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Judge Rejects Bid to Use Force to Compel Testimony in $LIBRA Inquiry

The ruling underscores constitutional limits on using courts to enforce legislative summonses.

El juez Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi, a cargo del caso $LIBRA, al salir de los tribunales de Comodoro Py
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Overview

  • Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi declared the commission’s request to bring witnesses by force to Congress improcedente, stating his court lacks competence to issue such orders.
  • Prosecutor Eduardo Taiano backed the position, advising that the judiciary should not be used as a coercive tool to execute decisions of a legislative investigative panel.
  • The decision means Alejandro Melik (OA), Paulo Starc (UIF), Florencia Zicavo (Justice Ministry) and Roberto Emiliano Silva (CNV) will not be compelled by judicial order to appear.
  • The $LIBRA commission plans to reconvene today to hear remote testimony from tech figures including Hayden Davis, Charles Hoskinson, Julian Peh and Diógenes Casares, and it is pursuing Karina Milei’s testimony.
  • Lawmakers are weighing an appeal or parliamentary measures as opposition deputy Sabrina Selva alleges obstruction by the Executive and judicial cover for officials who skipped prior summonses.