Freddie Diaz will remain in PJ Prison until a prison is identified where he will serve his preventive detention.

Former congressman Freddie Diaz to spend the night in jail Power of attorney is waiting for INPE to designate a prison where he will serve nine months on remand on charges of rape to the detriment of his congressional office worker.

Diaz Monago appeared before Judge Chekli Soria on Monday afternoon. Then he passed the appropriate identity card and medical control, after which he was transferred to the pre-trial detention center.

Within nine months of imprisonment Second Chief Criminal Prosecutor must take such procedural steps as it deems necessary for the full clarification of the case in respect of Freddy Diaz.

“We are in the premises of the judiciary after we have been notified and read the resolution. What we are doing is putting ourselves on our feet by following the order of the Supreme Court of Appeal. We, without the need to search, came to the judiciary,” said Emerson Campos, a lawyer for a former congressman News RPP.

“The fact that a person obeys the law does not mean that he takes responsibility or his guilt (…) We should not mix or try to give it a different shade: we want it to be known that Freddy Diaz He puts himself on his feet, because he believes in the justice of his country, ”the defense of the former deputy added.

Permanent Criminal Chamberin support of his decision to impose pre-trial detention, he pointed to the lack of high-quality home, family and work ties of the detainee Diaz Monago, coupled with the severity of the sentence.

“The risk of flight arises on the basis of the objective elements of persuasion,” the Supreme Court said in its ruling.

Diaz and his chaos

Plenary session Congress last month they approved the final report, which recommended that the deputy be removed from public service for 10 years Freddy Diazaccused of drinking alcohol in the premises of the Legislative Palace and sexually assaulting an employee in his office.

77 votes in favour, one against and four abstentions. Freddy Diaz He was released and replaced by his assistant Nelsie Lydia Haidinger Ballesteros.

Decision against Freddy Diaz It was adopted after the National Representation approved a revision of the vote taken on Tuesday 10th presented by MP Sigrid Bazan Narro (CD-JP), who archived the proposal for sanctions. This vote had 105 votes in favour, two against and seven abstentions.