Shafiz Robles becomes the first Costa Rica president to counter the loss of immunity Corruption news

The conservative president faced a legislative committee weighing whether he should keep his position of claim.

Rodrigo Chavez Robiles has become the first seated president in the history of Costa Rica to testify to a legislative committee where he faced corruption and the possibility of a criminal trial.

The committee consisting of three members of the session was held on Friday to consider whether or not the Chavis Robiles will be raised as president.

Doing this would pave the way for Chaves Robles to be sued based on allegations that he used government money to give an ally.

Chavez Robilel denied any violations and accused his opponents of using the judiciary to topple his government.

“What we are witnessing has historical consequences,” said Chavez Robles on Friday. “The entire state is witnessing legal fraud by the Public Prosecutor and the Criminal Court.”

He told his supporters outside the Legislative Assembly that his opponents “organized a ridiculous case to implement a court coup” and persuade the public that he was “migrant.”

The committee must submit a report that follows the Chaveast Robiles certificate to the full legislative assembly, which will then vote for stripping it of its shares of the prosecution.

Shaves Robilel, a conservative economist and former Minister of Finance, was accused of forcing a colleague to take funds from a contract granted by a development bank, and the Central Bank of America for economic integration, and his use to pay his former presidential advisor, Federico Cruz.

It was claimed that the amount was 32,000 dollars, and Cruise used it to buy a house, according to the prosecutors.

The bank told Reuters news agency that it had conducted its own internal investigation, whose conclusions were provided to the Public Prosecutor in Costa Rica. Among the prosecution witnesses are the former Minister of Communications, Patricia Navarro, and businessman Christian Bulgarie.

“I have never asked for money to be delivered to anyone,” said Chavez Robiles in response to the allegations.

His lawyer, Jose Miguel Villalopos, argued that the accusations do not fulfill the “minimum requirements” to remove presidential immunity.

The Legislative Assembly will need a superpower in order to strip the Shafiz Robs from its share.

Chavis Robles was a dark horse candidate when He ran to the presidency in 2022The Party of Social Democratic Progress is conservative.

However, however, the scrutiny has allegedly alleged the management of an illegal financing structure in the campaign campaign. Many women also submitted accusation of sexual harassment during his period in the World Bank.

Chaves Robles is not eligible to run for a second period in 2026: The law does not allow successive presidential conditions.

Costa Rica is scheduled to hold its upcoming presidential elections on February 1, and the Shafes Robiles period is scheduled to end in the following May.