización para residir<br />
legalmente en Estados Unidos le quiten puestos de<br />
trabajo a residentes legales.<br />
Su estatus como la ley más estricta en el país<br />
contra los inmigrantes que ingresaron al país sin<br />
permiso, junto con las inevitables comparaciones<br />
de la comunidad hispa<strong>na</strong> con los<br />
afroestadounidenses de las décadas de 1950 y<br />
1960, convierten a esta ley en u<strong>na</strong> prueba para el<br />
tribu<strong>na</strong>l más alto de EU.<br />
“Realmente le ofrece a la Corte Suprema u<strong>na</strong><br />
amplitud enorme para remodelar lo que significa<br />
ser un inmigrante (sin permiso de residencia) en<br />
Estados Unidos”, dijo el abogado Foster Maer, que<br />
representa a la organización activista LatinoJustice<br />
en Nueva York, que impugnó judicialmente la ley.<br />
Los oponentes sostienen que el requisito escolar<br />
de la nueva ley recuerda los tiempos del<br />
gober<strong>na</strong>dor George Wallace parado a la entrada de<br />
u<strong>na</strong> escuela para evitar la entrada de<br />
estadounidenses de origen africano.<br />
Intimidaciones<br />
“Hoy tenemos normas diferentes a la entrada de la<br />
escuela. Hay gestiones para intimidar a los<br />
menores que tienen el derecho constitucio<strong>na</strong>l de<br />
asistir a clase”, dijo el presidente de la organización<br />
activista Southern Poverty Law Center, Richard<br />
Cohen. Aunque no existen estadísticas fiables, las<br />
escuelas dijeron que en la actualidad hay menos<br />
estudiantes hispanos acudiendo a clases. En<br />
algunos casos hasta un 10% ha preferido desertar<br />
desde que la ley entró en vigencia hace un mes.<br />
El procurador general de Alabama, Luther Strange,<br />
culpa al Departamento de Justicia del presidente<br />
Barack Obama de alentar las comparaciones con el<br />
movimiento de los derechos civiles al pronosticar<br />
falsamente que la ley dará pie a u<strong>na</strong> discrimi<strong>na</strong>ción<br />
generalizada.<br />
El Departamento de Justicia, u<strong>na</strong>s 30<br />
organizaciones defensoras de los derechos civiles<br />
y algunos líderes religiosos prominentes<br />
impug<strong>na</strong>ron en u<strong>na</strong> corte federal la ley, conocida<br />
como HB56. Los jueces bloquearon algunos puntos<br />
de la ley, pero otros están vigentes, como la<br />
verificación que puede hacer la Policía del estatus<br />
migratorio de u<strong>na</strong> perso<strong>na</strong> durante u<strong>na</strong> detención<br />
de tránsito, y el que convierte en delito grave la<br />
realización de trámites básicos, como conseguir<br />
u<strong>na</strong> licencia de conducir.<br />
El Pew Hispanic Center calcula que el número de<br />
inmigrantes que viven en Alabama sin permiso<br />
aumentó de 25 mil en el 2000 a 120 mil en 2010.<br />
Los residentes comenzaron a quejarse de que los<br />
hispanos les quitaban los empleos. Pero ahora,<br />
muchos migrante han huido y los patrones no han<br />
encontrado ciudadanos legales dispuestos a tomar<br />
los trabajos.<br />
Muchos temen que la ley afecte la reputación del<br />
estado ante las empresas. “Se da la imagen, válida<br />
o no, de que no se quiere a los extranjeros y<br />
punto”, dijo el director general del sistema estatal<br />
de pensiones, David Bronner.<br />
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Acotan cláusula de gober<strong>na</strong>bilidad<br />
Por mayoría, todos los partidos en la Cámara de<br />
Diputados aprobaron reducir 12 puntos la sobre<br />
representación que la fuerza mayoritaria en la<br />
capital puede alcanzar en la Asamblea Legislativa<br />
del Distrito Federal (ALDF).<br />
Además, los diputados se comprometieron a ir por<br />
u<strong>na</strong> verdadera reforma política para la ciudad de<br />
México.<br />
La Constitución establece hoy que el partido que<br />
obtenga 30% de los votos en la ciudad pueda<br />
acceder hasta a 20% más lugares en la ALDF para<br />
tener mayoría absoluta, lo que se conoce como<br />
cláusula de gober<strong>na</strong>bilidad.<br />
Como parte de la reforma política, el Se<strong>na</strong>do<br />
propuso aumentar a 40% de votos los necesarios<br />
para que un partido accediera a esa cláusula, pero<br />
en el debate ayer, diputados de todos los grupos<br />
convinieron en homologar la sobre representación<br />
a la existente en la Cámara de Diputados.<br />
Con ello se busca elimi<strong>na</strong>r la sobre representación<br />
en la ALDF, ya que al partido con mayor votación<br />
sólo se le podrá otorgar ocho por ciento más de<br />
curules, con lo que prácticamente desaparece<br />
dicha cláusula.<br />
El presidente de la Comisión de Puntos<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>les, Alejandro Enci<strong>na</strong>s y el diputado<br />
del PAN Agustín Castilla pidieron elimi<strong>na</strong>r la<br />
cláusula de gober<strong>na</strong>bilidad pues son "mayorías<br />
artificiales".<br />
Pero en realidad sólo se redujo la sobre<br />
representación. Así lo precisó Sebastián Lerdo de<br />
Tejada (PRI): "aquí hay u<strong>na</strong> gran confusión, no se<br />
refiere a la cláusula de gober<strong>na</strong>bilidad, sino que se<br />
refiere a los términos de la sobre representación,<br />
son dos conceptos distintos y tienen que ver con<br />
equiparar los términos de sobre representación de<br />
la cámara federal con los de la ALDF".<br />
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Palesti<strong>na</strong>, tierra con u<strong>na</strong> identidad por construir<br />
Palesti<strong>na</strong> es desde el pasado 31 de octubre,<br />
miembro número 195 de la Organización de las<br />
Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la<br />
Cultura (UNESCO). Este hecho histórico, se ha<br />
dicho, podría propiciar la protección de la herencia<br />
arqueológica palesti<strong>na</strong> y la posible postulación de<br />
antiguas ciudades como Patrimonio de la<br />
Humanidad, como Belén y Nazareth.<br />
En el discurso de admisión de Palesti<strong>na</strong> como<br />
Estado Miembro de la UNESCO, Iri<strong>na</strong> Bokova,<br />
directora general del organismo, dijo que éste ha<br />
cooperado con Palesti<strong>na</strong> en temas educativos, y<br />
recordó que se han invertido esfuerzos en la<br />
preservación del patrimonio cultural. Como ejemplo<br />
citó la instauración de un plan de gestión sostenible<br />
en los sitios de Tell Balata en Naplusa, el parque<br />
ecológico y los mosaicos de Qasr Hisham, la<br />
iglesia de la Natividad y el Museo de la Riwaya en<br />
Belén.<br />
Bokova señaló que a partir de este momento, la<br />
UNESCO, que fue creada hace 60 años para<br />
asegurar que la educación, las ciencias, la cultura y<br />
la comunicación “unieran a las perso<strong>na</strong>s y<br />
fomentaran u<strong>na</strong> cultura de paz”, velará por que<br />
continué esta cooperación, “movida por la más<br />
profunda convicción de que la calidad del sistema<br />
educativo, así como el di<strong>na</strong>mismo de la cultura o el<br />
pluralismo de los medios de comunicación,<br />
constituyen los cimientos sólidos de toda<br />
sociedad”.<br />
Peldaño dentro de u<strong>na</strong> estrategia<br />
Sin embargo, para Farid Kahhat -licenciado en<br />
Sociología por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del<br />
Perú, cuya familia es de origen palestino- la<br />
inclusión de Palesti<strong>na</strong> en la UNESCO es sólo un<br />
peldaño dentro de u<strong>na</strong> estrategia, pues el objetivo<br />
mayor es ser parte de la Corte Pe<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
“No sé si esta situación influya en la probabilidad<br />
de que algunos de los elementos de la cultura del<br />
lugar puedan ser considerados Patrimonio de la<br />
Humanidad. Sé que en todo caso la UNESCO<br />
puede dar materia técnica a un estado miembro. La<br />
UNESCO no es un objetivo fundamental per se,<br />
salvo por el hecho de tener u<strong>na</strong> mayoría a favor de<br />
Palesti<strong>na</strong>, pese a la ame<strong>na</strong>za de sanciones por<br />
parte de Estados Unidos”, explicó vía telefónica<br />
desde Perú.<br />
Manuel Férez, especialista en Medio Oriente, dice<br />
que con su inclusión a la UNESCO, los palestinos<br />
buscan asegurar algu<strong>na</strong>s regiones o sitios como<br />
Patrimonio Mundial de la Humanidad y<br />
administrarlos ellos.<br />
“Si bien coincido en que se trata de u<strong>na</strong> estrategia<br />
para crear un Estado palestino, este movimiento<br />
entra en la lógica de ver qué pasará cuando sean<br />
independientes, así que están buscando el control<br />
de los sitios históricos gracias al fi<strong>na</strong>nciamiento que<br />
daría la UNESCO. No creo que sólo sea u<strong>na</strong><br />
estrategia política, sino un paso más en la<br />
consolidación de un Estado”, dijo.<br />
Historia de la cultura de Palesti<strong>na</strong><br />
Trazar la historia de la cultura y el arte palestino ha<br />
sido tema de pocos especialistas dada la compleja<br />
historia de la región. A partir de la diáspora en<br />
1948, se profundizó la complejidad para determi<strong>na</strong>r<br />
lo que forma de la identidad cultural palesti<strong>na</strong> y qué<br />
es israelí.<br />
“En muchas partes del mundo es el Estado el que<br />
construye la <strong>na</strong>ción y por ende la identidad y<br />
cultura <strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l, son los Estados los que crean<br />
símbolos como banderas, escudos, construyen<br />
estatuas, unifican la enseñanza, los museos y<br />
antropológicos suelen ser estatales, de manera que<br />
el Estado es u<strong>na</strong> fuente importante de la cultura<br />
<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l y esto es justo de lo que carecen los<br />
palestinos”, explicó Kahhat.<br />
De acuerdo con el a<strong>na</strong>lista inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l, sí es<br />
posible delinear u<strong>na</strong> identidad cultural palesti<strong>na</strong>,<br />
pero está vinculada a la experiencia histórica. “Hay<br />
quienes sostienen que existe u<strong>na</strong> identidad<br />
palesti<strong>na</strong> desde antes del conflicto con Israel, pero<br />
lo que hace que los palestinos sean un pueblo<br />
árabe y de mayoría de musulma<strong>na</strong>, es la<br />
experiencia única del desplazamiento colectivo y<br />
de la ocupación israelí”.<br />
Para Férez, director del Centro de Investigación y<br />
Docencia para América Lati<strong>na</strong> y Medio Oriente, la<br />
identidad palesti<strong>na</strong> se ha forjado desde hace<br />
décadas y coincide con Kahhat en que las<br />
manifestaciones artísticas han girado en torno a la<br />
ocupación y resistencia.<br />
“No todo está condicio<strong>na</strong>do al conflicto, está la<br />
riqueza arqueológica, tienen lugares como<br />
Cisjordania en donde hay ciudades muy<br />
importantes para los musulmanes y otras para los<br />
cristianos, como Nazareth. En Palesti<strong>na</strong> hay<br />
movimientos culturales muy importantes en lugares<br />
como Ramala, aunque es verdad que ante el<br />
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conflicto no hay espacio para análisis de las<br />
manifestaciones artísticas, ni siquiera para la<br />
creación. La Autoridad Palesti<strong>na</strong> apoya el arte<br />
siempre y cuando tenga que ver con la resistencia,<br />
todos los recursos están desti<strong>na</strong>dos a la obtención<br />
del Estado, así que un artista independiente tendrá<br />
muchas dificultades”, aseguró.<br />
La asistencia prestada por la UNESCO a la cultura<br />
en 2006 se centró en la salvaguardia del patrimonio<br />
cultural material e inmaterial, haciendo hincapié en<br />
los proyectos con posibilidades de generación de<br />
empleos.<br />
De acuerdo con los avances de la UNESCO en las<br />
instituciones educativas y culturales del pueblo<br />
palestino, publicado en el 2007, se establece que<br />
en relación con el patrimonio material se<br />
recaudaron 1.3 millones de dólares para la<br />
restauración del caravasar de Khan al-Wakala en<br />
Neplusa. Asimismo, se ideó un plan de<br />
conservación de las ciudades viejas de Hebrón y<br />
Naplusa.<br />
Pese a estos esfuerzos, dice Kahhat, la política<br />
también ha sido determi<strong>na</strong>nte para el estudio del<br />
patrimonio cultural de la región. “En el tema de la<br />
arqueología y preservación del patrimonio hay un<br />
debate porque Israel busca usar la historia como<br />
forma de legitimar su existencia y su conducta en el<br />
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presente. De manera que ocurre u<strong>na</strong> cosa inusual:<br />
la arqueología y el patrimonio también tiene u<strong>na</strong><br />
agenda política, la politización llega hasta ese<br />
punto y por todos los bandos involucrados”.<br />
De acuerdo con Manuel Férez, hay proyectos<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>nciados por organizaciones no<br />
guber<strong>na</strong>mentales europeas que ayudan a la<br />
conservación de lugares como la Iglesia de la<br />
Natividad. “Este sitio, donde se dice que <strong>na</strong>ció<br />
Jesús, es muy cuidado, incluso por el Vaticano.<br />
También hay un movimiento de arqueólogos<br />
israelís que intentan mantener en buen estado los<br />
recintos históricos. Hay muchas cosas que<br />
Palesti<strong>na</strong> tiene por ofrecer, pero están ocultas bajo<br />
el conflicto con Israel”.<br />
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TEPJF falla en favor de queja ciudada<strong>na</strong><br />
El Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Electoral del Poder Judicial de la<br />
Federación (TEPJF), fijó criterios para que en el<br />
proceso electoral 2012, los ciudadanos acrediten<br />
interés jurídico en las quejas por actos anticipados<br />
de precampaña.<br />
Así lo aseguró el especialista en temas electorales,<br />
Eduardo Huchim, quien agregó que con base en<br />
ello el Instituto Electoral del Distrito Federal (IEDF)<br />
y el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Electoral tendrán que atender<br />
principios constitucio<strong>na</strong>les en sus resoluciones.<br />
Lo anterior, debido a que en la resolución<br />
SUPJDC10484/2011 el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Electoral revocó el<br />
fallo del IEDF, con el cual se había negado el retiro<br />
de la propaganda de la diputada Alejandra<br />
Barrales, como medida cautelar a u<strong>na</strong> queja, ya<br />
que quien la presentó fue un ciudadano y no un<br />
militante del PRD, lo cual le restaba interés jurídico.<br />
Debido a que el tema no se a<strong>na</strong>lizó de fondo, el<br />
quejoso, que responde al nombre de Miguel Ángel<br />
Núñez Gutiérrez, presentó u<strong>na</strong> impug<strong>na</strong>ción ante el<br />
Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Electoral capitalino.<br />
Ahí, los magistrados, con votación dividida,<br />
confirmaron la resolución del Instituto Electoral;<br />
motivo por el que acudió al TEPJF.<br />
De acuerdo con esta última resolución, que se llevó<br />
a cabo el pasado 2 de noviembre, se le mandató a<br />
la Dirección de Asociaciones Políticas del IEDF<br />
para que vuelva a conformar su resolución,<br />
atendiendo la demanda ciudada<strong>na</strong> y con base en el<br />
artículo 134 constitucio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
Dicho apartado señala: "Los servidores públicos de<br />
la Federación, los estados y los municipios, así<br />
como del Distrito Federal y sus delegaciones,<br />
tienen en todo tiempo la obligación de aplicar con<br />
imparcialidad los recursos públicos que están bajo<br />
su responsabilidad, sin influir en la equidad de la<br />
competencia entre los partidos políticos".<br />
También dice que "la propaganda, bajo cualquier<br />
modalidad de comunicación social, que difundan<br />
como tales los poderes públicos, los órganos<br />
autónomos, las dependencias y entidades de la<br />
administración pública y cualquier otro ente de los<br />
tres órdenes de gobierno, deberá tener carácter<br />
institucio<strong>na</strong>l y fines informativos, educativos o de<br />
orientación social. En ningún caso esta propaganda<br />
incluirá nombres, imágenes, voces o símbolos que<br />
impliquen promoción perso<strong>na</strong>lizada de cualquier<br />
servidor público".<br />
Empoderamiento ciudadano<br />
Para el consejero del Instituto Electoral del Distrito<br />
Federal, Néstor Vargas, el fallo del Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Federal<br />
le da interés jurídico al quejoso para que el<br />
Consejo General del árbitro local se pronuncie al<br />
respecto.<br />
Huchim agregó que con ello cualquier ciudadano<br />
podrá inconformarse ante las autoridades en<br />
materia electoral.<br />
En entrevista con EL UNIVERSAL, el especialista<br />
detalló que el criterio de la sala superior, abre la<br />
posibilidad de que los órganos de control<br />
sancionen las violaciones a la ley, y "sin hacerse de<br />
la vista gorda".<br />
Incluso, bajo esa óptica, los magistrados<br />
electorales del DF modificaron de último momento<br />
el proyecto de sentencia que se va a discutir hoy<br />
en sesión pública, respecto a medidas cautelares<br />
en u<strong>na</strong> queja promovida por la diputada federal<br />
Gabriela Cuevas, a fin de que la sala superior no<br />
les enmiende la pla<strong>na</strong>.<br />
Mientras que en el IEDF, los Consejos Distritales<br />
revisan la propaganda que detectaron durante un<br />
mes de recorridos.<br />
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"Blindan" protesta del Presidente<br />
Sacan de reforma reelección de alcaldes y<br />
legisladores locales<br />
politica@eluniversal.com.mx<br />
La Cámara de Diputados amplió los esce<strong>na</strong>rios<br />
constitucio<strong>na</strong>les para que el nuevo Presidente de la<br />
República tenga, ante u<strong>na</strong> crisis política, varias<br />
opciones para rendir protesta y no se reedite el<br />
conflicto del 1 de diciembre de 2006, cuando el<br />
entonces presidente electo Felipe Calderón tuvo en<br />
San Lázaro u<strong>na</strong> complicada toma de protesta.<br />
Durante la maratónica discusión de la reforma<br />
política, que inició el 25 de octubre y que tuvo<br />
pausas por el puente vacacio<strong>na</strong>l, la mayoría<br />
decidió aceptar la reserva del PRD, para añadir al<br />
artículo 87 constitucio<strong>na</strong>l la posibilidad de que el<br />
Presidente, al no poder rendir protesta ante el<br />
Congreso de la Unión o ante la Comisión<br />
Permanente, tenga alter<strong>na</strong>tivas.<br />
"En caso de que el Presidente no pudiera rendir la<br />
protesta ante el Congreso de la Unión, ante la<br />
Comisión Permanente o ante las Mesas Directivas<br />
de las Cámaras del Congreso de la Unión, lo hará<br />
de inmediato ante el presidente de la Suprema<br />
Corte de Justicia", apunta el texto aprobado.<br />
Esta propuesta remendó la minuta del Se<strong>na</strong>do<br />
aprobada en comisiones, la cual contemplaba<br />
como único esce<strong>na</strong>rio para la toma de protesta la<br />
SCJN, dejando esa responsabilidad al Poder<br />
Judicial, pero un acuerdo previo entre perredistas,<br />
priístas y panistas hizo que la reserva fuera<br />
aceptada sin problemas, aunque el PT manifestó<br />
su rechazo.<br />
Por mayoría, el pleno de San Lázaro también<br />
acordó sacar de la reforma política la reelección de<br />
alcaldes y diputados locales, propuestas por el<br />
PAN, pero PRI, PVEM y Nueva Alianza la<br />
cancelaron.<br />
Plantean consulta<br />
Los priístas Humberto Benítez y Felipe Solís Acero<br />
argumentaron que sea u<strong>na</strong> consulta ciudada<strong>na</strong> la<br />
que defi<strong>na</strong> si hay o no reelección. "Es<br />
absolutamente falso y es necesario volverlo a decir<br />
aquí, que el PRI está en contra de la reelección. Lo<br />
que queremos es consultarle a la gente y que la<br />
gente decida", dijo en tribu<strong>na</strong> Solís Acero.<br />
De hecho, el pleno legislativo condicionó la<br />
inclusión de la reelección en la reforma política al<br />
aval de u<strong>na</strong> consulta popular, a realizarse por lo<br />
menos hasta 2013.<br />
La convocatoria respectiva deberá, según el<br />
dictamen que aún será votado hoy, nomi<strong>na</strong>lmente<br />
"formularse dentro del año siguiente a la entrada en<br />
vigor de la legislación que norma la consulta<br />
popular, debiendo ser organizada por el IFE".<br />
De aplicarse las reglas sobre consultas populares<br />
propuestas por el pleno, en ella tendrían que<br />
participar el 25% de los ciudadanos en lista<br />
nomi<strong>na</strong>l, esto es, más de 19.3 millones, pues en<br />
total son 77.4 millones los mexicanos enlistados. Y<br />
tendrían que votar por la reelección más de 10<br />
millones de perso<strong>na</strong>s.<br />
Los legisladores, luego de 10 horas y tres sema<strong>na</strong>s<br />
de debate, acabaron la discusión de la reforma<br />
política, pero este viernes votarán todas las<br />
reservas aceptadas, las cuales deberán ser<br />
ratificadas por las tres terceras partes de los<br />
presentes.<br />
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Rechazan un amparo contra los controles<br />
El juez federal de Quilmes, Luis Armella, rechazó<br />
u<strong>na</strong> medida cautelar de u<strong>na</strong> jubilada que había<br />
presentado un amparo porque no la dejaron retirar<br />
dólares del Banco Piano.<br />
Fuentes judiciales indicaron ayer a la agencia DyN<br />
que en el fallo "no surge, en este estado del<br />
proceso, la existencia de un accio<strong>na</strong>r o un<br />
comportamiento manifiestamente arbitrario o ilegal"<br />
por parte de la Administración Federal de Ingresos<br />
Públicos (AFIP).<br />
El diario Clarín informó anteayer que Justa<br />
Ruperez, de 87 años, intentó el lunes último sacar<br />
US$ 1700, pero se lo denegaron; la decisión de<br />
Armella le impediría hacer esta extracción mientras<br />
se resuelva la cuestión de fondo.<br />
La mujer explicó que "esos 1700 dólares los quería<br />
para ahorrarlos para sus nietos", según se<br />
desprende de la resolución judicial.<br />
Ruperez sostuvo a través de su abogado que la<br />
resolución de AFIP 3210/11 y la comunicación A<br />
5239 del Banco Central de la República Argenti<strong>na</strong><br />
(BCRA) afectan sus "derechos y garantías de<br />
rango constitucio<strong>na</strong>l, en particular los artículos 14,<br />
14 bis, 16, 17, 18, 28 y 31 de la Constitución<br />
Nacio<strong>na</strong>l".<br />
Pedido de informe<br />
Pero, por el contrario, el juez sostuvo en su<br />
resolución que "no se evidencia en autos el riesgo<br />
de irreparabilidad o daño inminente" que obliga a<br />
predictami<strong>na</strong>r sobre las normas objetadas.<br />
No obstante, y para poder hacerlo, Armella requirió<br />
a la AFIP, al Banco Piano y al Banco Central de la<br />
República Argenti<strong>na</strong> un "informe circunstanciado<br />
sobre los antecedentes y fundamentos de las<br />
medidas", de manera de poder decidir sobre el<br />
reclamo..<br />
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Reclamo de justicia<br />
U<strong>na</strong> maqueta de u<strong>na</strong> cabi<strong>na</strong> de un avión de<br />
Austral, carteles con fotos de víctimas de diferentes<br />
episodios violentos y un sentimiento común: el<br />
reclamo de justicia. Ayer, en la plaza San Martín se<br />
presentó Familias Unidas contra la Impunidad, u<strong>na</strong><br />
organización coordi<strong>na</strong>da por el cineasta Enrique<br />
Piñeyro, que reúne a los diferentes grupos que<br />
reclaman al Gobierno y al Poder Judicial avances<br />
en causas tan importantes como los accidentes del<br />
avión de Austral, en 1997, y el de Lapa, en 1999; la<br />
tragedia de Cromagnon, el atentado a la AMIA;<br />
casos de gatillo fácil y represión policial, y los<br />
accidentes de tránsito y de trenes evitables. El<br />
común denomi<strong>na</strong>dor en la plaza fue la indig<strong>na</strong>ción<br />
y el dolor de padres, madres y familiares de<br />
víctimas. "Estamos reunidos para exigir que se<br />
termine la impunidad de un Poder Judicial cuyos<br />
integrantes se desig<strong>na</strong>n políticamente con el solo<br />
objetivo de ser funcio<strong>na</strong>les a los gober<strong>na</strong>ntes de<br />
turno", dijo Piñeyro frente a u<strong>na</strong>s 100 perso<strong>na</strong>s que<br />
aún lloran la pérdida de sus seres queridos.<br />
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Manuel García, Chancho en Piedra y La Noche dan el<br />
vamos a la Gira Teletón 2011<br />
Como un “escándalo” y u<strong>na</strong> “vergüenza” calificaron<br />
diputados del PPD y del PS, el veto de Isapre<br />
Consalud a trabajadores de 619 empresas e<br />
instituciones, emulando u<strong>na</strong> práctica similar que se<br />
había conocido por parte de Banmédica y Vida<br />
Tres.<br />
La diputada Adria<strong>na</strong> Muñoz (PPD) indicó que<br />
“desde que asumió el gobierno de Piñera las<br />
Isapres están viviendo en un paraíso terre<strong>na</strong>l<br />
donde no hay normas, ni respeto a la<br />
Constitución. Tenemos u<strong>na</strong> industria que entrega<br />
un derecho fundamental de las perso<strong>na</strong>s que es la<br />
salud, poniendo barreras que son<br />
inconstitucio<strong>na</strong>les, por edad, por sexo, por ingreso<br />
y hoy por pertenecer a u<strong>na</strong> determi<strong>na</strong>da institución<br />
o empresa”.<br />
Por eso, dijo que “queremos pedir la renuncia del<br />
Superintendente de Isapres, que no ha acogido<br />
ningu<strong>na</strong> de las denuncias realizadas por los<br />
parlamentarios y por los trabajadores de las<br />
Isapres”.<br />
El diputado Enrique Accorsi (PPD) afirmó que<br />
“hemos exigido al Superintendente que nos<br />
entregue el listado de las listas negras que tienen<br />
las otras Isapres. Esto es verdaderamente u<strong>na</strong><br />
vergüenza pública, un escándalo. La Constitución<br />
garantiza el libre acceso de las perso<strong>na</strong>s al sistema<br />
de salud, y aquí por u<strong>na</strong> razón que solamente tiene<br />
que ver con el ingreso, no le dan cabida a las<br />
perso<strong>na</strong>s”.<br />
Asimismo, el diputado socialista Juan Luis Castro<br />
sostuvo que “es la hora que los 2.5 millones de<br />
chilenos pertenecientes a las Isapres decidan si<br />
quieren mantenerse en un sistema que incurre en<br />
estas prácticas francamente oscuras y<br />
persecutorias o derechamente prefieren irse a<br />
Fo<strong>na</strong>sa”.<br />
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L'arme référendaire aux mains du Sé<strong>na</strong>t<br />
Point de vue | LEMONDE.FR | 04.11.11 | 10h29 •<br />
Mis à jour le 04.11.11 | 10h30<br />
par Pascal Jan, professeur de droit public à<br />
Sciences Po Bordeaux et Philippe Blachèr,<br />
professeur de droit public à Lyon-III<br />
Permettant, dans sa rédaction initiale, au seul<br />
président de la République de solliciter directement<br />
le peuple en vue d'adopter un projet de loi dans<br />
certaines matières ou d'autoriser la ratification d'un<br />
engagement inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l, l'article 11 relevait de ce<br />
que les juristes appellent les "pouvoirs<br />
discrétion<strong>na</strong>ires" du chef de l'Etat. C'est une arme<br />
stratégique entre ses mains dont a utilisé le général<br />
de Gaulle pour asseoir la légitimité de ses réformes<br />
constitutionnelles et les présidents François<br />
Mitterrand et Jacques Chirac pour entériner des<br />
évolutions de l'Union européenne. Avec plus ou<br />
moins de succès comme chacun le sait.<br />
La révision constitutionnelle de l'été 2008 met fin au<br />
monopole du président de la République en matière<br />
de déclenchement du référendum. Instaurant un<br />
droit d'initiative minoritaire partagée entre par<br />
lementaire et électeurs (et non "d'initiative<br />
populaire"), le nouvel article 11 prévoit qu'un<br />
référendum "peut être organisé" sur une proposition<br />
de loi "à l'initiative d'un cinquième des membres du<br />
Parlements, soutenue par un dixième des électeurs<br />
inscrits sur les listes électorales".<br />
Cette proposition de loi doit évidemment respecter<br />
certaines conditions sous le contrôle du Conseil<br />
constitutionnel : des conditions liées à la collecte<br />
des sig<strong>na</strong>tures (1/5e des parlementaires + 4<br />
millions d'électeurs, qui se greffent à la proposition<br />
de loi par voie électronique) ; des conditions liées à<br />
l'objet du référendum qui doit respecter la<br />
Constitution.<br />
Si la proposition de loi n'a pas fait l'objet d'au moins<br />
une lecture (et non d'un vote !) par chacune des<br />
deux assemblées dans un délai fixé par la future loi<br />
organique, le président de la République la soumet<br />
au référendum dans les quatre mois qui suivent<br />
l'expiration de ce délai.<br />
Le Sé<strong>na</strong>t dispose ainsi d'une arme stratégique. Il<br />
est effectivement en mesure de solliciter<br />
l'organisation d'un référendum sur un sujet sensible<br />
(par exemple le droit de vote des étrangers aux<br />
élections locales). Il suffit à la majorité sé<strong>na</strong>toriale<br />
de refuser d'examiner une proposition de loi ayant<br />
récolté toutes les sig<strong>na</strong>tures dans le cadre du<br />
nouveau dispositif. Le refus de lecture "neutralise"<br />
le pouvoir discrétion<strong>na</strong>ire du président de la<br />
République en l'obligeant, selon les termes de<br />
l'article 11 de la Constitution, à organiser un<br />
référendum et à promulguer la proposition de loi en<br />
cas d'adoption populaire (" Lorsque le référendum a<br />
conclu à l'adoption (…) de la proposition de loi, le<br />
président de la République promulgue la loi dans<br />
les quinze jours qui suivent la proclamation des<br />
résultats de la consultation. ")<br />
D'aucuns diront que le président de la République<br />
peut refuser d'organiser la consultation populaire<br />
car l'usage présidentiel de l'article 11 est une<br />
faculté, non une obligation. Effectivement l'alinéa<br />
1er, qui donne au président la faculté de prendre<br />
l'initiative référendaire, dispose que "le président de<br />
la République (…) peut soumettre au référendum"<br />
un projet de loi. Mais a contrario l'alinéa 5 du même<br />
article est rédigé à l'indicatif présent : "Si la<br />
proposition de loi n'a pas été examinée par les<br />
deux assemblées (…) le président de la République<br />
la soumet au référendum". Le doute n'est donc pas<br />
permis : cette disposition impose une obligation au<br />
président de la République.<br />
Il reste au législateur à parfaire le dispositif, l'article<br />
11 étant la seule réforme de 2008 en attente des<br />
dispositions organiques en assurant l'application.<br />
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Restaurant group to respond Friday to Cain accuser<br />
request<br />
The Natio<strong>na</strong>l Restaurant Assn., the trade group at<br />
the center of the Herman Cain sexual harassment<br />
furor, said it has received a request to allow one of<br />
Cain's accusers to release a public statement<br />
detailing her version of events and will respond<br />
Friday.<br />
The group was contacted by Joel Bennett, a<br />
Washington lawyer who helped negotiate a<br />
settlement with the association on behalf of one of<br />
two women who complained about Cain's conduct<br />
while he was its president and chief executive.<br />
Bennett has been seeking to lift a restriction in the<br />
deal that bars his client from talking.<br />
“Our outside counsel was contacted by Mr. Bennett<br />
today and was asked to provide a response to a<br />
proposed statement by tomorrow afternoon. We are<br />
currently reviewing the document, and we plan to<br />
respond tomorrow,” said Sue Hensley, a<br />
spokeswoman for the association.<br />
Bennett said his client is reluctant to speak publicly<br />
about events that occurred while she worked for<br />
Cain in the late 1990s, so he has asked the<br />
association to instead approve a statement by her<br />
for public release.<br />
Cain is not a party to the agreement, Bennett said,<br />
meaning that he would only need the consent of the<br />
association in order for the statement to be<br />
released.<br />
“Mr. Cain was not a sig<strong>na</strong>tory to the settlement<br />
agreement therefore he would have no standing<br />
one way or another” on whether the statement<br />
could be released, Bennett said.<br />
Politico reported Thursday that one of the women<br />
who accused Cain of sexual harassment during his<br />
tenure received a $45,000 settlement. The New<br />
York Times had previously reported that a second<br />
woman obtained a $35,000 payout.<br />
Cain has demurred when asked whether Bennett's<br />
client should be released from her confidentiality<br />
agreement and be allowed to tell her story to the<br />
media.<br />
Bennett said that if the association approves a<br />
waiver to the confidentiality requirements, he would<br />
release a one-page statement on behalf of his<br />
client. But, he said, he will not divulge her <strong>na</strong>me<br />
and said "she does not intend to appear publicly."<br />
By handling it in this fashion, Bennett said that his<br />
client can get her side of the story out without<br />
becoming an “Anita Hill figure,” a reference to the<br />
woman who endured intense scrutiny after publicly<br />
alleging i<strong>na</strong>ppropriate conduct by Supreme Court<br />
Justice Clarence Thomas.<br />
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Supreme Court grants bail to Satyam founder Raju<br />
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to<br />
Ramalinga Raju, founder and former chairman of<br />
outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services Ltd, in<br />
a $1.5 billion fi<strong>na</strong>ncial fraud case, after the Central<br />
Bureau of Investigation (CBI) failed to file charges<br />
on tim<br />
NEW DELHI | Fri Nov 4, 2011 3:20pm IST<br />
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on<br />
Friday granted bail to Ramalinga Raju, founder and<br />
former chairman of outsourcing firm Satyam<br />
Computer Services Ltd, in a $1.5 billion fi<strong>na</strong>ncial<br />
fraud case, after the Central Bureau of Investigation<br />
(CBI) failed to file charges on time.<br />
The CBI did not file a charge-sheet against Raju<br />
within the statutory period, according to a court<br />
order seen by Reuters.<br />
According to Indian law, charge-sheet against an<br />
accused has to be filed within 90 days of arrest.<br />
Raju, a ma<strong>na</strong>gement graduate from Ohio University<br />
who founded Satyam in 1987, shocked investors in<br />
January 2009 when he said the firm's profits had<br />
been overstated for years and assets falsified in a<br />
fraud allegedly worth more than $1.5 billion.<br />
In November 2010, he surrendered after the<br />
Supreme Court in August cancelled a bail granted<br />
to him by a lower court in Hyderabad, where<br />
Satyam is based.<br />
In an auction in April last year, Satyam was sold to<br />
Indian IT firm Tech Mahindra, majority-owned by<br />
automaker Mahindra & Mahindra and part-owned<br />
by British telecoms firm BT Plc.<br />
It was subsequently re<strong>na</strong>med Mahindra Satyam.<br />
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India top court grants bail to Satyam founder Raju<br />
(Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Friday<br />
granted bail to Ramalinga Raju, founder and former<br />
chairman of outsourcing firm Satyam Computer<br />
Services Ltd, in a $1.5 billion fi<strong>na</strong>ncial fraud case,<br />
after the federal investigative agency failed to file<br />
charges on time.<br />
The Central Bureau of Investigation did not file a<br />
charge-sheet against Raju within the statutory<br />
period, according to a court order seen by Reuters.<br />
According to Indian law, charge sheet against an<br />
accused has to be filed within 90 days of arrest.<br />
Raju, a ma<strong>na</strong>gement graduate from Ohio University<br />
who founded Satyam in 1987, shocked investors in<br />
January 2009 when he said the firm's profits had<br />
been overstated for years and assets falsified in a<br />
fraud allegedly worth more than $1.5 billion.<br />
In November 2010, he surrendered to a lower court<br />
in south India after the Supreme Court in August<br />
canceled a bail granted to him by a lower court in<br />
Hyderabad, where Satyam is based.<br />
In an auction in April last year, Satyam was sold to<br />
Indian IT firm Tech Mahindra, majority-owned by<br />
automaker Mahindra & Mahindra and part-owned<br />
by British telecoms firm BT Plc.<br />
It was subsequently re<strong>na</strong>med Mahindra Satyam.<br />
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Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju granted bail by<br />
Supreme Court<br />
NEW DELHI: B Ramalinga Raju, the disgraced<br />
founder of Satyam Computers and prime accused<br />
in the company's multi-crore accounting fraud, was<br />
today granted bail by the Supreme Court after he<br />
spent two years and eight months in the jail.<br />
The apex court took into account that Raju has<br />
been in incarceration for considerable time for the<br />
offence in which the maximum punishment is seven<br />
years jail term and he cooperated during the<br />
ongoing trial of the case after his bail was cancelled<br />
in October last year.<br />
"On the facts of the case and considering the<br />
totality of the circumstances including that the<br />
accused has undergone the actual sentence of two<br />
years and eight months, we deem it fit to release<br />
him on bail," a bench comprising justices Dalveer<br />
Bhandari and Dipak Misra said.<br />
It asked the Special CBI court in Hyderbad to<br />
expeditiously complete the trial of the case which<br />
was scheduled to have been concluded on July 31<br />
this year.<br />
The court warned that any attempt by Raju and<br />
other accused to influence the trial of the case<br />
directly or indirectly in any manner would give<br />
liberty to the CBI to approach the apex court for the<br />
cancellation of their bail.<br />
During the judicial custody, Raju had also spend<br />
four months in hospital for heart ailment.<br />
The court also granted bail to Ramalinga Raju's<br />
brother B Rama Raju and Satyam's former Chief<br />
Fi<strong>na</strong>ncial Officer Vadlamani Srinivas. The bail for<br />
the three is on a perso<strong>na</strong>l bond of Rs 2 lakh each<br />
and two sureties of like amount.<br />
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Supreme Court dismisses Ayodhya verdict judge's<br />
plea<br />
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today dismissed<br />
the petition of Justice (retd) Dharam Vir Sharma, a<br />
member of the three-judge Allahabad High Court<br />
bench which had delivered the landmark Ayodhya<br />
verdict on September 30, 2010, challenging his<br />
non-appointment in Natio<strong>na</strong>l Green Tribu<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and S S Nijjar<br />
said Sharma cannot claim any right to appointment<br />
as it was the prerogative of the government.<br />
"This is not a post. Can this court give any such<br />
direction? Can we issue a mandamus"? the bench<br />
told counsel N Gupta appearing for the former<br />
judge.<br />
Gupta said Sharma was selected for both Natio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Green Tribu<strong>na</strong>l and Central Administrative<br />
Tribu<strong>na</strong>l(CAT) by the high- powered committee but<br />
he was not appointed. No reason, he said, was<br />
given for his non-inclusion.<br />
However, the argument failed to convince the<br />
bench which said "the petitioner has no right to<br />
appointment" and dismissed the petition.<br />
Justice Sharma was a member of the bench which<br />
had ruled by a majority verdict that the disputed<br />
land in Ayodhya be divided equally into three parts<br />
among Hindus and Muslims and that the place,<br />
where the makeshift temple of Lord Ram exists,<br />
belongs to Hindus.<br />
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Denying bail a grave miscarriage of justice: Ram<br />
Jethmalani<br />
NEW DELHI: The denial of bail to DMK MP<br />
Kanimozhi by a Delhi Court was today termed as a<br />
"serious miscarriage of justice" by her counsel Ram<br />
Jethmalani who hoped that the Supreme Court<br />
would set it right.<br />
"What the judge has done is a serious miscarriage<br />
of justice. I believe this judge seems to have<br />
decided that no relief should be given except by the<br />
Supreme Court itself. He is not therefore wanting<br />
to do what is plainly right.<br />
"I consider it grave, grave miscarriage of justice and<br />
a deliberate misapplication of law, I hope the<br />
Supreme Court will soon put this right," Jethmalani<br />
said.<br />
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Kanimozhi bail denial in 2G case: Bail may be<br />
considered after recording of evidence, hints court<br />
NEW DELHI: While dismissing the bail pleas of the<br />
eight accused, including DMK MP Kanimozhi, in the<br />
2G spectrum allocation scam, the special CBI court<br />
hinted that the chances of bail would get brighter<br />
after recording of evidence in the case.<br />
Dealing with the question of the accused as to how<br />
long they could be kept in custody, special CBI<br />
judge O P Saini took support of a Supreme Court<br />
judgment to indicate that bail could be considered<br />
after recording the statement of important<br />
witnesses.<br />
The court reasoned that "one way of generating a<br />
sense of security in the mind of victims and the<br />
witnesses is to keep the accused in custody till their<br />
evidence is complete".<br />
The judge said courts had to strike a balance<br />
between liberty and rights of accused and safety<br />
and security of witnesses to ensure fair trial.<br />
"Victims and witnesses cannot be left to their own<br />
fate while protecting the rights of the accused. They<br />
also must have a sense of security and safety and<br />
must have a feeling that no harm would come their<br />
way by just being witness in a case and disclosing<br />
the truth before the investigating agency and the<br />
court," the judge said.<br />
Brushing aside the contentions of the accused that<br />
there was no apprehension of witnesses being<br />
influenced or evidence being tampered with, the<br />
court said witnesses would be "under a lot of<br />
pressure" in view of the "unprecedented <strong>na</strong>ture" of<br />
this case. "The witnesses would be under a lot of<br />
pressure, given the serious consequences of the<br />
case for the parties. This is further compounded by<br />
the fact that the witnesses are employees, relatives,<br />
family members, colleagues and subordi<strong>na</strong>tes of<br />
the accused persons," the court said.<br />
The court, however, clarified that the rights of the<br />
accused were very important in crimi<strong>na</strong>l<br />
jurisprudence and they were also required to be<br />
protected under all circumstances. "There is no<br />
doubt that continued and unnecessary incarceration<br />
of an accused is violative of his rights. If an<br />
accused is required to be kept in custody during the<br />
trial, the reasons for the same must be valid, both in<br />
law and fact. Having said that, I may also record<br />
that the rights of victim and witnesses are also no<br />
less valuable and are required to be protected<br />
equally during the trial," the judge said.<br />
The court observed that rights of accused,<br />
witnesses and victims should be protected fairly<br />
and over-emphasis on any one may result in<br />
subversion of justice.<br />
upfront<br />
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Kanimozhi bail denial: Legal eagles divided over<br />
decision to deny bail<br />
NEW DELHI: The trial court's decision to deny bail<br />
to DMK MP Kanimozhi despite CBI not opposing<br />
her petition evoked caustic remarks from senior<br />
advocates but a former high court judge termed it a<br />
legally sound order to sensitize people about the<br />
seriousness of "white collar crimes" .<br />
Former law minister and senior advocate Ram<br />
Jethmalani , who had appeared for Kanimozhi<br />
earlier, termed it a "grave miscarriage of justice and<br />
a deliberate misapplication of law" by the trial court.<br />
He hoped the "Supreme Court will soon put this<br />
right" . He also said bail was refused only in cases<br />
where the accused was likely to abscond, tamper<br />
with evidence or influence witnesses. "There is no<br />
such evidence at least in the case of this woman ,"<br />
he said.<br />
S N Dhingra, who retired as a judge of Delhi HC<br />
this year, found nothing wrong with special judge O<br />
P Saini's order. "Time has come when we stop<br />
treating white collar crimi<strong>na</strong>ls as honourable<br />
persons . They are, in certain cases, worse than<br />
soil collared crimi<strong>na</strong>ls. In the 2G case, once<br />
chargesheet was filed, the court got an insight into<br />
the <strong>na</strong>ture of the offence, possibility of accused<br />
tinkering with evidence and the seriousness of the<br />
offence. The judge was well within his right to deny<br />
bail, which in any case is not a fundamental right,"<br />
he said.<br />
The trial court had said the right of the accused was<br />
important but the same was true for the rights of the<br />
victims and the witnesses. "One way of generating<br />
security in the mind of the victims and the<br />
witnesses is to keep the accused in custody till their<br />
evidence is complete," the judge said while refusing<br />
bail to Kanimozhi and seven others.<br />
Former additio<strong>na</strong>l solicitor general Raju<br />
Ramachandran was equally critical of denial of bail.<br />
"The normal rule is bail not jail. Now here's a case<br />
where prosecuting agency says they do not need to<br />
keep accused in jail any more and that the<br />
investigation is complete and charges have been<br />
framed. There really is no reason whatsoever in<br />
these circumstances to deny bail," he said.<br />
Ja<strong>na</strong>ta Party president Subramanian Swamy, who<br />
is a petitioner before the Supreme Court as well as<br />
a complai<strong>na</strong>nt before the trial court in the 2G scam<br />
case, said the trial court rightly refused bail to the<br />
accused as they had committed "crime against the<br />
<strong>na</strong>tion" ."This is a correct decision.<br />
The CBI was pressurised to take a ridiculous stand<br />
of not objecting to bail applications of certain people<br />
while objecting to others. These are not ordi<strong>na</strong>ry<br />
people. These are billio<strong>na</strong>ires who have<br />
inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l connections. Consequently, when<br />
witnesses are called, these witnesses could be<br />
affected by the atmosphere created by their coming<br />
out (of jail), celebrations for them, holding rallies<br />
etc. In that situation, it is a wise thing to keep them<br />
in jail till witness deposition is over," he said.<br />
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2G scam:CBI probes share transfer trail to identify<br />
beneficiaries<br />
NEW DELHI: A CBI team will go to Switzerland<br />
later this month to find the identity of the real<br />
beneficiaries of investments worth $4 million in BTS<br />
Belvoir, a Swiss firm chosen as the parking lot for<br />
the 9.9% stake offloaded from Delphi.<br />
Delphi, the Mauritius-based fully owned subsidiary<br />
of Mavi Investment Fund, was itself the recipient of<br />
Reliance Telecom's 9.9% stake in Swan Telecom in<br />
2007. The CBI has been trying to uncover the<br />
Reliance Telecom-Swan-Delphi share transfer trail<br />
as part of its larger exercise to zero in on the<br />
beneficiaries of the 2G spectrum allocation scam. A<br />
Reliance ADAG spokesperson, when contacted,<br />
refused to comment on the issue.<br />
The CBI, which had sent a team to Mauritius earlier<br />
this year in an attempt to find out the identity of the<br />
real owners of Delphi Investment, discovered that<br />
the share transfer trail did not end at the island<br />
<strong>na</strong>tion. Information received from the Mauritian<br />
authorities indicated that Reliance Telecom's stake<br />
in Delphi was subsequently diverted to BTS Belvoir,<br />
an investment company located in Switzerland.<br />
An amount of $4 million was parked in Belvoir. The<br />
CBI believes that the real value of these shares<br />
was much more, at least $76 million. The 9.9%<br />
stake was later reduced to 5%, after Etisalaat<br />
bought a major chunk of shares in Swan Telecom.<br />
The CBI has sent a Letter Rogatory to Switzerland<br />
in September this year, seeking the help of the<br />
authorities there in unearthing the money trail. The<br />
investigating agency's counsel, senior advocate KK<br />
Venugopal had informed the Supreme Court about<br />
the move during the hearing on the 2G case on<br />
September 30.<br />
Venugopal had told the bench hearing the case that<br />
in the wake of its probe in Mauritius, the agency<br />
had taken steps to send a LR as part of the<br />
exercise to seek cooperation of the authorities there<br />
to unravel the identity of the individuals to whom<br />
Delphi had transferred the shares it received from<br />
Reliance Telecom. The senior counsel had pointed<br />
out that Reliance transferred 1,07,90,000 equity<br />
shares in Swan to Delphi in 2007 for Rs 15 per<br />
share.<br />
"The total value of $76 million of the shares sold by<br />
Reliance to Delphi was grossly undervalued,''<br />
Venugopal had told the bench. The CBI feels that<br />
the ownership of BTS Belvoir Investments itself has<br />
changed hands in the interregnum, and fears that<br />
the money trail could lead it to British Virgin Islands.<br />
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ED's attachment of Hasan Ali's properties upheld<br />
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The adjudicating authority<br />
on the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)<br />
has upheld the Enforcement Directorate's decision<br />
to attach properties owned by Punebased stud-farm<br />
owner Hasan Ali Khan and his associate Kashi<strong>na</strong>th<br />
Tapuriah.<br />
The two are under ED investigation for allegedly<br />
stacking large amounts of black money in foreign<br />
banks and evading taxes. The three-member PMLA<br />
adjudicating authority, in an order passed on<br />
Thursday, endorsed ED's provisio<strong>na</strong>l attachment of<br />
properties worth some Rs 50 crore.<br />
These belong to the Khan-Tapuriah duo. They<br />
include apartments owned by Khan in the Delhi's<br />
up-market Prithviraj Road, Mumbai's Peddar Road<br />
and his bungalow at Koregaon Park in Pune.<br />
Khan's fleet of cars, including Porsche and<br />
Mercedes, too will be in ED's possession.<br />
ED had in June issued provisio<strong>na</strong>l order attaching<br />
of these assets belonging to Khan and his<br />
Kolkata-based associate. It was challenged<br />
subsequently by the two accused in their petition<br />
filed before the adjudicating authority.<br />
The day's development, coupled with Supreme<br />
Court's September 30 order staying Mumbai High<br />
Court's decision granting bail to Khan, is expected<br />
to strengthen ED's ongoing investigation against<br />
Khan and his co-accused in the money laundering<br />
case.<br />
A bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and S<br />
Nijjar, while denying bail, endorsed the Centre's<br />
contention that Khan by depositing $800 million<br />
with a bank outside India, and various transactions<br />
through his foreign bank accounts, revealed his<br />
association with Saudi arms dealer Ad<strong>na</strong>n<br />
Khashoggi.<br />
ED is gearing up to confiscate properties of Hasan<br />
Ali in Switzerland. Under the Prevention of Money<br />
Laundering Act, ED can confiscate properties<br />
outside India.<br />
But, it requires co-operation of respective countries<br />
and certain legal procedures including issuance of<br />
Letter Rogatory, a letter to a foreign court for<br />
judicial assistance.<br />
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Maoists refuse to meet Mukul Roy<br />
KOLKATA: The Peoples Committee Against Police<br />
Atrocities (PCPA) from Jangalmahal, including the<br />
wife of their arrested leader Chhatradhar Mahato<br />
Niyati, on Thursday skipped their scheduled<br />
meeting with the Union Minister of State for<br />
Shipping Mukul Roy, giving a clear indication that<br />
the front organisation of the Maoists had no interest<br />
in joining talks with Mamata Banerjee's<br />
government.<br />
The meeting between Roy and PCPA was fixed by<br />
the secretary of the All India Legal Aid Forum and a<br />
Supreme Court advocate Joydeep Mukherjee and<br />
some other functio<strong>na</strong>ries like the Tri<strong>na</strong>mool<br />
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Debabrata Banerjee.<br />
But, the PCPA leader and secretary of the Santras<br />
Birodhi Mancha, Ashok Jiban, had informed the<br />
mediators at the eleventh hour that they will not<br />
attend the meeting. Apart from Niyati and Ashok<br />
Jiban, another PCPA leader of Nari Ijjat Bachao<br />
Committee Jyots<strong>na</strong> Mahato, was also supposed to<br />
attend Thursday's meeting with Roy.<br />
Nari Ijjat Bachao Committee is a<br />
Jangalmahal-based organisation, which is fighting<br />
against so-called police atrocities on women in the<br />
region. Police sources, however, claimed that this<br />
committee also functions as a Maoist front<br />
organisation.<br />
When contacted, Mukherjee told ET on Thursday<br />
that they met the Union minister and informed him<br />
that the PCPA leaders will not attend the meeting.<br />
"The minister told us that his door is always open<br />
for any organisation in Jangalmahal which is<br />
interested in sorting out the impasse in the region<br />
through talks with the government. We had tried our<br />
best to organise a direct talk between the<br />
government and the Jangalmahal-based<br />
organisation. But the leaders of the organisation did<br />
not turn up today."<br />
Ashok Jiban said that "we wanted to meet our<br />
leader Chhatradhar Mahato, who is currently in jail,<br />
to consult him before our meeting with the Union<br />
minister. But, we were not allowed to meet Mahato<br />
in jail.<br />
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Strip-Search Lawyers Air Dirty Linen<br />
Team Feuded Over Appealing Case to High Court,<br />
Endangering Lucrative Legal Niche<br />
By JESS BRAVIN<br />
WASHINGTON—A Supreme Court case testing<br />
whether jails can strip-search every arrestee has<br />
provoked a bitter clash between two headb<br />
lawyers—on the same side.<br />
The dispute between Susan Cha<strong>na</strong> Lask and Elmer<br />
Robert Keach III sheds light on a little-known but<br />
lucrative legal niche, and shows why a decisive<br />
ruling by the Supreme Court is sometimes the last<br />
thing lawyers want.<br />
For decades, federal appeals courts held it<br />
unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l to strip-search people arrested on<br />
minor charges without a specific reason to suspect<br />
weapons or drugs were hidden in their body<br />
cavities. But many jails flouted those holdings by<br />
routinely strip-searching every inmate. Some jails<br />
have paid a price for that.<br />
Mr. Keach said he and his colleagues have racked<br />
up $36 million in class-action settlements with jails<br />
across the Northeast and as far away as Texas that<br />
routinely strip-searched inmates. Roughly 30% of<br />
that went to attorneys' fees.<br />
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Ms. Lask may have ruined it all, Mr. Keach said, by<br />
bringing a case before a conservative-led Supreme<br />
Court, where several justices suggested at<br />
arguments last month that blanket strip-search<br />
policies might be constitutio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
"Susan Cha<strong>na</strong> Lask is an incompetent dolt," said<br />
Mr. Keach of Amsterdam, N.Y.<br />
Ms. Lask, who practices in Manhattan, is no less<br />
blunt. Mr. Keach—or, as she sometimes calls him,<br />
"Mr. Leech"—is a "monster" who put profits ahead<br />
of the victims' cause, she said.<br />
The case that has upended the strip-search bar<br />
began in 2005, when a state trooper in Mount Holly,<br />
N.J., pulled over a BMW X5 and arrested a<br />
passenger, Albert Florence, after the police<br />
computer flagged him for failing to pay an old fine.<br />
Actually, Mr. Florence had paid up, but he spent six<br />
days in the Burlington and Essex county jails and<br />
was strip-searched twice before a judge released<br />
him.<br />
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Elmer Robert Keach III<br />
Mr. Florence hired Ms. Lask. She learned that<br />
everyone processed by the two county jails was<br />
strip-searched—the perfect sce<strong>na</strong>rio for a<br />
class-action lawsuit for violating the Fourth<br />
Amendment ban on "unreaso<strong>na</strong>ble searches."<br />
For help, she called Mr. Keach, who was becoming<br />
a pro at strip-search cases after securing a $2.7<br />
million settlement from Rensselaer County, N.Y., on<br />
behalf of 2,000 minor offenders.<br />
"I've done like 20 of these," said Mr. Keach, who<br />
began teaming up with attorney friends to do the<br />
work and share the fees. The payoff for ex-inmates<br />
ranges from $100 to $3,000, but "the mainline<br />
figure is $1,000 a head," he said.<br />
At first glance, Mr. Keach and Ms. Lask, who both<br />
claim hardscrabble roots in southeastern<br />
Pennsylvania, have much in common.<br />
"An extraordi<strong>na</strong>ry lawyer fighting for the common<br />
man" declares Mr. Keach's website. Ms. Lask, who<br />
has registered several websites including<br />
www.suethemall.com, selected the slogan, "If you<br />
want Justice, you want Susan Cha<strong>na</strong> Lask."<br />
Nonetheless, the two took an immediate dislike to<br />
each other.<br />
"Not only was this woman not ready for prime time,<br />
she wasn't ready for public access," said Mr.<br />
Keach. Fearing she would blow the case and set<br />
bad precedent, Mr. Keach said his team offered to<br />
run the case, while guaranteeing Ms. Lask a cut of<br />
any settlement.<br />
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"They start saying, 'Give us the case, you can sit<br />
back and do nothing,' " is how Ms. Lask remembers<br />
it. "[You can] go buy yourself a yacht and retire,"<br />
Mr. Keach told her, she said, promising her a share<br />
of the "good life" he enjoyed through strip-search<br />
proceeds.<br />
"I didn't want to be any part of these <strong>na</strong>sty people,"<br />
Ms. Lask said. "They were like fleas, going from<br />
prison to prison to prison," sucking out settlements.<br />
When she declined Mr. Keach's invitation, he<br />
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"started screaming at me and freaking out, and I<br />
hung up," she said.<br />
Rebuffed, Mr. Keach's group took a drastic step,<br />
filing court papers to oust Ms. Lask as class<br />
counsel. "They wanted to steal the case from me,"<br />
she said.<br />
"We were going to take over her case because of<br />
the sheer level of incompetence she was showing,"<br />
Mr. Keach said. But Ms. Lask fought back, and<br />
eventually Mr. Keach gave up the effort.<br />
In 2009, a federal court in Camden, N.J., ruled<br />
against Burlington and Essex in the class-action<br />
suit. The counties appealed before damages were<br />
calculated.<br />
By this time, the legal environment was beginning<br />
to shift. Some federal appeals courts were allowing<br />
automatic strip searches even for minor offenses,<br />
bucking the earlier consensus that this violated the<br />
Fourth Amendment.<br />
The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which<br />
includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware,<br />
had never ruled on the question, but Mr. Keach<br />
feared it was likely to follow the new trend. He<br />
recalled urging Ms. Lask, "For the love of God,<br />
settle your case! Why are you on this kamikaze<br />
mission?"<br />
Ms. Lask said a Keach-style settlement where the<br />
ex-inmates got modest sums "wasn't worth it to<br />
me." She added: "I want to get people decent<br />
money or some kind of change in the law."<br />
When the appeals panel in Philadelphia ruled<br />
against Ms. Lask, effectively ending strip-search<br />
class actions in three states, Mr. Keach was beside<br />
himself.<br />
"Congratulations, Susan," he told her by email.<br />
"You killed the golden goose."<br />
"I thought, 'What a pig,' " said Ms. Lask.<br />
Mr. Keach dreaded the idea of the New Jersey<br />
case going to the Supreme Court. He argued there<br />
were better cases to frame the question—for<br />
instance, the Roman Catholic nun who was<br />
strip-searched at a San Francisco jail after her<br />
arrest at a peace demonstration.<br />
Ms. Lask wasn't listening. She appealed to the<br />
Supreme Court, which heard the case Oct. 12 and<br />
is expected to rule before July. Mr. Keach said he<br />
was pleased she let an experienced high-court<br />
litigator, Tom Goldstein, argue before the nine<br />
justices.<br />
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Mr. Keach predicts a 6-3 Supreme Court vote<br />
blessing blanket strip searches. "It's heartbreaking<br />
when one looks at the devastation that's likely to<br />
follow from her foray into the Supreme Court," he<br />
said.<br />
Ms. Lask said that even if she loses the case, she<br />
will be proud to have clarified the constitutio<strong>na</strong>lity of<br />
strip searches.<br />
"I'm one woman. I did all this, and I got it up to the<br />
Supreme Court," she said.<br />
Write to Jess Bravin at jess.bravin@wsj.com<br />
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Texas judge questions daughter's motives in posting<br />
video<br />
The Texas woman who released a 7-year-old video<br />
showing her being beaten by her father, a Texas<br />
judge, says she has "some regret" over making the<br />
tape public. Update at 8:50 a.m. ET: The ex-wife of<br />
a Texas judge who was captured on video beating<br />
his tee<strong>na</strong>ge daughter with a belt 7 years ago<br />
blames the regular attacks on an addiction and<br />
says he brainwashed her into compliance.<br />
Hallie Adams, in an interview with NBC's Today<br />
show calls County Court-at-Law Judge William<br />
Adams' addiction a "family secret," but does not<br />
elaborate. Their 22-year marriage ended in 2007.<br />
WATCH: Tape of beating. Warning: Graphic She is<br />
shown in the 8-minute-video also striking the girl<br />
with a belt. Adams tells Today that her ex-husband<br />
"completely brainwashed and controlled" her.<br />
Update at 8:38 a.m. ET: "I'm experiencing some<br />
regret because I just pulled the covers off my own<br />
father's misbehavior after so many people thought<br />
he was such a good person. ... But so many people<br />
are also telling me I did the right thing," she tells<br />
The Associated Press outside her mother's home in<br />
the Gulf Coast town of Portland, near Corpus<br />
Christi. "He's supposed to be a judge who<br />
exercises fit judgment," she tells the AP. Earlier<br />
posting: The young woman who released a video<br />
showing her father, a Texas judge, beating her with<br />
a belt seven years ago says she decided to make it<br />
public not out of vengeance, but as a way to move<br />
on, KRIS-TV reports. "Waiting this long to publish it<br />
has e<strong>na</strong>bled me to look at it with hindsight and not<br />
be so caught up in the passion of the moment,"<br />
Hillary Adams tells reporter Keaton Fox of the<br />
Corpus Christi TV station. "I think we do, my mother<br />
and I, we do need to try to move on past the anger<br />
and just concentrate on getting counseling and<br />
help." She says she feels like a lot of people in her<br />
community "were tricked" by her father, Judge<br />
William Adams in Aransas County. "They saw him<br />
treating his wife and daughter, oh, look what I gave<br />
them, look at these amazing cars and watches and<br />
pianos, everything like that and just this other side<br />
of him, was hidden for so long, because he was so<br />
good at controlling the situation and covering<br />
anything up," she tells KRIS. Origi<strong>na</strong>l posting by<br />
Michael Winter: Texas authorities are investigating<br />
a family-law judge after his daughter posted a video<br />
that shows him beating her legs with a belt when<br />
she was 16 years old, according to news reports.<br />
"She's mad because I've ordered her to bring the<br />
car back, in a nutshell, but, yeah, that's me, I lost<br />
my temper," Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge<br />
William Adams told KRIS-TV.<br />
"Her mother was there, she wasn't hurt ... it was a<br />
long time ago. ... I really don't want to get into this<br />
right now, because as you can see my life's been<br />
made very difficult over this child. "In my mind I<br />
have not done anything wrong other than discipline<br />
my child when she was caught stealing. I did lose<br />
my temper, I've apologized. ... It looks worse than it<br />
is." The judge added that he informed the Judicial<br />
Review board after seeing the 2004 video, which<br />
was posted to YouTube last week by his daughter,<br />
Hallie, now 23. The county district attorney and<br />
Rockport, Texas, police department are<br />
investigating. KRIS has reaction from Hallie Adams<br />
and her mother, who is divorced from her father.<br />
Hillary said that she "had held onto the video for so<br />
long for the right time" and that it wasn't for<br />
revenge. She hopes her father seeks counseling.<br />
Later this afternoon, she told the Associated Press<br />
she set up the camera because she knew her<br />
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father would punish her for illegally downloading<br />
music. She admitted she felt some regret for<br />
posting the seven-minute clip, which has gone viral<br />
since Reddit linked to it Tuesday. Slate magazine<br />
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poses this question: "Does Texas Judge William<br />
Adams Deserve Internet Vigilantism for Allegedly<br />
Beating His Daughter?"<br />
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Justice Ginsburg: A clean bill of health<br />
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who<br />
has twice survived cancer and is regularly subject<br />
to speculation about her retirement plans, said<br />
Thursday she recently received a clean bill of<br />
health.<br />
Ginsburg, 78, in response to a question from USA<br />
TODAY, said she recently underwent her annual<br />
checkup and was in good health.<br />
The eldest of the nine justices, Ginsburg has<br />
repeatedly vowed to stay on the bench through the<br />
2012 presidential election and a few years after<br />
that. Yet rumors of a possible retirement continue to<br />
swirl, because of her past health problems and<br />
because of presidential politics.<br />
The president makes lifetime appointments to the<br />
federal bench, and the stakes for the Supreme<br />
Court tend to be heightened during an election<br />
season.<br />
Harvard Law professor Randall Kennedy wrote in<br />
The New Republic magazine last spring that<br />
Ginsburg should retire soon to ensure that<br />
Democratic President Obama, rather than a<br />
possible new GOP president, could appoint her<br />
successor. (Kennedy said Stephen Breyer, 73,<br />
should also retire.)<br />
Ginsburg has said she at least wants to match the<br />
tenure of Justice Louis Brandeis, who retired at age<br />
82 in 1939. That would get her to 2015.<br />
The current Supreme Court, deeply split along<br />
ideological lines, is facing a slew of significant<br />
cases through mid-2012, including on the<br />
constitutio<strong>na</strong>lity of the Obama-sponsored health<br />
care law.<br />
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Group to decide whether Cain accuser can make<br />
statement<br />
A day after the Herman Cain controversy reached a<br />
fever pitch, the decibel level seemed to come down<br />
a notch over sexual harassment allegations made<br />
in the 1990s against the GOP presidential<br />
candidate.<br />
Developments on Thursday:<br />
1) The Natio<strong>na</strong>l Restaurant Association says it will<br />
decide tomorrow whether one of Herman Cain's<br />
accusers will be released from her confidentiality<br />
agreement.<br />
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain says he<br />
is the victim of a smear campaign.<br />
CAPTION<br />
By Carolyn Kaster, AP<br />
Joel Bennett, the woman's attorney, has been<br />
working with his client on a statement about<br />
accusations she made against Cain when he led<br />
the trade group.<br />
"Our outside counsel was contacted by Mr. Bennett<br />
today and was asked to provide a response to a<br />
proposed statement by tomorrow afternoon. We are<br />
currently reviewing the document, and we plan to<br />
respond tomorrow," Sue Hensley, senior vice<br />
president for public affairs, said in a statement.<br />
2) Texas Gov. Rick Perry said his campaign was<br />
not involved with leaking details of the harassment<br />
accusations to Politico. In an interview with CNN,<br />
Perry was adamant that he would fire someone on<br />
his staff for such behavior. "If you're passing rumors<br />
that are that heinous and that bad, you don't need<br />
to be working for me," Perry said. He stressed: "Our<br />
campaign didn't have anything to do with it."<br />
Cain's chief of staff, Mark Block, told Fox News<br />
earlier Thursday that he accepted the expla<strong>na</strong>tion<br />
of Curt Anderson, a Perry political consultant, that<br />
he had nothing to do with the Politico story.<br />
Anderson worked on Cain's unsuccessful 2004<br />
Se<strong>na</strong>te race in Georgia.<br />
"I didn't know anything about this, I didn't leak it,"<br />
Anderson said Thursday on CNN, adding that he<br />
believes Cain and his campaign are "grasping at<br />
straws" and have developed a "diversio<strong>na</strong>ry<br />
strategy."<br />
3) Cain told The Daily Caller that the news media<br />
have rushed to judgment. "That is the D.C. culture.<br />
Guilty until proven innocent," he told Ginni Thomas,<br />
wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas,<br />
who is a special correspondent to the website.<br />
On Sean Hannity's radio show, Cain decried "gutter<br />
politics." He said the controversy is "an intentio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
way to slow me down ... and put a cloud of doubt<br />
over me and my campaign,"<br />
4) Some of Cain's GOP presidential rivals are<br />
starting to speak out about the scandal.<br />
Rick Santorum told Radio Iowa that Cain's policy<br />
positions on issues such as abortion are more<br />
troublesome than the sexual harassment<br />
allegations.<br />
"If you look at his policy positions, they're all over<br />
the map, and I'm hopeful that as this situation<br />
comes to a resolution one way or another that<br />
people go back and look at his policies," the former<br />
Pennsylvania se<strong>na</strong>tor said in the interview.<br />
Newt Gingrich told CNN on Wednesday night that<br />
he finds the idea of a possible smear campaign<br />
"repulsive."<br />
"I'd want to see the evidence, but I would say if it<br />
turns out that a Republican presidential candidate<br />
deliberately went out and created this kind of a<br />
story about a fellow candidate, that they would<br />
pretty rapidly become a pariah to the rest of us and<br />
they'd fire who did it," said Gingrich, a former<br />
House speaker.<br />
5) Cain tried to go back to business as usual on the<br />
campaign trail. His campaign announced formation<br />
of an Iowa fund, with the goal of raising $999,000<br />
by Nov. 9 to help him bolster his ground game in<br />
the lead-off state.<br />
The Iowa caucuses are on Jan. 3.<br />
"As of today we are back on message and we're<br />
going to stay on message," he said on the Hannity<br />
radio show.<br />
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Supreme Court blocks Khadr extradition to U.S.<br />
ReutersBy Randall Palmer | Reuters – Thu, Nov 3,<br />
2011<br />
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of<br />
Ca<strong>na</strong>da blocked on Thursday the extradition to the<br />
United States of Abdullah Khadr, a Ca<strong>na</strong>dian<br />
wanted by Washington on terrorist charges. Khadr,<br />
30, who told CBC television before being detained<br />
in Islamabad in 2004 that every Muslim dreams of<br />
being a martyr for Islam, was accused by<br />
Washington of supplying missiles to al Qaeda in<br />
Pakistan and conspiring to murder Americans<br />
abroad. His brother Omar is in prison at<br />
Guanta<strong>na</strong>mo. The Supreme Court refused on<br />
Thursday to hear an appeal - launched on behalf of<br />
the United States - of lower court decisions that had<br />
stopped proceedings for his extradition. That brings<br />
the United States to the end of the legal road in<br />
Ca<strong>na</strong>da. The high court did not give a reason for its<br />
decision.<br />
But the Ontario court that first quashed his<br />
extradition had ruled that Khadr's human rights,<br />
including access to Ca<strong>na</strong>dian diplomatic counsel,<br />
had been unjustifiably violated after his arrest by<br />
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate.<br />
The United States paid $500,000 to the Pakistanis<br />
to abduct him in Pakistan in October 2004. For 14<br />
months he was held secretly in that country, where<br />
he alleges he was tortured. Khadr's lawyer, Dennis<br />
Edney, said the United States presented no other<br />
evidence than that which had been obtained<br />
through Pakistani mistreatment of him. "This is a<br />
triumph for justice. Courts have shone by indicating<br />
that the rule of law and fundamental human rights<br />
are not trumped by security concerns," Edney said<br />
in a phone interview. According to documents<br />
before the Supreme Court, after the Pakistanis<br />
had exhausted Khadr as a source of anti-terrorism<br />
intelligence, they were ready to free him. But<br />
Washington insisted they hold him for another six<br />
months, while it held an investigation and started<br />
the extradition process. He was allowed to return in<br />
December 2005 to Ca<strong>na</strong>da, where he was soon<br />
arrested at the request of the United States.<br />
The Ca<strong>na</strong>dian government was the actual party that<br />
appealed the lower court decisions to the top court,<br />
acting on behalf of the United States. Khadr was<br />
freed in August 2010 after the initial court ruling that<br />
he should not be extradited. The Khadr family had<br />
close ties to Osama bin Laden, living at his<br />
compound in Afghanistan before the September 11,<br />
2001, attacks on the United States. Abdullah's<br />
father, Ahmed, was arrested in Pakistan in 1995 in<br />
connection with a bomb at the Egyptian embassy in<br />
Islamabad, then freed at Ca<strong>na</strong>da's request. He was<br />
killed in a gun battle in Pakistan in 2003. Abdullah's<br />
brother, Omar, pleaded guilty in October 2010 to a<br />
series of charges, including an admission under a<br />
plea deal that he was an al Qaeda conspirator who<br />
murdered a U.S. soldier. Under a deal agreed at his<br />
sentencing, he is eligible to be sent home to<br />
Ca<strong>na</strong>da at some point to serve his sentence.<br />
(Reporting by Randall Palmer; editing by Peter<br />
Galloway)<br />
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Olympus delays earnings announcement; shares<br />
plunge<br />
By Isabel Reynolds<br />
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp said it<br />
won't announce its quarterly earnings on November<br />
8 as expected because it needs more time after<br />
appointing an exter<strong>na</strong>l panel to look into past deals,<br />
sparking a fresh plunge in the firm's shares.<br />
A spokesman for the scandal-hit maker of cameras<br />
and endoscopes said Olympus aimed to release<br />
the July-September figures in mid to late<br />
November, and would not necessarily wait for the<br />
panel to reveal its findings.<br />
"The decision to delay is not due to any issues<br />
pointed out by exter<strong>na</strong>l parties," said the<br />
spokesman. "We simply feel it would be difficult to<br />
hold an earnings conference under the current<br />
circumstances."<br />
Olympus on Tuesday <strong>na</strong>med six men, including a<br />
former Japanese supreme court justice, to<br />
investigate past M&A deals at the core of a scandal<br />
engulfing it in a bid to stem an exodus of investors.<br />
The panel has set no deadline to complete its<br />
investigation.<br />
Listed firms in Japan are usually required to report<br />
quarterly earnings within 45 days after the end of<br />
the period. Failure to comply can result in the<br />
company being delisted.<br />
The Tokyo Stock Exchange said the usual time limit<br />
for reporting July-September earnings is November<br />
14 and approval to report any later needs to come<br />
from the government, a spokeswoman for the<br />
exchange said.<br />
Shares in Olympus dived as much as 12 percent<br />
after the news, before paring losses to end the<br />
morning down 7.3 percent at 1,113 yen.<br />
The company has lost about 60 percent of its value<br />
since it suddenly fired British CEO Michael<br />
Woodford last month, saying he failed to<br />
understand the company's ma<strong>na</strong>gement style or<br />
Japanese culture.<br />
Woodford said he was forced out for probing<br />
astronomical fees paid in the $2 billion acquisition<br />
of British medical equipment company Gyrus in<br />
2008, as well as three other acquisitions of small<br />
Japanese firms whose value had been largely<br />
written off after the purchases.<br />
The investigative panel has expressed interest in<br />
talking to Woodford.<br />
Many Japanese firms held their annual earnings<br />
announcements later than usual this year, as they<br />
scrambled to clarify the effects of the March 11<br />
earthquake. But it is unusual to put off an<br />
announcement once the date has been made<br />
public.<br />
Most a<strong>na</strong>lysts have dropped coverage of Olympus<br />
due to the lack of clarity over its past deals.<br />
(Editing by Joseph Radford and Miyoung Kim)<br />
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Lula da Silva, el más admirado por los congresistas<br />
brasileños<br />
Mundo / El ex presidente brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula<br />
da Silva es más admirado por los congresistas<br />
brasileños que la actual mandataria, Dilma<br />
Rousseff, y que el también exgober<strong>na</strong>nte Fer<strong>na</strong>ndo<br />
Henrique Cardoso, según un sondeo entre<br />
legisladores divulgado hoy por el portal "Congresso<br />
em Foco".<br />
05.11.2011 | 13.35 |<br />
El ex presidente brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.<br />
Lula (2003-2010) recibió de los diputados y<br />
se<strong>na</strong>dores u<strong>na</strong> calificación promedio de 7,25 sobre<br />
10, mientras que la nota de Rousseff fue de 6,81 y<br />
la de Cardoso (1995-2002) de 6,1.<br />
El primer líder obrero y sindicalista en llegar a la<br />
Presidencia brasileña fue bien evaluado tanto por<br />
los legisladores oficialistas como por los de la<br />
oposición, según el sondeo que el portal<br />
especializado en información legislativa le<br />
encomendó al Instituto Análisis.<br />
Lula, que se despidió del cargo con niveles récords<br />
de popularidad, fue sucedido en enero pasado por<br />
Rousseff, su apadri<strong>na</strong>da política y cuya aspiración<br />
presidencial no ape<strong>na</strong>s apoyó totalmente sino que<br />
lanzó pese a que no era compartida por todos los<br />
sectores del oficialista Partido de los Trabajadores<br />
(PT).<br />
Lula, en cuyo mandato cerca de 30 millones de<br />
perso<strong>na</strong>s salieron de la pobreza, sucedió en la<br />
jefatura del Estado brasileño a Cardoso, el<br />
sociólogo perseguido por la dictadura (1964-1985)<br />
al que se le atribuye la actual estabilidad de la<br />
economía brasileña.<br />
Ape<strong>na</strong>s Lula y Cardoso obtuvieron notas positivas<br />
tanto de los legisladores oficialistas como de los de<br />
la oposición.<br />
"Es otra demostración de que el momento es<br />
francamente favorable a Lula y a Dilma", explicó<br />
Alberto Almeida, director del Instituto Análisis, al<br />
interpretar el resultado del sondeo realizado en<br />
octubre pasado a 125 diputados y 25 se<strong>na</strong>dores<br />
escogidos proporcio<strong>na</strong>lmente a la representación<br />
de sus partidos en el Congreso.<br />
Para el a<strong>na</strong>lista político Marcio Grijó, citado por<br />
Congresso em Foco, el estudio muestra que los<br />
congresistas brasileños siguen prefiriendo a Lula<br />
que a Rousseff.<br />
"Lula siempre supo negociar más con el Congreso<br />
mientras que Rousseff tiene un perfil más técnico",<br />
según Grijó.<br />
Interrogados sobre su preferido para las elecciones<br />
presidenciales de 2014, el 73 por ciento de los<br />
legisladores sondeados prefirió no responder, un<br />
16 por ciento citó a Rousseff y un 2 por ciento al<br />
se<strong>na</strong>dor Aecio Neves, uno de los principales<br />
líderes de la oposición.<br />
Los parlamentarios también le dieron calificación a<br />
cuatro instituciones, que recibieron evaluaciones<br />
inferiores a las de Lula: la prensa recibió u<strong>na</strong> nota<br />
promedio de 6,53, el Congreso 6,5, el Gobierno<br />
6,34 y el Poder Judicial 6,34.<br />
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PODRIA QUEDAR PARA EL PROXIMO SENADO<br />
LA APROBACION DE PLIEGOS PARA CARGOS<br />
JUDICIALES<br />
– El próximo miércoles a las 11 horas la Comisión<br />
de Asuntos Constitucio<strong>na</strong>les y Acuerdos continuará<br />
avanzando en el tratamiento de los pliegos que<br />
envió el Ejecutivo para cubrir cargos en el Poder<br />
Judicial • El presidente de la Comisión, Aldo<br />
Balleste<strong>na</strong>, explicó a APF los pasos que se deben<br />
dar para llegar a la instancia de aprobación de los<br />
pliegos y, en tal sentido, puso en duda la<br />
posibilidad de que “den los tiempos” para que sean<br />
aprobados por los actuales se<strong>na</strong>dores<br />
La Comisión de Asuntos Constitucio<strong>na</strong>les se<br />
reunirá el miércoles a las 11 horas en forma<br />
conjunta con la de Legislación General, indicó<br />
Balleste<strong>na</strong>, quien sostuvo que se tratarán u<strong>na</strong> serie<br />
de “temas pendientes”.<br />
En este marco, se refirió al tratamiento de los<br />
pliegos que sema<strong>na</strong>s atrás envió el Ejecutivo a la<br />
Cámara.<br />
El Se<strong>na</strong>dor dijo que “este lunes comenzamos a<br />
publicar los pliegos” y luego hay que seguir<br />
cumplimentando u<strong>na</strong> serie de pasos, tal como lo<br />
establece el artículo 19 del Reglamento de la<br />
Cámara de Se<strong>na</strong>dores.<br />
“Estamos trabajando en eso, si nos dan los tiempos<br />
lo tratará este Se<strong>na</strong>do, si no es así, lo harán los<br />
que asuman el 10 de diciembre”, manifestó<br />
Balleste<strong>na</strong> cuando esta Agencia le consultó sobre<br />
los plazos que se manejan.<br />
Cabe destacar que luego del pedido de acuerdo del<br />
Poder Ejecutivo para el nombramiento de<br />
magistrados y/o funcio<strong>na</strong>rios públicos, se deben<br />
seguir u<strong>na</strong> serie de pasos. Primero la Comisión de<br />
Asuntos Constitucio<strong>na</strong>les y Acuerdos debe<br />
publicar, dentro de los treinta días hábiles de<br />
recibido el mismo, los datos filiatorios y<br />
antecedentes curriculares del candidato propuesto.<br />
La publicación deberá efectuarse en el Boletín<br />
Oficial, en los dos diarios de mayor circulación en<br />
la provincia y en la pági<strong>na</strong> web de la Cámara.<br />
Otro de los pasos tiene que ver con la “Consulta<br />
Ciudada<strong>na</strong>”. Esto es, los ciudadanos y<br />
organizaciones en general podrán ejercer el<br />
derecho a manifestarse fundadamente y por<br />
escrito, respecto de las calidades y méritos del<br />
candidato propuesto. Esto debe hacerse dentro de<br />
los diez días hábiles siguientes a la segunda<br />
publicación y ante la Comisión de Asuntos<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>les y Acuerdos.<br />
Luego de cumplimentadas estas estapas, el<br />
Presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>les y Acuerdos fijará lugar, fecha y<br />
hora para la realización de la Audiencia Pública. A<br />
la misma se citará al candidato propuesto, quien<br />
será interrogado por la Comisión.<br />
La Audiencia Pública tendrá por objeto conocer del<br />
candidato: su motivación para el cargo; forma en<br />
que desarrollará eventualmente su función; criterios<br />
que sustenta en torno a temas trascendentes de la<br />
materia correspondiente al cargo a cubrir; planes<br />
de trabajo; medidas que propone para u<strong>na</strong> función<br />
eficiente; sus valores éticos; vocación democrática<br />
y por los derechos humanos; situación patrimonial<br />
y fiscal; las consideraciones que el postulante<br />
entiende correspondan en relación a las<br />
manifestaciones contempladas en el Inciso b) del<br />
presente artículo; y todo aquello que la Comisión<br />
considere pertinente para un acabado<br />
conocimiento de las aptitudes del candidato.<br />
U<strong>na</strong> vez realizada la Audiencia Pública, la<br />
Comisión de Asuntos Constitucio<strong>na</strong>les y Acuerdos<br />
confeccio<strong>na</strong>rá un dictamen fundado, aconsejando<br />
la aprobación o rechazo del acuerdo solicitado por<br />
el Poder Ejecutivo.<br />
El pedido de acuerdo será tratado y resuelto en<br />
Sesión Pública, en la cual deberá ser oído el<br />
dictamen referido. Dicha Sesión Pública deberá<br />
fijarse con u<strong>na</strong> antelación no menor a dos días y<br />
publicarse en la pági<strong>na</strong> web de la Cámara y en un<br />
diario de circulación provincial.<br />
Si no existiere acuerdo dentro de los seis meses de<br />
presentado el pedido, las actuaciones se<br />
archivarán.<br />
• Los nombres<br />
Los nombres propuestos por el Ejecutivo son:<br />
- Dr. Martín Cabrera, para ser nombrado Defensor<br />
de Pobres y Menores N° 3 de Paraná.<br />
- Dr. Ricardo Nelson Golly, para ser nombrado<br />
Defensor de Pobres y Menores N° 2 de Paraná.<br />
- Dr. Raúl Damir Flores, para ser nombrado<br />
Defensor de Pobres y Menores de La Paz.<br />
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- Dra. Noelí Gabriela Ballhorst, para ser nombrado<br />
Defensor de Pobres y Menores de Diamante.<br />
- Dr. Pablo Andrés Conti, para ser nombrado<br />
Defensor de Pobres y Menores N° 7 de la ciudad<br />
de Paraná.<br />
- Dr. Pablo Omar Pattini, para ser nombrado<br />
Defensor de Pobres y Menores N° 1 de la ciudad<br />
de Gualeguaychú.<br />
- Dra. María Alba Ojeda De Downes, para ser<br />
nombrada Jueza Civil Y Comercial N° 2 de la<br />
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ciudad de Villaguay.<br />
- Dra. Susa<strong>na</strong> María Amherdt, para ser nombrada<br />
Jueza Civil Y Comercial N° 1 de la ciudad de La<br />
Paz.<br />
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Police GPS Device Use Triggers Clash Over Privacy<br />
at U.S. Supreme Court<br />
By Greg Stohr - Nov 7, 2011 3:01 AM GMT-0200<br />
Enlarge image Police GPS Device Use Triggers<br />
Privacy Clash at High Court<br />
“GPS surveillance is a critically important law<br />
enforcement tool that often may be most important<br />
in the inception of an investigation when probable<br />
cause is lacking,” argued U.S. Solicitor General<br />
Do<strong>na</strong>ld Verrilli. Photographer:Mark Wilson/Getty<br />
Images<br />
For a month in 2005, police in Washington tracked<br />
Antoine Jones’s every move -- or at least those he<br />
made in his Jeep Grand Cherokee.<br />
Using a GPS device authorities had secretly<br />
attached to the vehicle, investigators in the <strong>na</strong>tion’s<br />
capital were able to tie him to a suspected drug<br />
stash house. Jones was eventually arrested and<br />
convicted in federal court of conspiracy to distribute<br />
cocaine.<br />
The case is now before the U.S. Supreme Court,<br />
raising far- reaching questions about privacy in an<br />
age when technology gives police unprecedented<br />
power to peer into Americans’ day-to-day activities<br />
with cameras, computers and tracking devices. In<br />
arguments tomorrow, the justices will consider<br />
whether police need a search warrant before using<br />
a global-positioning system device to monitor a<br />
suspect for weeks at a time.<br />
“It’s very important because the police have begun<br />
to use technology in all sorts of investigations for all<br />
sorts of purposes,” said Chris Slobogin, a professor<br />
at Vanderbilt Law School in Nashville, Tennessee,<br />
who has written a book on the legal implications of<br />
the high-tech government surveillance methods.<br />
The case is before the court as lawmakers and<br />
privacy advocates are raising concerns that<br />
companies are collecting perso<strong>na</strong>l data from<br />
electronic devices, including mobile phones and<br />
tablet computers, for marketing purposes.<br />
Apple Data<br />
In recent months, Apple Inc. (AAPL) has denied<br />
allegations that it tracks the location of iPhone and<br />
iPad users, General Motors Co. (GM)’s OnStar<br />
vehicle-<strong>na</strong>vigation service has promised not to<br />
collect data on the driving habits of former<br />
customers and Facebook Inc. has faced<br />
accusations that it tracks users’ Internet browsing<br />
after they log out of the social-networking site.<br />
The high court case doesn’t directly affect those<br />
private- sector controversies and instead focuses<br />
on the limits placed on the government by the<br />
Constitution’s Fourth Amendment, which bars<br />
unreaso<strong>na</strong>ble searches and seizures.<br />
The Supreme Court in 1983 upheld the use of a<br />
beeper placed on a car to track a suspect during a<br />
single trip. The newest question is whether police<br />
need a warrant to use GPS devices continuously<br />
over longer periods. Lower courts are divided on<br />
the issue, with the federal appeals court in Jones’s<br />
case overturning his conviction.<br />
Privacy advocates say a ruling in favor of the police<br />
would open a dangerous new chapter in<br />
government surveillance of ordi<strong>na</strong>ry citizens. Unlike<br />
with the beeper, which required an officer to follow<br />
the suspect’s car to pick up the sig<strong>na</strong>ls being<br />
emitted, GPS devices allow monitoring with very<br />
little police effort, says Marc Rotenberg, executive<br />
director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center<br />
in Washington.<br />
‘More Effective’<br />
“With GPS tracking, you can have a computer<br />
monitor with 100 cars under surveillance being<br />
viewed by a single officer with a cup of coffee,” said<br />
Rotenberg, whose group is siding with Jones in the<br />
case. “That can’t be permissible.”<br />
The efficiency of GPS tracking is also an argument<br />
in its favor, said Anthony Barkow, executive director<br />
of the Center on the Administration of Crimi<strong>na</strong>l Law<br />
at New York University School of Law. His office<br />
filed a brief urging the court to rule that officers<br />
didn’t need a warrant in the Jones case.<br />
GPS tracking “is both less costly and more<br />
effective” than other investigation methods, said<br />
Barkow, a former federal prosecutor. The case “has<br />
tremendous implications in a world of limited<br />
budgets and budget crises.”<br />
Easier Tracking<br />
Tracking may become even easier as more<br />
vehicles come pre- equipped with GPS technology.<br />
In the Jones case, officers not only had to attach<br />
the device to the vehicle, they had to return to<br />
replace the battery.<br />
Jones, now 51, was a Maryland resident who<br />
owned a nightclub in Washington where<br />
prosecutors say he ran a <strong>na</strong>rcotics trafficking<br />
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organization. The GPS device, placed in the car<br />
while it was in a Maryland parking lot, was one<br />
facet of an investigation by local and federal<br />
authorities that also included visual surveillance<br />
and a wiretap on Jones’s mobile phone. Jones is<br />
serving a life sentence.<br />
The Obama administration is urging the high court<br />
not to require a warrant for GPS use, calling it a<br />
“minimally intrusive” step that yields important<br />
results in drug and terrorism cases. To obtain a<br />
warrant, officers must show a judge that they have<br />
“probable cause” to believe the search will lead to<br />
evidence of a crime.<br />
“GPS surveillance is a critically important law<br />
enforcement tool that often may be most important<br />
in the inception of an investigation when probable<br />
cause is lacking,” argued U.S. Solicitor General<br />
Do<strong>na</strong>ld Verrilli, the administration’s top Supreme<br />
Court advocate.<br />
Traditio<strong>na</strong>l Investigation<br />
The government also argues that GPS tracking<br />
provides no more information than what police<br />
could have obtained through more traditio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
means.<br />
“If they had unlimited resources, they would have<br />
been able to accomplish the same thing,” Barkow<br />
said. “It shouldn’t be unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l just because<br />
they’re doing it with a device.”<br />
In a 1967 case, the Supreme Court said the Fourth<br />
Amendment doesn’t shield information that a<br />
person “knowingly exposes to the public.”<br />
Jones’s lawyers say GPS devices can show a<br />
pattern of movement that officers might not detect<br />
through visual observation. In throwing out the<br />
conviction, a federal appeals court in Washington<br />
agreed with that reasoning.<br />
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“The whole of one’s movements over the course of<br />
a month” indicates “far more than the individual<br />
movements it comprises,” the panel ruled. “The<br />
difference is not one of degree but of kind, for no<br />
single journey reveals the habits and patterns that<br />
mark the distinction between a day in the life and a<br />
way of life.”<br />
The case is United States v. Jones, 10-1259.<br />
To contact the reporter on this story: Greg Stohr in<br />
Washington at gstohr@bloomberg.net.<br />
To contact the editor responsible for this story:<br />
Mark Silva at msilva34@bloomberg.net.<br />
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Passport Clash Over Jerusalem at High Court May<br />
Shape Foreign Policy Power<br />
The U.S. Supreme Court debated whether an<br />
American boy’s passport should list his birthplace<br />
as Jerusalem or Israel in a case that may redefine<br />
the foreign- policy roles of the president and<br />
Congress.<br />
The hour-long argument session stemmed from a<br />
request by the 9-year-old’s parents to have his<br />
passport list Israel even though the State<br />
Department’s longstanding policy has been to<br />
desig<strong>na</strong>te Jerusalem as the place of birth in such<br />
cases. The U.S. doesn’t take a position in the<br />
inter<strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l dispute over the city’s status.<br />
The parents, Ari and Naomi Zivotofsky, point to a<br />
2002 statute that would give passport holders or<br />
their parents the option of using Israel as the<br />
desig<strong>na</strong>tion. The law has sparked a constitutio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
clash, with the Obama administration contending<br />
that Congress is infringing on the president’s<br />
exclusive power to recognize foreign sovereigns<br />
and determine their territorial boundaries.<br />
“This is an area in which the executive’s got to<br />
make the judgment because it’s of paramount<br />
importance that the <strong>na</strong>tion speak with one voice,”<br />
argued U.S. Solicitor General Do<strong>na</strong>ld Verrilli,<br />
President Barack Obama’s top high court advocate.<br />
Several of the justices suggested they were of<br />
mixed minds, aiming skeptical questions at both<br />
sides. Justice Antonin Scalia said that the<br />
president’s leading role in shaping foreign policy<br />
didn’t necessarily exclude Congress altogether.<br />
’Sole Instrument’<br />
“Our cases say repeatedly that the president is the<br />
sole instrument of the United States for the conduct<br />
of foreign policy, but to be the sole instrument and<br />
to determine the foreign policy are two quite<br />
different things,” Scalia said.<br />
Justice Stephen Breyer said he could think of “very,<br />
very few cases” in which the court had said a<br />
president could act contrary to a statute.<br />
The Zivotofsky family’s lawyer, Nathan Lewin,<br />
argued that any presidential interest in the<br />
place-of-birth desig<strong>na</strong>tion was a “trivial” one.<br />
“All that happens with this statute is that 50,000<br />
American citizens have the same passport as<br />
100,000 other American citizens who were born in<br />
Tel Aviv or Haifa,” Lewin argued. The child at issue<br />
in the case, Me<strong>na</strong>chem Binyamin Zivotofsky, was<br />
born in 2002.<br />
Chief Justice John Roberts questioned whether the<br />
court should second-guess the president’s<br />
conclusion that a particular passport desig<strong>na</strong>tion<br />
would cause a political backlash.<br />
He said the court in effect would be telling the<br />
president, “We know foreign policy better. We don’t<br />
think it’s going to be a big deal.”<br />
The case is Zivotofsky v. Clinton, 10-699.<br />
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Justiça no Exterior | Suprema Corte<br />
Life Sentences for Juveniles Will Be Subject to U.S.<br />
Supreme Court Review<br />
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide<br />
whether 14-year-olds convicted of taking part in a<br />
murder can be sentenced to life in prison without<br />
the possibility of parole.<br />
Less than a year and a half after ruling that such<br />
sentences are unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l for youths convicted<br />
of a crime other than murder, the justices today<br />
accepted two inmate appeals that would extend<br />
that conclusion to homicide cases, at least for<br />
children 14 and under. The disputes will test the<br />
reach of the constitutio<strong>na</strong>l ban on cruel and unusual<br />
punishments.<br />
In one case, the high court will hear an appeal from<br />
Evan Miller, who was 14 at the time he killed his<br />
neighbor, Cole Cannon, in Lawrence County,<br />
Alabama, in 2003.<br />
Prosecutors said Miller and an accomplice robbed<br />
and beat Cannon before setting his trailer on fire<br />
and killing him in the process.<br />
Miller’s lawyers said in his appeal that he is one of<br />
73 people in 18 states to have received such a<br />
sentence for a crime committed at the age of 14 or<br />
younger.<br />
The second case concerns Kuntrell Jackson, who<br />
was convicted for his role in the 1999 shooting<br />
death of a video- store clerk during a robbery in<br />
Blytheville, Arkansas.<br />
Jackson, who had turned 14 less than a month<br />
earlier, says that he served only as the lookout in<br />
the attempted heist and that another boy fired the<br />
fatal shot.<br />
In both cases, state courts upheld sentences of life<br />
without the possibility of parole.<br />
The cases are Miller v. Alabama, 10-9646, and<br />
Jackson v. Hobbs, 10-9647.<br />
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Costa Rica reforzará presencia policial en frontera con<br />
Nicaragua<br />
Anunció Ministerio de Seguridad Pública Costa<br />
Rica reforzará presencia policial en frontera con<br />
Nicaragua<br />
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El gobierno costarricense construirá cinco<br />
destacamentos policiales que estarán ubicados<br />
frente al río limítrofe San Juan, en las proximidades<br />
de u<strong>na</strong> ruta de 120km de longitud que se construye<br />
paralela a la vía fluvial<br />
El gobierno de Costa Rica construirá cinco<br />
destacamentos policiales a lo largo de la frontera<br />
con Nicaragua, país con el que mantiene un litigio<br />
limítrofe ante la Corte Inter<strong>na</strong>cio<strong>na</strong>l de Justicia<br />
con sede en La Haya, anunciaron este domingo<br />
fuentes oficiales.<br />
Los puestos estarán ubicados frente al río<br />
limítrofe San Juan, en las proximidades de u<strong>na</strong><br />
ruta de 120km de longitud que se construye<br />
paralela a la vía fluvial, señalaron autoridades del<br />
Ministerio de Seguridad Pública, según reportó la<br />
agencia de noticias DPA.<br />
El ministro de Seguridad Pública, Mario<br />
Zamora, explicó que los destacamentos serán<br />
ocupados por al menos 40 efectivos y que uno<br />
de ellos será fi<strong>na</strong>nciado por Estados Unidos.<br />
Costa Rica acusó a Nicaragua de haber invadido<br />
hace un año el sector fronterizo de isla Calero-isla<br />
Portillos, territorio ahora en disputa ante el tribu<strong>na</strong>l<br />
con sede en La Haya.<br />
Desde entonces, las relaciones entre los dos<br />
países se mantienen en el más bajo nivel de los<br />
últimos 30 años.<br />
A raíz del conflicto fronterizo, el gobierno de la<br />
presidenta Laura Chinchilla ordenó realizar u<strong>na</strong><br />
serie de inversiones en la zo<strong>na</strong>, por muchos años<br />
aislada del resto del país.<br />
Fuente/Agencias<br />
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Suprema descarta que libertad a mayor (r) Cereceda<br />
pueda ser revertida<br />
Milton Juica, presidente del máximo tribu<strong>na</strong>l, niega<br />
que el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l pueda modificar la<br />
resolución que benefició al acusado por cuasi delito<br />
de homicidio por la muerte de 45 soldados en los<br />
faldeos del volcán Antuco en mayo de 2005. Lunes<br />
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El presidente de la Corte Suprema, Milton Juica,<br />
descartó que la libertad condicio<strong>na</strong>l concedida<br />
por la justicia al retirado mayor Patricio Cereceda,<br />
pueda ser modificada.<br />
Esto frente a la solicitud planteada por familiares<br />
de las víctimas de Antuco, quienes recurrieron<br />
al Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l (TC) para pedirle a<br />
esta instancia que declare la i<strong>na</strong>plicabilidad de la<br />
normativa utilizada por el máximo tribu<strong>na</strong>l que<br />
acogió el recurso de protección presentado por<br />
Cereceda contra el ministerio de Justicia,<br />
concediéndole el beneficio.<br />
“No hay u<strong>na</strong> acción especial contra sentencia<br />
de los tribu<strong>na</strong>les de justicia. El Tribu<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l no tiene competencia para<br />
revisar lo fallado por los tribu<strong>na</strong>les de justicia”,<br />
dijo el magistrado.<br />
El representante del Poder Judicial fue claro al<br />
advertir que “hasta ahora, a menos que se haya<br />
modificado la ley en las últimas 24 horas,<br />
entiendo que el Tribu<strong>na</strong>l Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l no tiene<br />
competencia para conocer los fallos judiciales”.<br />
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Supreme Court to decide juveniles' life sentence<br />
Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing<br />
WASHINGTON | Mon Nov 7, 2011 12:07pm EST<br />
(Reuters) - The Supreme Court said on Monday it<br />
would decide the constitutio<strong>na</strong>lity of sentencing<br />
juveniles to life in prison without parole for murder.<br />
The <strong>na</strong>tion's high court agreed to hear a pair of<br />
Alabama cases and decide whether life<br />
imprisonment in such cases violated the<br />
Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment<br />
under the Eighth Amendment.<br />
The justices agreed to examine a question left open<br />
in their ruling last year that declared<br />
unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l sentences for juveniles of life in<br />
prison without parole for crimes other than murder.<br />
The court in 2005 abolished the death pe<strong>na</strong>lty for<br />
juveniles. The classification covers all those under<br />
age 18.<br />
Evan Miller and Kuntrell Jackson are serving<br />
sentences of life in prison for murders committed<br />
when they were 14 years old. They are among the<br />
73 inmates <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>lly serving such a sentence for<br />
murders committed at age 14, their lawyers said.<br />
There were no statistics available for the total<br />
number of juveniles serving such sentences in the<br />
United States for murder.<br />
Nationwide, juvenile sentencing trends in recent<br />
years have reflected get-tough efforts by states that<br />
have abolished parole and prosecuted juveniles in<br />
the regular crimi<strong>na</strong>l justice system for especially<br />
heinous crimes such as murder.<br />
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the two<br />
cases early next year, with a decision likely by the<br />
end of June.<br />
The Supreme Court cases are Evan Miller v.<br />
Alabama, No. 10-9646, and Kuntrell Jackson v.<br />
Hobbs, No. 10-9647.<br />
(Reporting by James Vicini; Editing by Peter<br />
Cooney)<br />
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States' grandparent visitation laws raise concern<br />
HARTFORD, Conn. – Increasingly, a wrenching<br />
dispute is playing out in courts <strong>na</strong>tionwide:<br />
balancing parents' constitutio<strong>na</strong>l rights to raise their<br />
children without interference against grandparents'<br />
desire to be involved in those youngsters' lives.<br />
Now, a growing number of grandparents are<br />
pushing lawmakers around the country to change<br />
state standards they say are too restrictive and<br />
ignore the unique bonds many grandparents have<br />
with their grandchildren.<br />
Now, a growing number of grandparents are<br />
pushing lawmakers around the country to change<br />
state standards they say are too restrictive and<br />
ignore the unique bonds many grandparents have<br />
with their grandchildren.<br />
Now, a growing number of grandparents are<br />
pushing lawmakers around the country to change<br />
state standards they say are too restrictive and<br />
ignore the unique bonds many grandparents have<br />
with their grandchildren.<br />
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide this<br />
winter whether it will revisit the issue, which it<br />
addressed 11 years ago in a landmark case out of<br />
Washington state that makes competent parents'<br />
wishes the guiding principle in most disputes.<br />
Although all state laws must meet that constitutio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
threshold, their efforts have resulted in a patchwork<br />
of state court rulings and legislation. They now<br />
impose such a variety of conditions that the parties'<br />
home states can affect the cases almost as much<br />
as the specifics.<br />
Connecticut has become a battleground state in the<br />
issue for two reasons: its protections for parents are<br />
among the <strong>na</strong>tion's strictest and many of its<br />
grandparents are very vocal in their push to change<br />
it.<br />
A task force will advise the General Assembly this<br />
winter on whether to change state law to give<br />
grandparents more chance to get into court to<br />
argue their cases.<br />
"Right now it's the luck of the draw if you're some<br />
poor family stuck in a state that doesn't stand<br />
behind that grandparent-grandchild bond and<br />
attachment," said Susan Hoffman, 59. She founded<br />
Advocates for Grandparent Grandchild Connection<br />
after losing her California petition for visitation when<br />
her adult son signed away parenting rights to her<br />
grandson.<br />
The growing movement among grandparents'<br />
groups has alarmed many parents and their<br />
advocacy groups <strong>na</strong>tionwide, including organizers<br />
and participants on the parentsrights.com website.<br />
Many say they are being pilloried by those who<br />
wrongly accept stereotypes that all grandparents<br />
are loving and supportive. And they say they're<br />
being drained fi<strong>na</strong>ncially to defend parenting rights<br />
the Supreme Court has already upheld.<br />
Polly Tavernia, 41, said her New York case cost her<br />
family almost $10,000 even though her estranged<br />
mother's petition was eventually dismissed.<br />
"It was one of the worst things I've ever been<br />
through," she said. "It's honestly just horrible to<br />
have to worry about someone else making those<br />
decisions for you, especially when they don't know<br />
the whole story."<br />
All 50 states have laws governing the conditions for<br />
non-parent third parties seeking visitation, but it<br />
was only in 2000 that the U.S. Supreme Court's<br />
ruling said none of those laws can infringe on the<br />
rights of competent parents.<br />
That includes determining who can spend time with<br />
their children, with courts stepping in to order<br />
non-parent visitation only under tight circumstances<br />
deemed in the child's best interest.<br />
That's where state laws and court rulings have<br />
evolved to include conditions that vary widely from<br />
one state to the next. The circumstances also vary,<br />
from intact two-parent families being sued by<br />
grandparents to situations stemming from thorny<br />
divorces and remarriages, disputes with one parent<br />
after another dies, and other cases.<br />
In some states, grandparents can sue for visitation<br />
only if they have been completely cut off by<br />
custodial parents. In others, they must show their<br />
relationship with the grandchild was similar to that<br />
of a parent. In yet others, they must prove with<br />
"clear and convincing evidence" that the child will<br />
suffer irreversible harm without the visits.<br />
And while some states have a combi<strong>na</strong>tion of those<br />
standards, others have very few and give<br />
grandparents far more latitude to present their<br />
cases.<br />
That can include deposing their adult children,<br />
seeking the parents' medical and fi<strong>na</strong>ncial records<br />
and other time-consuming actions. And some state<br />
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courts have ruled that even if the grandparents<br />
lose, the parents can't get their legal bills<br />
reimbursed.<br />
Connecticut is not the only state struggling with the<br />
issue. In June, Alabama's state Supreme Court<br />
struck down its law as unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l because it<br />
included grandparent visitation rights over<br />
competent parents' objections.<br />
Attorneys in the case have asked the U.S.<br />
Supreme Court to take up the issue, backed by<br />
officials in Ohio, Hawaii, Louisia<strong>na</strong>, Michigan and<br />
Washington.<br />
Connecticut, Florida and Arizo<strong>na</strong> are considered<br />
among the most parent-friendly based on their laws<br />
or court precedents. Others are considered more<br />
grandparent-friendly, including Utah, Kansas and<br />
Oklahoma.<br />
For parents and grandparents facing challenges in<br />
"unfriendly" states, the stress of family<br />
disagreements can be magnified by expensive<br />
court proceedings.<br />
LoriAnn Levanto, 43, a social worker from Norwich,<br />
Conn., lost her effort to get court-ordered visitation<br />
with her grandson after her adult son decided not to<br />
be involved in the boy's life and the boy's mother<br />
remarried and moved away.<br />
Her grandson is now 4 years old and, in the two<br />
years since she has seen him, Levanto has<br />
maintained a jour<strong>na</strong>l she hopes he will want when<br />
he is 18.<br />
"What's difficult is that many of us grandparents<br />
aren't asking for custody, just visitation," she said. "I<br />
think the court systems are afraid to open that door,<br />
even a little bit, toward grandparents."<br />
The possibility of that door being opened too far<br />
alarms many parents, though, particularly those<br />
who say they want to shield their own young<br />
children from grandparents who have broken<br />
boundaries and trust.<br />
Erin Bay, 33, and her husband drive about 90<br />
minutes from their Missouri home to Kansas, where<br />
they previously lived, for proceedings in a case<br />
involving her parents' request for court-ordered<br />
visitation with the Bays' five children.<br />
If she'd moved before the case was filed, Missouri's<br />
standards are so different that it likely would have<br />
been dismissed by now — but Kansas allows far<br />
more latitude for grandparents than Missouri.<br />
Bay said she and her husband denied<br />
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unsupervised visits because of several serious<br />
concerns, especially not wanting their children<br />
being around a family member she says sexually<br />
abused her.<br />
"There are very real assumptions on the part of<br />
society about parents who are involved in this kind<br />
of litigation. It feels like our fitness has already been<br />
decided by the public because we've been sued by<br />
our parents or in-laws, and that's really<br />
disheartening," Bay said.<br />
One thing that all sides agree on: The court process<br />
is wrenching.<br />
Karen Wyle, an attorney in Bloomington, Ind., who<br />
works with parents in such cases, said the<br />
grandchildren are the ultimate victims.<br />
"They're in an emotio<strong>na</strong>l crossfire," she said. "The<br />
courthouse doors should have written on them,<br />
'Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.' Litigation is<br />
not going to heal these families — quite the<br />
reverse."<br />
———<br />
Online:<br />
http://www.parentsrights.net/<br />
http://www.grandparentchildconnect.org/<br />
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Supreme Court wrestles with sticky Jerusalem<br />
passport case<br />
By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY<br />
Updated 1h 14m ago<br />
Reprints & Permissions<br />
WASHINGTON – In a dispute that evokes<br />
Arab-Israeli tensions and important divisions of<br />
federal power, Supreme Court justices voiced<br />
doubt Monday that Congress could override the<br />
president and require U.S. passports of children<br />
born in Jerusalem to list the place of birth as Israel.<br />
For more than six decades, since the 1948 creation<br />
of the state of Israel, the U.S. government has<br />
declined to recognize any country as having<br />
sovereignty over Jerusalem. State Department<br />
policy dictates that the passports of children of<br />
American citizens born in Jerusalem say only<br />
"Jerusalem" for place of birth.<br />
Justice Department lawyers say accepting<br />
Jerusalem as the sovereign territory of Israel "would<br />
critically compromise the ability of the United States<br />
to work with Israelis, Palestinians and others in the<br />
region to further the peace process."<br />
The legal case began when Congress, as part of a<br />
larger foreign relations measure, in 2002 directed<br />
the secretary of State to record Israel as a place of<br />
birth if a citizen or his guardian wants it. Soon after,<br />
the American parents of Me<strong>na</strong>chem Binyamin<br />
Zivotofsky, born on Oct. 17, 2002, in Jerusalem,<br />
sought to have Israel indicated on his U.S.<br />
passport.<br />
State Department officials refused, based on<br />
long-standing policy, and the parents sued on their<br />
son's behalf. Lower federal court judges rejected<br />
the claim on grounds that it was a "political<br />
question" over which they lacked authority.<br />
Taking up an appeal from the boy and his parents<br />
Monday, several justices seemed ready to side with<br />
the Obama administration that Congress was<br />
treading on executive power when it sought the<br />
"Israel" desig<strong>na</strong>tion on passports. (President Bush<br />
had signed the sweeping foreign-relations<br />
authorization act that contained the disputed<br />
passport provision, but he issued a statement<br />
saying the provision "interferes with the president's<br />
constitutio<strong>na</strong>l authority to conduct the <strong>na</strong>tion's<br />
foreign affairs.")<br />
Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested Congress was<br />
"hobbling the president" on foreign policy. Justice<br />
Anthony Kennedy said the lawyer for Me<strong>na</strong>chem,<br />
now 9 years old, was arguing for a "crabbed<br />
interpretation" of the president's foreign affairs<br />
power.<br />
Justice Kennedy separately told U.S. Solicitor<br />
General Do<strong>na</strong>ld Verrilli, "It's always awkward for us<br />
to tell counsel what's in their best interests, but it<br />
does seem to me that your position would be much<br />
ber if you said there is jurisdiction (for the court)<br />
and the president wins."<br />
Verrilli asked the justices not to intervene in the<br />
"political" matter but alter<strong>na</strong>tively the court could<br />
find that Congress unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>lly encroached on<br />
the president's authority. Verrilli said the president<br />
has the exclusive power to recognize foreign<br />
sovereigns and the related content of passports.<br />
"I do think that this is an area in which the<br />
executive's got to make the judgment, because it's<br />
of paramount importance that the <strong>na</strong>tion speak with<br />
one voice," he told the justices.<br />
Washington lawyer Nathan Lewin, representing the<br />
Zivotofsky family, stressed that Congress had used<br />
in the 2002 provision its power over passports,<br />
which flows from congressio<strong>na</strong>l authority on<br />
immigration matters.<br />
"Congress has decided that saying 'Israel' alone<br />
does not present a foreign policy issue," Lewin said,<br />
and emphasized that the law "is, on its face, a<br />
passport statute."<br />
Justice Ele<strong>na</strong> Kagan challenged Lewin, saying, "It's<br />
a passport statute that seems to have nothing to do<br />
with the immigration functions that passport<br />
statutes usually serve. It seems to have everything<br />
to do with Congress' declaration of a foreign policy."<br />
A related exchange between Kagan and Lewin<br />
produced a rare moment of levity in the courtroom.<br />
Kagan told Lewin: "I think you would have a better<br />
argument if this statute said if you were born in<br />
Jerusalem you can pick anything you want in your<br />
passport. You can pick Jerusalem, you can pick<br />
Israel, or you can pick Palestine. But the statute in<br />
fact doesn't say that. It says you can pick Israel."<br />
Lewin responded: "The statute does say that the<br />
individual passport holder … if he's born before<br />
1948, he can say Palestine."<br />
That led Kagan, born in 1960 and 51 years old, to<br />
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say, "Well, you have to be very old to say<br />
Palestine."<br />
To which Ginsburg, born in 1933 and age 78,<br />
interjected, "Not all that old." The justices and<br />
spectators erupted in laughter.<br />
A ruling on Zivotofsky v. Clinton is likely by the end<br />
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of June, when the justices recess for the summer.<br />
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Hay que reestructurar el Poder Judicial<br />
César Sandoval Nizama Abogado<br />
El artículo 138 de la vigente Constitución Política<br />
de 1993 establece: "La potestad de administrar<br />
justicia ema<strong>na</strong> del pueblo y se ejerce por el Poder<br />
Judicial a través de sus órganos jerárquicos con<br />
arreglo a la Constitución y las leyes", pero hasta<br />
el momento se trata de un principio teórico rector.<br />
Administrar justicia, es "decir el derecho", es dar a<br />
"cada uno lo suyo", manifestación que corresponde<br />
a la autoridad investida del "poder jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>l"<br />
conocida como "magistrado" (juez, vocal supremo,<br />
vocal superior, etcétera), que según su<br />
especialidad decidirá en materia civil, pe<strong>na</strong>l,<br />
laboral, agraria, de familia, etcétera. Desde luego,<br />
según el objeto de la pretensión, dentro de un<br />
debido proceso y tutela jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>l efectiva.<br />
El Estado, dentro de sus funciones, debe resolver<br />
los conflictos suscitados entre los ciudadanos y<br />
sancio<strong>na</strong>r a quienes falten o perturben las reglas<br />
establecidas y aceptadas por la sociedad<br />
democrática.<br />
El hombre, por ser creativo, es un animal productor<br />
de desorden. El hombre inventa, recrea las cosas e<br />
introduce cambios en el orden <strong>na</strong>tural bajo cuya<br />
situación, de algu<strong>na</strong> manera, desorganiza o<br />
desorde<strong>na</strong> la <strong>na</strong>turaleza. Pero el hombre, por vivir<br />
en sociedad, necesita de orden para subsistir y<br />
estas circunstancias dan lugar a los avances de la<br />
humanidad. Para mantener este orden existen<br />
reglas y regulaciones.<br />
La sociedad moder<strong>na</strong> está basada en el conflicto<br />
de intereses individuales. Sin embargo, en la<br />
realidad, los justiciables, miembros de la sociedad<br />
civil, no ven que la justicia ema<strong>na</strong> del pueblo sino<br />
del "magistrado", rentado por el Estado, sin<br />
ningu<strong>na</strong> vinculación con el pueblo, aplicando u<strong>na</strong><br />
legislación i<strong>na</strong>decuada constituida por códigos con<br />
apéndices de leyes modificatorias que resultan<br />
siendo mucho más amplias que el propio código y<br />
dentro de este "bosque legislativo" el "magistrado"<br />
pierde de vista el espíritu origi<strong>na</strong>rio de la ley. Esto<br />
constituye un grave problema para la<br />
administración de justicia y, ante la sociedad civil,<br />
el Poder Judicial aparece "maniatado" e ineficaz,<br />
brindando un servicio evidentemente pobre. Como<br />
no funcio<strong>na</strong> a cabalidad, ante la sociedad ha<br />
perdido credibilidad y confianza, a lo cual se suma<br />
la mano del "poder corruptor" (delincuencia<br />
organizada, <strong>na</strong>rcotráfico, etcétera), por lo que el<br />
desencanto con la actuación del Poder Judicial es<br />
mucho mayor, tanto en los asuntos patrimoniales<br />
como en los asuntos de orden pe<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
Hay u<strong>na</strong> gran insatisfacción ciudada<strong>na</strong> en la lucha<br />
contra la delincuencia. La Policía captura a diario a<br />
avezados delincuentes y cuando pasan al ámbito<br />
judicial, obtienen libertad sin mayor problema; en<br />
otros casos, no se capturan y, de algu<strong>na</strong> manera,<br />
eluden a la justicia; en otros casos, los procesados<br />
no son juzgados a tiempo y obtienen libertad por la<br />
figura de la prescripción; o también son liberados<br />
por falta de pruebas.<br />
Por eso, en la ciudadanía y con mayor énfasis en<br />
los sectores populares, la divergencia con el<br />
sistema formal de la administración de justicia<br />
(Poder Judicial) es manifiesta. Es tiempo de<br />
reconocer que el Poder Judicial está en<br />
decadencia por el envejecimiento del sistema y las<br />
formalidades decadentes.<br />
No es posible que los magistrados de los niveles<br />
de abajo estén obligados a conocer asuntos de<br />
orden civil, pe<strong>na</strong>l, familiar, etcétera, y lo que es<br />
más grave atiendan en ambientes desorde<strong>na</strong>dos,<br />
llenos de expedientes, sin siquiera poder<br />
desplazarse normalmente dentro de su área de<br />
trabajo. Visitemos cualquier juzgado instalado en<br />
uno de los distritos de Lima. Se me ocurre señalar<br />
el Módulo Judicial de La Moli<strong>na</strong>-Cieneguilla, allí sus<br />
ambientes son almacenes de expedientes, hay un<br />
innecesario retardo en cada proceso, los escritos<br />
se proveen fuera de los plazos legales, el área de<br />
notificaciones trunca las diligencias, etcétera. En<br />
los niveles judiciales superiores, donde predomi<strong>na</strong><br />
la veneración y el ruego, tampoco se escapan de la<br />
congestión de expedientes y allí también hay<br />
retardo para dar la ansiada justicia.<br />
Si la administración de justicia constituye uno de<br />
los pilares importantes del sistema democrático y<br />
de armonía social, los justiciables deben ser<br />
atendidos en forma oportu<strong>na</strong> y eficaz con dicho<br />
servicio. Cuando esto no ocurre, se ocasio<strong>na</strong>n<br />
desequilibrios muy graves para ciertos niveles de la<br />
población, entonces, este mundo margi<strong>na</strong>do de la<br />
justicia puede buscar u<strong>na</strong> solución en la agitación o<br />
en la violencia, lo que debe prevenirse.<br />
En conclusión, hay que reconocer que el Poder<br />
Judicial está en decadencia por el envejecimiento<br />
del sistema y las formalidades decadentes, por eso<br />
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hay que redefinirlo y reestructurarlo para brindar un<br />
servicio eficaz al ciudadano de a pie y de a caballo;<br />
y, fundamentalmente, en esta redefinición, el<br />
Estado debe propender a un garantismo social,<br />
para garantizar la participación de cada uno de los<br />
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ciudadanos en la formación de la voluntad social y<br />
en el control de la gestión administrativa y de<br />
gobierno, priorizando en ello la atención en el<br />
servicio de la administración de justicia.<br />
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CJF podrá revisar las cuentas de juzgadores<br />
El Consejo de la Judicatura Federal (CJF) firmó un<br />
convenio de colaboración con la Comisión Nacio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) para establecer un<br />
procedimiento eficiente para la petición y entrega<br />
de información y documentación sobre cuentas<br />
bancarias de los servidores públicos del Poder<br />
Judicial de la Federación.<br />
Mediante este convenio, la Judicatura podrá<br />
solicitar información relacio<strong>na</strong>da con las cuentas<br />
bancarias, contratos de inversiones y operaciones<br />
fi<strong>na</strong>ncieras de los jueces de Distrito y magistrados<br />
de Circuito, en su carácter de clientes y usuarios de<br />
instituciones de crédito.<br />
La medida, que también incluye a los servidores<br />
públicos adscritos a órganos jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>les y<br />
administrativos del propio Consejo de la Judicatura<br />
Federal, tiene como objetivo que la CNBV agilice la<br />
atención de los requerimientos de información que<br />
se le hagan en este rubro, con pleno respeto al<br />
secreto bancario, informó la Judicatura.<br />
“Medida rigurosa”<br />
En el convenio se establecieron los requisitos y<br />
formalidades que debe cubrir el Consejo para<br />
solicitar y obtener información bancaria de alguno<br />
de los servidores públicos del Poder Judicial de la<br />
Federación.<br />
El documento fue suscrito el 4 de noviembre<br />
pasado por el consejero Jorge Efraín Moreno<br />
Collado, presidente de la Comisión de Vigilancia,<br />
Información y Evaluación del CJF, por el contralor<br />
del Poder Judicial de la Federación, Jaime<br />
Contreras Jaramillo, y el presidente de la CNBV,<br />
Guillermo Enrique Babatz Torres.<br />
Según el consejo, "la firma de este instrumento<br />
forma parte de u<strong>na</strong> serie de medidas más rigurosas<br />
que ha puesto en marcha el Consejo de la<br />
Judicatura para la fiscalización del patrimonio de<br />
los funcio<strong>na</strong>rios del Poder Judicial de la<br />
Federación" .<br />
Entre esas medidas se encuentra el Acuerdo<br />
General 10/2011 en el que se establecieron u<strong>na</strong><br />
serie de lineamientos con base en los cuales se<br />
busca detectar, prevenir y denunciar a tiempo<br />
conductas irregulares, precisó el CJF, órgano de<br />
administración, vigilancia y discipli<strong>na</strong> del Poder<br />
Judicial de la Federación.<br />
Dicho acuerdo permite la revisión del patrimonio<br />
del funcio<strong>na</strong>rio de menor rango hasta el de los<br />
propios consejeros de la Judicatura y del ministro<br />
presidente del Consejo de la Judicatura Federal y<br />
de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Derecho Constitucio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
Polémica por la prohibición de do<strong>na</strong>r sangre a<br />
homosexuales<br />
Sociedad / En el Día Nacio<strong>na</strong>l del Do<strong>na</strong>nte,<br />
agrupaciones por los derechos de minorías<br />
sexuales reclamaron, en diálogo con<br />
ElArgentino.com, ser incluídos en esa práctica<br />
solidaria a la que no pueden acceder por ser<br />
considerados "grupo de riesgo".<br />
09.11.2011 | 13.57<br />
Do<strong>na</strong>ción de sangre: hay perso<strong>na</strong>s excluidas<br />
Por Pablo Méndez Shiff<br />
@pableshiff<br />
Hoy se conmemora el Día Nacio<strong>na</strong>l del Do<strong>na</strong>nte de<br />
Sangre en la Argenti<strong>na</strong> y hay perso<strong>na</strong>s que no<br />
pueden acceder a esta práctica solidaria. Son los<br />
que pertenecen a los denomi<strong>na</strong>dos “grupos de<br />
riesgo”, que por tal condición están excluidos de<br />
esa posibilidad.<br />
“Hay un formulario definido en u<strong>na</strong> resolución del<br />
Ministerio de Salud en el cual se les pregunta a las<br />
perso<strong>na</strong>s cuál es su orientación sexual. Esto es<br />
u<strong>na</strong> violación del derecho a la intimidad, que es un<br />
derecho constitucio<strong>na</strong>l”, señaló Esteban Paulón,<br />
presidente de la Federación Argenti<strong>na</strong> de<br />
Lesbia<strong>na</strong>s, Gays, Bisexuales y Trans (FALGBT), en<br />
diálogo con ElArgentino.com.<br />
Cuando u<strong>na</strong> perso<strong>na</strong> se acerca para efectuar u<strong>na</strong><br />
do<strong>na</strong>ción de sangre, debe someterse a un<br />
cuestio<strong>na</strong>rio exhaustivo: consumo de alcohol y<br />
cigarrillos; frecuencia, estabilidad y elección de<br />
género en las relaciones sexuales. En caso de que<br />
algu<strong>na</strong> de las respuestas vaya contra lo establecido<br />
en la resolución, la perso<strong>na</strong> debe volver a su casa<br />
sin haber realizado la do<strong>na</strong>ción. Esta situación<br />
hace que muchos homosexuales mientan u oculten<br />
su identidad con el fin de ayudar a un ser querido.<br />
“Está basado en un prejuicio, en u<strong>na</strong> idea errónea<br />
de que había grupos de riesgo cuando lo que hay<br />
son situaciones de riesgo. Lo que importa es<br />
cuidarse en las relaciones sexuales, no si uno es o<br />
no homosexual. Esto está basado en la idea de<br />
que hay grupos poblacio<strong>na</strong>les que son un riesgo<br />
para la salud pública y nosotros lo consideramos<br />
inconstitucio<strong>na</strong>l”, agregó el dirigente.<br />
Paulón indicó que “hay proyectos de diferentes<br />
bloques” para modificar esta situación en el plano<br />
legal y que “tuvo dictamen de la comisión de Salud;<br />
ahora está pendiente en Legislación General”.<br />
“Pedimos que ayer lo incorporaran al temario, pero<br />
como todavía no lo trató esa comisión no creo que<br />
salga antes del 10 de diciembre. Vamos a volver a<br />
insistir el año que viene”, explicó.<br />
La ex titular del Instituto Nacio<strong>na</strong>l contra la<br />
Discrimi<strong>na</strong>ción (INADI) y actual legisladora porteña,<br />
María José Lubertino, contó que durante su paso<br />
por el organismo envió “notas a los ministros de<br />
Salud” y organizó “u<strong>na</strong> mesa de diálogo en la que<br />
estaban presentes los responsables del programa<br />
de sangre del Ministerio de Salud, las<br />
organizaciones no guber<strong>na</strong>mentales de la<br />
diversidad, la Federación, la CHA y gente de la<br />
Sociedad de Hemoterapia”.<br />
Desde las mesas del INADI, comenzaron a<br />
“explicar que en todo caso había que limitar las<br />
conductas de riesgo y que hablar de grupos de<br />
riesgo era estigmatizante”.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | Poder Judicial<br />
El juez poeta y la juez malhablada<br />
MANUEL ÁLVAREZ DE LA ROSA (Catedrático<br />
de Derecho del Trabajo) 09/11/2011<br />
Poco importa que el juez no sea poeta o que sea<br />
buen o mal versificador. Poco importa también que<br />
la juez haya utilizado u<strong>na</strong> palabra malso<strong>na</strong>nte, pero<br />
no de las peores del idioma. No, lo que importa<br />
tiene que ver con el uso del lenguaje y el propio<br />
código de conducta. Los jueces han de administrar<br />
justicia sin ejercer ningu<strong>na</strong> otra función. De ese<br />
mandato constitucio<strong>na</strong>l se deriva el papel, la<br />
capacidad de actuación de cada juez ante el<br />
ciudadano concreto. Hay pues u<strong>na</strong> exclusiva<br />
relación entre la realidad y el lenguaje: la potestad<br />
jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>l.<br />
El lenguaje que utilice el juez se refiere a algo de<br />
otro -el justiciable- y no de sí mismo. El juez no<br />
tiene hacia el otro, al que trata en razón de su<br />
función, más relación que la establecida en las<br />
leyes. Ni siquiera las normas de cortesía son<br />
obligatorias, salvo el recíproco trato igualitario que<br />
va más allá, obviamente, de las fórmulas corteses.<br />
El juez tiene constitucio<strong>na</strong>lmente reducido su<br />
lenguaje -exactamente, su diálogo- al ejercicio de<br />
la potestad jurisdiccio<strong>na</strong>l. Y punto. Cualquier salida<br />
de ese ca<strong>na</strong>l debe ser corregida. Y ahí aparece el<br />
Consejo General del Poder Judicial, órgano de<br />
gobierno de jueces y magistrados, que debe<br />
reprender cualquier desviación que en ellos se<br />
produzca del cumplimiento de sus obligaciones. Sin<br />
embargo, escribir sentencias en verso o ser<br />
malhablada no parece ser para el Consejo ocasión<br />
propicia para sentar los límites de actuación de los<br />
jueces; no tienen, dice, entidad para ser tipificadas<br />
dentro del llamado Derecho discipli<strong>na</strong>rio.<br />
Cualquier incumplimiento de esa <strong>na</strong>turaleza<br />
producido por un trabajador asalariado -que escriba<br />
el albarán, el parte, el informe en verso o que<br />
ofenda al empresario o al cliente con palabras<br />
malso<strong>na</strong>ntes- constituye causa de despido; esto es,<br />
motivo suficiente para resolver el empresario<br />
unilateralmente el contrato de trabajo. ¡Ah!, claro,<br />
olvidaba un dato: los jueces son opositores<br />
exitosos y no meros trabajadores asalariados.<br />
Pero el Consejo debe darse cuenta de que no<br />
embridar el uso del lenguaje es, sencillamente,<br />
abrir la puerta al incumplimiento por otro. ¿Imagi<strong>na</strong><br />
el Consejo cuál sería su reacción si un fiscal<br />
-opositor exitoso también- redacta el escrito de<br />
acusación en verso o interroga al inculpado,<br />
intercalando palabras malso<strong>na</strong>ntes para hacer<br />
vibrante el discurso? El lenguaje debe siempre<br />
corresponder a un determi<strong>na</strong>do código de<br />
conducta. Y los jueces solo han de ser, eso,<br />
jueces, funcio<strong>na</strong>rios sometidos, como todos, a la<br />
Constitución.<br />
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Hinzpeter critica a jueces y al Ministerio Público:<br />
"Todos deben dar la cara"<br />
Jefe de gabinete negó argumento de Sabas<br />
Chahuán de que Carabineros no aporta las<br />
pruebas suficientes y citó el episodio de la muerte<br />
de un joven en Quilicura, donde a 4 sospechosos<br />
detenidos el "fiscal de turno les preguntó dónde<br />
viven y los dejó libres".<br />
Miércoles 9 de noviembre de 2011| por Nación.cl<br />
El ministro del Interior Rodrigo Hinzpeter asumió<br />
que las cifras en el combate a la delincuencia no<br />
son bue<strong>na</strong>s, pero enfatizó que así como él "da la<br />
cara" para responder por la actuación del Gobierno<br />
en esta área, "todos" deben asumir sus<br />
responsabilidades, en directa alusión al Ministerio<br />
Público y el Poder Judicial.<br />
El jefe de gabinete escogió el mati<strong>na</strong>l<br />
"Bienvenidos" de Ca<strong>na</strong>l 13 para responder a las<br />
críticas por el incremento de los delitos violentos,<br />
constatados en el último informe trimestral de la<br />
Subsecretaría de Prevención del Delito.<br />
Dijo que "estamos viviendo u<strong>na</strong> situación de<br />
delincuencia que a nosotros nos tiene muy<br />
preocupados", pero relativizó la magnitud de las<br />
cifras, al plantear que "no estamos en alzas<br />
desmedidas respecto de lo que han sido los últimos<br />
5 ó 6 años".<br />
Aseguró, en este sentido, que la tarea de vencer a<br />
la delincuencia no se resolverá en los 4 años que<br />
dura este Gobierno, sino es u<strong>na</strong> misión de más<br />
largo aliento: "No hay ningún Gobierno que pueda<br />
dar u<strong>na</strong> solución inmediata (...) Los países que han<br />
vencido la delincuencia se han tomado cerca de 10<br />
años", dijo.<br />
Hinzpeter insistió en que el combate a la<br />
delincuencia "es u<strong>na</strong> pelea muy dura y muy<br />
impopular". "Nosotros como gobierno hemos<br />
planteado un concepto que ha sido criticado<br />
muchas veces por gente del mundo político, del<br />
periodismo y de los abogados. Es el concepto de<br />
u<strong>na</strong> persecución enérgica de los delincuentes",<br />
dijo.<br />
El jefe de gabinete asumió que es blanco de<br />
críticas por "represión, estado policial, y<br />
vulneración de los Derechos Humanos", pero<br />
sostuvo que "voy a seguir dando esta pelea".<br />
EPISODIO DE QUILICURA<br />
Sin embargo, Hinzpeter fue enfático en deslindar<br />
responsabilidades: "Voy a dar la cara siempre en<br />
los malos y ojala en los buenos momentos. Y en<br />
los malos van a tenerme a mí para dar u<strong>na</strong><br />
explicación. Pero que den la cara todos, porque<br />
culpar sólo al Gobierno y a Carabineros no es la<br />
línea correcta", subrayó.<br />
Con estas palabras, Hinzpeter respondió<br />
directamente al Fiscal Nacio<strong>na</strong>l Sabas Chahuán,<br />
quien en días pasados responsabilizó a la falta de<br />
pruebas de Carabineros los problemas para<br />
sustentar las causas y hacer más efectivas las<br />
formalizaciones.<br />
"Los jueces y fiscales son parte del sistema y<br />
muchas veces vemos errores que yo no<br />
comprendo", espetó el ministro, quien añadió así a<br />
sus cuestio<strong>na</strong>mientos a los jueces garantistas u<strong>na</strong><br />
directa crítica al Ministerio Público.<br />
Hinzpeter citó el caso del adolescente I.A.G. que<br />
murió baleado en Quilicura, y donde 4 de los 6<br />
sospechosos fueron dejados en libertad.<br />
"Así como yo doy la cara (...) los fiscales deben<br />
explicar cuál es el razo<strong>na</strong>miento (...) u<strong>na</strong> perso<strong>na</strong><br />
de 16 años murió, Carabineros tomó detenidos,<br />
ellos estaban manchados con sangre, tenían<br />
armas, fueron a sus casas, les encontraron<br />
revólveres, un montón de cartuchos, escopetas,<br />
pesas, drogas, y a 4 de esas 6 perso<strong>na</strong>s, el fiscal<br />
de turno (Jorge Marín) les preguntó donde viven y<br />
los dejó libres", aseveró.<br />
MUERTE DE VICENTE<br />
El jefe de gabinete también fue consultado por la<br />
muerte de Vicente, el menor de 5 años baleado en<br />
un bus del Transantiago en la comu<strong>na</strong> de El<br />
Bosque.<br />
Y, al igual como señaló ayer el vocero Andrés<br />
Chadwick, el ministro dijo que la captura del<br />
asesino es inminente. "Ruego a Dios que hoy o<br />
maña<strong>na</strong> podamos ponerle las manos encima a ese<br />
asesino", dijo el jefe de gabinete.<br />
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CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | European Court of Justice<br />
Greek Leader’s Speech Hints at Decision on New<br />
Prime Minister<br />
By SUZANNE DALEY and NIKI KITSANTONIS<br />
Published: November 9, 2011<br />
ATHENS — Prime Minister George A. Papandreou<br />
went on <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l television on Wednesday evening<br />
to announce that a new interim government had<br />
been formed. But he did not <strong>na</strong>me his successor.<br />
Instead, he made a kind of valedictory speech,<br />
summing up moves in recent years to stabilize and<br />
help the country, expressing the country’s<br />
continued commitment to the European bailout<br />
plan, and urging political parties to transcend their<br />
differences.<br />
Ahead of a scheduled meeting with Greek<br />
President Karolos Papoulias, when he is to submit<br />
his resig<strong>na</strong>tion, Mr. Papandreou said the country’s<br />
new government would sig<strong>na</strong>l the “beginning of a<br />
new political mentality, a new political culture.”<br />
“Today we leave aside our differences,” he said,<br />
heralding “a common effort to ensure the country<br />
moves forward, not only to remain part of the euro<br />
zone but also to emerge from the crisis.”<br />
He said the interim government would make the<br />
necessary efforts to “justify the sacrifices made by<br />
the Greek people over the past two years,” referring<br />
to a raft of wage and pension cuts as well as hefty<br />
tax increases. The chief goals would be to secure<br />
crucial rescue funding for the country and continue<br />
talks with foreign creditors, he said.<br />
Some interpreted the tone of his speech as<br />
sig<strong>na</strong>ling his departure not only from Greek politics<br />
but from the country itself. “I never put my position<br />
above the <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l good.” he said. “For me, Greece<br />
is above everything. Wherever I go, I will carry the<br />
Greek flag in my heard.” He added that he would do<br />
everything he could to support the new prime<br />
minister and the new government.<br />
After months of protest and building pressure from<br />
the European Union, Mr. Papandreou agreed two<br />
days ago to step down once political negotiators<br />
had established a new unity government. But from<br />
the start those negotiations were dogged by<br />
reverses.<br />
On Tuesday, it had appeared that Lucas<br />
Papademos, a respected economist, was on the<br />
verge of being <strong>na</strong>med to the job. But the list of<br />
candidates also included an array of senior figures<br />
included Fi<strong>na</strong>nce Minister Evangelos Venizelos;<br />
Vassilis Skouris, president of the European Court<br />
of Justice; and the house speaker, Filippos<br />
Petsalnikos.<br />
On Tuesday, Antonis Samaras, the leader of the<br />
main opposition party, New Democracy, balked at a<br />
demand by Eurogroup, the European Union’s group<br />
of fi<strong>na</strong>nce ministers, that several top Greek leaders<br />
give a written commitment to the terms of an<br />
expanded bailout devised with Europe’s leaders<br />
last month.<br />
“There is such a thing as <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l dignity,” Mr.<br />
Samaras said in a statement. “I have repeatedly<br />
explained that in order to protect the Greek<br />
economy and the euro, the implementation of the<br />
Oct. 26 agreement is inevitable.”<br />
He added, “I won’t allow anyone to question the<br />
statements I have made.”<br />
His statement came just a few hours after Mr.<br />
Venizelos, the fi<strong>na</strong>nce minister, told a cabinet<br />
meeting that five top Greek officials were being<br />
asked to sign the letter — a demand made on<br />
Monday by the chief of Eurogroup, Jean-Claude<br />
Juncker — before the next installment of aid to<br />
Greece would be released.<br />
The demand landed in the middle of byzantine<br />
negotiations. The apparent choice of Mr.<br />
Papademos, a former vice president of the<br />
European Central Bank, came after more than two<br />
days of intense wrangling here and growing fear<br />
that Greece’s political class would be u<strong>na</strong>ble to stop<br />
feuding — and positioning themselves for the next<br />
elections — long enough to agree on a unity<br />
government.<br />
But early Wednesday morning, several local media<br />
outlets reported that there had been discussions<br />
about other possible candidates for prime minister,<br />
including Mr. Petsalnikos, the current speaker, and<br />
a former speaker, Apostolos Kaklamanis.<br />
In the through-the-looking-glass world of Greek<br />
politics, the argument was not over who could claim<br />
the cabinet positions, but who could avoid taking<br />
them, particularly the Fi<strong>na</strong>nce Ministry.<br />
Mr. Papandreou was repeatedly rebuffed when he<br />
offered positions in the new government, reports<br />
said, because nobody wanted to be associated with<br />
the unpopular measures Greece will be forced to<br />
impose to qualify for new loans from Europe.<br />
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In particular, Mr. Samaras, who has his eye on the<br />
next elections, did not see any reason for his party<br />
to participate. But other smaller parties also<br />
refused.<br />
Mr. Papademos had also played a role in the<br />
delays by demanding the right to appoint some<br />
ministers, including the fi<strong>na</strong>nce minister.<br />
In one of the stranger twists, Mr. Papademos<br />
apparently insisted that Mr. Venizelos, who will<br />
most likely run for prime minister in the next<br />
elections, step down as fi<strong>na</strong>nce minister. But Mr.<br />
Samaras, who would like to run against him, is<br />
demanding that he stay, some local news outlets<br />
have reported.<br />
Greece’s new administration has a difficult road<br />
ahead. Its first job will be to secure the next<br />
installment of aid, which is needed by December,<br />
Greek officials say, or the country will be u<strong>na</strong>ble to<br />
pay its bills.<br />
The New York Times - Europe, 09 de Novembro de 2011<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL | European Court of Justice<br />
But it must also secure approval of the loan deal,<br />
which requires that Parliament pass a new round of<br />
austerity measures, including layoffs of government<br />
workers. It also calls for permanent foreign<br />
monitoring to ensure that Greece delivers on<br />
promised structural changes, a move that many<br />
Greeks see as an affront to <strong>na</strong>tio<strong>na</strong>l sovereignty.<br />
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