{"id":26443,"date":"2009-09-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dejusticia.org\/the-attorney-generals-election-and-its-difficulties\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T07:32:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T12:32:26","slug":"the-attorney-generals-election-and-its-difficulties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/the-attorney-generals-election-and-its-difficulties\/","title":{"rendered":"The Attorney General&#8217;s election and its difficulties."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MUCHOS COLOMBIANOS YA DEBEN estar cansados del enfrentamiento entre la Corte Suprema y el Presidente sobre la elecci\u00f3n del Fiscal. <\/p>\n<p>Pero el asunto es muy importante, pues el Fiscal General tiene tanto poder que es una especie de General Fiscal. Adem\u00e1s, su papel ser\u00e1 decisivo en los pr\u00f3ximos a\u00f1os; de \u00e9l depender\u00e1 en gran medida que el sistema acusatorio no colapse y que avancen investigaciones clave. La elecci\u00f3n de un buen Fiscal nos interesa a todos.<\/p>\n<p>El asunto adem\u00e1s est\u00e1 hoy en un momento cr\u00edtico, pues todo parece bloqueado; el Presidente se niega a cambiar la terna y al parecer la Corte Suprema no va a elegir de esa terna.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfQui\u00e9n tiene la raz\u00f3n en este conflicto? La respuesta no es f\u00e1cil por la siguiente paradoja: a nivel formal, el Presidente gana, pero a nivel sustantivo, la raz\u00f3n est\u00e1 en la Corte.<\/p>\n<p>A nivel formal, salvo que alg\u00fan candidato no cumpla con los requisitos, entonces la terna es v\u00e1lida y no puede ser devuelta; como los tres candidatos cumplen formalmente los requisitos, entonces aparentemente la Corte tendr\u00eda que seleccionar a alguno de los tres. Punto pues para Uribe.<\/p>\n<p>A nivel sustantivo, el asunto es sin embargo menos simple, pues el sistema de nombramiento tambi\u00e9n supone que la Corte pueda seleccionar de una terna id\u00f3nea, esto es, que tenga tres nombres que le den confianza a todo el mundo. \u00bfQu\u00e9 sucede entonces si para la casi totalidad de los magistrados ning\u00fan candidato es apto para el cargo? En ese caso, no es claro que exista materialmente una terna y no parece razonable forzar a los magistrados a elegir a alguien que no les parece id\u00f3neo.<\/p>\n<p>Esa situaci\u00f3n normalmente no deber\u00eda ocurrir pues se espera que el Presidente integre ternas con buenos candidatos. Pero en caso de que suceda, lo m\u00e1s leal y razonable es que la Corte, sin devolver la terna, informe al Presidente y al pa\u00eds que no ha podido escoger Fiscal y que la terna no resulta materialmente viable. Punto entonces para la Corte.<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s, las razones que podr\u00edan tener los magistrados para cuestionar la terna no son menores. Est\u00e1 la falta de competencia en temas penales; pero ese aspecto es tal vez superable con buenos asesores.<\/p>\n<p>El punto decisivo es la independencia frente al Gobierno, pues el Fiscal en Colombia es un funcionario judicial y por ello se espera que ejerza ese \u201cdeber de ingratitud\u201d frente a sus nominadores, que debe caracterizar a un buen juez, seg\u00fan la conocida expresi\u00f3n del ex presidente del Consejo Constitucional franc\u00e9s Robert Badinter.<\/p>\n<p>Este tema fue expl\u00edcitamente debatido en la Asamblea Constituyente y se opt\u00f3 por un Fiscal independiente, pues no se quer\u00eda que \u00e9ste fuera un detective del Gobierno: el Fiscal ten\u00eda que ser independiente para que pudiera investigar los eventuales atropellos del Gobierno y no fuera un instrumento gubernamental de persecuci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica. La Fiscal\u00eda no puede ser un DAS judicial.<\/p>\n<p>Ese deber de ingratitud es a\u00fan m\u00e1s trascendental hoy pues muchas investigaciones en curso \u2014como las de las chuzadas\u2014 requieren independencia frente al Gobierno. Y el problema es que los tres candidatos, sin importar sus m\u00e9ritos personales, parecen demasiado cercanos al Presidente.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 salidas existen entonces? No son claras: la m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil es que, como han sugerido algunos comentaristas, los ternados renuncien; deber\u00edan entender que la inviabilidad de la terna no implica en s\u00ed misma un cuestionamiento \u00e9tico contra ellos; deber\u00edan entonces anteponer el inter\u00e9s nacional a su aspiraci\u00f3n personal y permitirnos la salida de la crisis.<\/p>\n<p>La otra posibilidad es que los magistrados procedan a votar, en el obvio entendido de que pueden votar en blanco. El hecho pol\u00edtico de una votaci\u00f3n masiva en blanco podr\u00eda entonces desbloquear la situaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Colombians must be annoyed by the confrontation between the Supreme Court and the President over the election of the Attorney General. 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