are not subject to appeal before another body, except as provided in Article 33. Petitions
for clarification and reversal are admitted, which will be resolved by the Jury within five
days, by means of a well-founded order." For its part, Article 33 establishes: "against
the final judgment of the Jury, in addition to the appeal for clarification and reversal, an
action of unconstitutionality may be filed, which shall be resolved by the plenary of the
Court." None of these remedies was specified in the JEM's ruling as a means of appealing
the removal decision. However, both appeals were filed by Mr. Nissen Pessolani and were
rejected.
88. The remedy of reconsideration107 and clarification108, by its nature and legal
configuration, does not allow a comprehensive review of the resolutions of the JEM, nor
does it allow allegations of violations of due process rights, so it cannot be considered a
suitable remedy.
89. The unconstitutionality action was filed by Mr. Nissen Pessolani before the Supreme
Court of Justice on April 22, 2003. In it, the alleged victim claimed that Judgment No.
02/03 of the JEM violated his right to defend himself in a trial, the guarantees of due
process, the principle of equality before the law, the right to work and to job security,
the division of powers, and the guarantee to be judged by competent, independent, and
impartial Courts and Judges.109 Likewise, by means of a brief filed on April 25, 2003, it
broadened the action of unconstitutionality against the judgment that declared the
appeal for clarification and reinstatement without merit. In the processing of this action
of unconstitutionality, no judge who was a member of the JEM participated; likewise, the
recusal presented by the alleged victim was processed and two judges who were
disqualified from hearing the case were replaced. Finally, by means of Judgment No.
915, the Supreme Court of Justice rejected the action of unconstitutionality.110
90. The Supreme Court's judgment made a reference to the different arguments
presented by Mr. Nissen Pessolani. In effect, it referred in general terms to the alleged
violations of the right to defense, the principle of congruence and the alleged
arbitrariness of the latter. However, this decision did not address the allegations of
partiality of the president and other members of the JEM and, thus, did not allow to
remedy the evident violation of due process previously examined by the Court (supra
para. 76).
91. Thus, taking into account the violation of the guarantee of an impartial judge, as
stated in the previous chapter (supra paras. 64 to 76), the Court considers that Mr.
Nissen Pessolani did not have an effective judicial remedy that would allow for the review
of the judgment by which he was removed from office. Indeed, an effective appeal
cannot be reduced to a mere formality, but must examine the reasons invoked by the
applicant and expressly state them. Thus, this Court considers that, although the
According to Article 390 of the Code of Civil Procedure, "the remedy of reconsideration only proceeds
against orders of mere formality and against interlocutory orders that do not cause irreparable lien, so that
the same judge or court that issued them may revoke them by a ruling to the contrary."
107
According to Article 387 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the purpose of this appeal is that the judge or
court "a) corrects any material error; b) clarifies any obscure expression, without altering the substance of the
decision; and c) makes up for any omission in which it may have incurred on some of the claims deduced and
discussed in the litigation." It is clearly stated that "in no case shall the substance of the decision be altered."
108
Cf. Action of unconstitutionality filed by Alejandro Nissen Pessolani before the Supreme Court of Justice
against Judgment No. 02/03 of the JEM on April 22, 2004 (case file of evidence, folios 86 to 119).
109
110
Cf. Judgment No. 915 issued by the Supreme Court of Justice on June 16, 2004 (case file of evidence,
folios 126 to 130).
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