The lawyer of Supreme Court justice Carlos Fayt has affirmed that the magistrate is not concerned about a possible impeachment hearing raised against him, as grounds do not exist for the 97-year-old to be removed from his post.
Speaking today with ámbito.com, Rizzo revealed that the judge described the impeachment requests as «just another attack against him that he is used to.»
«He will resist all the attacks on his post and doing the best he can at this time,» the attorney emphasised.
Rizzo added that Fayt was in «good spirits,» and thanked the support he had received through social networks, but ruled out the possibility of the justice speaking publicly in the coming days.
The veteran judge was wrapped up in controversy after the Supreme Court took the decision to re-elect Ricardo Lorenzetti as president of the institution. Certain sources doubt the presence of Fayt in that meeting, despite which his name is recorded in the minutes.
Yesterday, Victory Front lawmaker Anabel Fernández Sagasti took over as new president of the Impeachment Committee in the Lower House, and took the first steps towards eventually removing Fayt from the Supreme Court.
El juez Fayt quedó envuelto en la polémica tras la acordada 11 del máximo tribunal, fechada el 21 de abril pasado, reunión en la que su participación fue puesta en duda pese a que su firma figura en el acta en la que los magistrados establecieron la reelección del titular de la Corte, Ricardo Lorenzetti, con ocho meses de anticipación.
The magistrate has been part of the Court for over 30 years, having taken the bench in 1983.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald