Only one vote is needed for the Supreme Court of Justice to resolve the unconstitutionality action filed by Kattya González, the former senator removed from office on February 14, 2024, through a maneuver by the Cartismo movement. Justice César Diesel would be the last to issue his opinion, according to information obtained by radio Monumental 1080 AM.
Justice Víctor Ríos, also a member of the highest court, commented on the case without providing precise details. "Two or one person are the ones who still need, surely, to issue the draft vote, and then it must be transcribed in final form for the final signature," he stated.
Kattya González has already filed nine urgent requests for her case to be reviewed. Despite this, she expressed skepticism about a favorable ruling. "Justice that arrives late is not restorative. What the Senate stole from me, what the Cartismo stole from me, the Court can no longer give back to me today," she declared.
The former lawmaker criticized the delay and questioned the judiciary's performance. "I do not see virtuous actions, and forgive my skepticism, because there are so many things that the justice system owes us, that today it does not open investigations it should open, that today it dispenses impunity that is politically convenient," she added.
González said she finds it hard to believe that a potential favorable ruling would represent an act of reparation for the institutional violence committed. "It is as if they were relieving pressure when the discredit is total, when it is election season," she pointed out.
Regarding a possible return to the Senate, she explained that if the Court annuls the decision that removed her, matters would revert to the state immediately prior to February 14, 2024. "It means that this public servant was a senator. I will no longer need to take an oath, nor rely on anyone's permission to return to my seat in the Chamber of Senators, aside from some administrative procedures so that I am reinstated," she detailed.
In relation to Ignacio Iramain Chilavert, who took over the seat, González stated that he also argues that she should return to her chair. "I will not even have a conflict with whoever currently occupies that seat. So, I would sit there and many things could happen. First of all, from being removed from Congress by police force. That is why I say that what the Court states in the operative part is extremely important," she explained.
Should she regain her mandate, the former senator promised to intensify the opposition. "I double down, and let them get ready, let this narco-mafia Cartismo that governs us and today seeks to nullify criticism, citizenship, and the issues that point to politics as a tool for serving the common good, think carefully," she warned. She further added: "The position does not keep me up at night; let those Cartistas who today seek to use the State as political plunder get ready."
Kattya González's removal took place in a session lasting about four hours, in which the Cartismo managed to expel one of the opposition's leading legislators with 23 votes. To make the loss of mandate viable, the ruling bloc changed the internal rules: in December 2023 it had set a minimum of 30 votes, but two months later it reduced the requirement to just 23.