Christian Bazan, one of the officers' lawyers, requested the Official Gazette, which is part of the Executive Branch, to indicate in as short time as possible when these laws had been published. In Paraguay, a law does not exist unless it has been promulgated and published. Edgar Villalba, the deputy Defender of the People (Ombudsman) consulted the Official Gazette about the publication of the laws and the latter confirmed that they had never been published. Villalba stated that the failure to publish meant that these norms are invalid and that all those who had been affected by them could have their cases reviewed by the court. He emphasized that the failure to publish "is not an administrative detail; if they are not published they do not exist in the national legal order."
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
The military laws that didn't exist
Christian Bazan, one of the officers' lawyers, requested the Official Gazette, which is part of the Executive Branch, to indicate in as short time as possible when these laws had been published. In Paraguay, a law does not exist unless it has been promulgated and published. Edgar Villalba, the deputy Defender of the People (Ombudsman) consulted the Official Gazette about the publication of the laws and the latter confirmed that they had never been published. Villalba stated that the failure to publish meant that these norms are invalid and that all those who had been affected by them could have their cases reviewed by the court. He emphasized that the failure to publish "is not an administrative detail; if they are not published they do not exist in the national legal order."
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