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school […] and had to work in a pharmacy in order to help with [such]
expenses.”103
123.
In this sense, Mr. Juan José Medina Morán stated, by means of
affidavit, that in the proceeding instituted to seek compliance with the judgments
of the Constitutional Court, the victims were “subjected to acts of rudeness and
humiliation because of [their] condition of discharged employees and for not
being considered […] productive personnel of the public administration”. By not
being able to satisfy his basic human needs and having to "appear before
different institutions to generate income, [his] state of mind was seriously
affected.” 104
124.
Moreover, also by means of affidavit, Mr. César Daniel Collantes Sora
stated that “[he] was forced to suspend his recess [as discharged person] and
start working to afford the basic needs" also causing "psychological problems,
[...] feeling of discouragement and frustration to see that [his] country
disregarded the laws that protect those who have given the best years [of] their
lives to the service of the country. […] This took away from him the possibility of
having a better quality of live.”105
125.
Furthermore, Mr. Julio Cesar Borrero Briceño pointed out, in his
statement, that the non-compliance with the judgments of the Constitutional
Court generated "many frustrations in [his] life plan [since] his two daughters
had to delay their studies at university, [his] minor sons […] had to change from
private school to public school and [his younger daughter] had to live without
many things”. Mr. Borrero Briceño further stated that he felt deep "frustration
[...] about not being able to afford the basic needs of [his] home" and, as a
result, "he lost considerable weight the self-esteem of him and his family were
seriously damaged and taken to an extreme.”106
126.
Mrs. Dicha Laura Arias Laureano, spouse of Mr. Gabino Ulises Pozo
Calva, victim in the instant case, pointed out in her affidavit (supra para. 23) that
“her husband was [quite] emotionally affected” since “her family did not have
enough money to pay for food [...] and education”. In this way, “they survived
with the support of [their] children who drop school and started working and
contributed to the household expenses” . Mrs. Arias Laureano stated that apart
from the physical disease of her husband, he “suffered from depression […] and
that took away from him the desire to live.”107
127.
In the statement rendered at the public hearing before the Court, Mr.
José Luis Guillermo Ruiz Boto stated that “almost all of his colleagues of the
Association or of the Comptroller had [to] look for a way to cope with,
particularly, the family expenses that are the most difficult”. He asserted that “he
knew many cases of [victims] that, due to their age, could not work at any other
place, [and for that reason] they had suffered a lot, [...] some of them [...] even
died". Mr. Ruiz Boto emphasized the fact of having to withdraw his children from
private schools “and take them to public ones”. Moreover, he “had to work in
tourism”, rendering services of transport in night shifts. Finally, he further
103
Affidavit rendered by Cosme Marino Vargas Salas, supra note 98 (page 2557).
104
Affidavit rendered by Juan José Medina Morán, supra note 98 (page 2559-2560).
105
Affidavit rendered by César Daniel Collantes, supra note 98 (page 2561-2562).
106
Affidavit rendered by Julio César Borrero, supra note 98 (page 2563-2564).
107
Affidavit rendered by Dicha Laura Arias Laureano de Pozo, supra note 98 (page 2570).