President Evo Morales also said the team would have recourse to international courts is "almost made up." Deputies
ironic intent of Bolivia to seek advice Garzon President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced today that it will ask the former English judge Baltasar Garzon advice regarding a maritime claim La Paz intends to bring against Chile.
In a news conference, Morales said that the newly established Directorate of Maritime Claim, headed by former Defense Minister Ruben Saavedra-have "almost made" the team to bring the lawsuit. He also stressed the importance of that can be added "international experts", he said, as is the case of Garzón.
"We will find the English doctor expert in international law, the judge Baltasar Garzón (...). We hope to be one of our international consultants for this demand. We also contacted some Argentines and Nicaraguans," the president paceño .
The Bolivian head of state expressed his admiration by Garzon, who spoke on a trip he made to Spain and said it was "a man with strong awareness of justice, very experienced, very knowledgeable."
Garzón was suspended from his duties as a judge of the Audiencia Nacional of Spain, after he was accused of malfeasance, to try to investigate the crimes of the Franco regime, without having the necessary powers to carry out the investigations.
The former judge, meanwhile, currently advisor to the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, where demand is rooted borderline filed by the Peruvian government against Chile.
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