Spanish judge Garzon requests move to International Court
Crusading Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon, on trial for abuse of power in Spain, has asked to be allowed to work for the International Criminal Court, judicial sources said here on Tuesday.
Garzon has asked to be allowed to work as an outside consultant for the court based in The Hague for a period of seven months, the sources said.
The court’s chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo made the proposal by letter which was accepted by the 54-year-old Spanish judge who has asked for permission to make the move from Spanish judicial authorities.
Garzon earned his crusading reputation for relentlessly pursuing the prosecution of the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
He appeared before Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday to deny any wrongdoing in ordering wiretaps during his investigations into a corruption scandal involving members of the main opposition party, lawyers said.
The case is one of three involving Garzon which is currently being examined by the Supreme Court and over which he risks being suspended from his post.
He also appeared before the court last month in another case involving payments he allegedly received for seminars in the United States.
Garzon was indicted last month for exceeding his authority by opening an investigation in 2008 into crimes committed by General Francisco Franco’s regime in Spain that were covered by an amnesty.
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