j) These shall subsequently be entered into the record and added to the case file; k) The proceedings to determine liability are exempt from any type of tax payment; l) The proceeding shall move forward at the request of a party or of the Jury’s own accord. Article 31. The Jury shall render a final judgment within a period of 30 days from the time the procedural decisions are enforceable and within 180 days from the start of the trial. The Jury’s decision may consist of only removal or acquittal of the accused party. In the case of removal, said decision shall be communicated to the Chambers of Congress, the Supreme Court of Justice, and the Council of Magistrates. The Jury shall decide on the costs of the proceeding. Article 33. In addition to an appeal for reversal and clarification against the final verdict of the Jury, an action of unconstitutionality may also be brought, which shall be decided on by the Court sitting en banc. B. Alejandro Nissen Pessolani’s appointment and his performance as Criminal Prosecutor 29. Mr. Nissen Pessolani was appointed Criminal Prosecutor by Decree No. 542 of July 15, 1999, issued by the Supreme Court of Justice. On November 4, 1999, by means of Certified Document No. 700, he was appointed Criminal Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office by the Council of Magistrates. On April 23, 2001, by Order No. 410, the Attorney General of the State appointed him as Public Prosecutor in charge of the Criminal Offenses against the Public Treasury. Prosecutor Nissen Pessolani was not part of the Anti-Corruption Unit,12 although he did investigate acts related to the illegal trafficking of stolen vehicles involving high-ranking public sector officials. B.1. Case No. 1534, "[B.V.] et al. on tax evasion, extortion, et al." 30. According to the alleged victim's statement during the public hearing,13 this case was initiated as a result of a newspaper article that caught his attention and motivated him to begin an investigation into the alleged sale to the Presidency of the Republic of a car that was stolen in Brazil. He indicated that, at that time, during the administration of Attorney General A.C.V. (1996-2000), "I would inform him, and he would grant me authorization to investigate." Subsequently, this case was admitted through the reception desk and was titled "[B.V.] et al. on tax evasion, extortion, et al." and 12 The foregoing is evident both from the witness statement given before a notary public by Matilde Elena Moreno Inrigotia on April 29, 2022 (case file of evidence, folio 4192) and from the alleged victim's own statement during the public hearing where she indicated, in response to a question from one of the judges: "In my journey through the Prosecutor's Office [...] I was first appointed regular prosecutor, that is what it is called, then the Prosecutor General of the State appointed me, apart from that ordinary work, specialized in punishable acts against the public treasury and then also in punishable acts against drug trafficking." In the same speech, he indicated that the corruption investigations were carried out on his own initiative in response to "a commitment that I assumed, that I swore to do when I was assigned as prosecutor." 13 At the public hearing, in response to a question from one of the judges, the alleged victim indicated "case 1534 was initiated as a consequence of the investigation of the stolen car of the President of the Republic, that case or that investigation or that fact, that noticia criminis as it is called, that news arose from a newspaper publication that caught my attention and I began to investigate." Likewise, in his testimony by affidavit, former State Prosecutor General Oscar Germán Latorre stated that "the most emblematic case that Alejandro Nissen had was the investigation for the sale to the Presidency of the Republic of a BMW car stolen in Brazil, which did not have public officials as suspects, but rather those who sold the car" (Testimonial declaration rendered before a notary public by Oscar Germán Latorre Cañete on April 29, 2022, case file of evidence, folio 4207). 10