2)
Wilfrido Lucero, who will testify on: i) the alleged facts that occurred in
the National Congress in relation to the dismissal of the Judges of the
Constitutional Court; ii) how the alleged impeachment proceedings were
conducted, the summons, the formation of the congressional majority; iii) the
arguments used by members of Congress during the congressional sessions,
and iv) the alleged motives and reasons that prompted Congress to approve the
alleged dismissals and the resolutions.
C) Expert witness offered by the Inter-American Commission
3)
Leandro Despouy, who will testify, in relation to the facts of this case,
on the guarantees of due process of law in impeachment proceedings and the
limits of political review on the Judiciary, in particular, the determination of the
grounds for the removal of judges.
D) Expert witness offered by the State
4)
Juan Montaña Pinto, who will testify on: i) democratic constitutionalism
in Ecuador from the Montecristi Constitution to the Transition Regime; ii) the
historical constitutional background; iii) the political and juridical institutions
prior to the 2008 Constitution in Ecuador; iv) the constituent process in Ecuador
in terms of the democratic reception and the juridical methodology of the
Montecristi Assembly in Ecuador; v) the referendum that approved the
Constitution, and vi) the transition regime.
6.
To require the Republic of Ecuador to facilitate the exit and entry into its
territory of the deponents and expert witnesses who reside or are present therein, and
who have been summoned in this Order to render their testimonies and expert reports
at the public hearing regarding the preliminary objections and possible merits,
reparations and costs in this case, under the terms of Article 26(1) of the Court’s Rules
of Procedure.
7.
To require the Republic of Colombia, pursuant to Article 26(3) of the Rules of
Procedure, to offer its cooperation during the public hearing regarding the preliminary
objections and possible merits, reparations and costs in this case, to be held in that
country, convened through this Order, and to facilitate the exit from and entrance into
its territory of the persons who have been summoned to testify before the InterAmerican Court at this hearing, and of those who shall represent the Inter-American
Commission, the State and the alleged victims at said hearing. For those purposes,
the Secretariat shall serve notice of this Order to the Republic of Colombia.
8.
To require the Inter-American Commission, the representatives and the State to
serve notice of this Order to the persons they have proposed and who have been
summoned to render a statement and/or an expert opinion, under the terms of Article
50(2) and 50(4) of the Rules.
9.
To inform the Inter-American Commission, the representative and the State that
they must cover the costs incurred in providing or rendering the evidence proposed by
them, pursuant to Article 60 of the Rules.
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