The Judge of the Supreme Court of Entre Ríos, Susanna Medinaand one of those named as a candidate for the Supreme Courtresigned from the presidency Association of Women Judgesamid criticism of his performance due to numerous absences from his court, for which he was asked to make one political process.
Medina sent a letter to the association in which she stated: “Susana Medina, in my capacity as President of the Association of Women Judges of Argentina, I am resigning from my position for personal reasons. As of today. I wish the board every success and call on them to continue to promote and defend the human rights of women.”
In a message to the jury, she said: “I have just tendered my firm resignation from the presidency of the association as I am going through a difficult time and.” I am not fit to lead such a prestigious area. and it cost so much to build.”
Medina’s resignation coincided with the filing of a motion for impeachment last Friday removed from officeaccording to research for Analysis magazine by journalist Daniel Enz, in Paraná.
The investigation revealed that Medina between 2016 and 2021 In total he was absent from his judicial office for 477 days. The Court Almanac has between 218 and 220 working days per year. The trend continued in later years. Between 2022 and so far in 2025, Medina was absent for 191 working days additionally. An accumulation only occurred in 2025 32 days absence until mid-year.
In total, the MP was not present in her office between 2016 and 2025 668 working dayswhich equates to more than three full court years.
In addition, Medina undertook 28 trips abroad between 2016 and 2021, most of which were justified in the categories of “education”, “institutional and academic activities” or “justification”. “AMJA activities”the Association of Women Judges of Argentina.
Definitely Medina received his full salaryand in some cases he also received travel expenses from the Entre Ríos Justice Department.
On his trips to Buenos Aires by land, he was given a ride by a driver from the Justice Department, who also typically had to stay at least 10 blocks from his location Travel costs became more expensive when he visited his daughter Puerto Maderoindicates the analysis investigation.
The request for impeachment against the member of the Supreme Court of Entre Ríos was presented last Friday in the Chamber of Deputies. The argument is this alleged poor performance by the judge due to 660 unjustified absences, the misuse of state property and the impact of the behavior on public finances.
The order bears the teacher’s signature Eugene JacquemainLeader of the Red and Black Group Entre Ríos Teachers’ Guild Association (AGMER) of Gualeguaychú.
The presentation is addressed to the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Gustavo Hein. There, the opening of the procedure is requested to assess the functional behavior of the member whose actions – disclosed and confirmed by official information from the STJ and by publicly known facts – “It constitutes poor performance, a breach of the duty of conduct, ethical obligations incompatible with the judiciary and a breach of the principle of independence and probity of the judiciary.”.
The text mentions the official records of the STJ and the journalistic investigation of analysis. “There are clearly recurring patterns of behavior that seriously jeopardize the institutional duties of the accused judge,” the text says.
It later lists the judge’s “repeated and unjustified” absences, totaling more than 660 working days without carrying out his duties Non-compliance with the licensing regime. And the resulting delays in file resolution are mentioned.
“This pattern, by its extension and persistence, if not a serious abandonment of functions, represents an inertia incompatible with the responsibilities of a judge and especially a member of the highest provincial court,” it said.
At another point in the presentation, the training licenses acquired by Medina “in excess of the regulations” are listed, which do not comply with the established regulatory guidelines, which indicate that they cannot exceed 20 days per year and do not provide for the recovery of travel expenses incurred by the member on many occasions.
The third point of the impeachment motion relates to the Misuse of state resourcesin particular company vehicles, drivers and travel costs.
“The STJ’s records show that the member used official vehicles for trips without an institutional agenda; she required a designated driver whose daily rate was approximately 132,000 pesos plus fuel costs; she made trips according to generic concepts (“institutional activity”, “academic”, “education”) without any records supporting such a nature; and she participated in activities of a personal, partisan, diplomatic or nature of the Association of Women Judges of Argentina (AMJA), but financed entirely from public resources,” it was listed.
The complaint then states that the systematic use of state resources for purposes unrelated to the position “constitutes an abuse of power and an abuse of public property, prohibited for any official and particularly serious in the case of a member of the STJ.”
It was also requested to provide evidence to quantify the impact of the trips undertaken by Medina on the public accounts and to send an official letter to the STJ to provide the Labor and Member statistics.
Finally, it is requested that the cause of the inadequate performance be determined, the accusation be formulated and the judge’s removal from office be ordered.
The Chamber of Deputies The provincial superior will meet this week to consider the motion for impeachment. If you find elements you can present evidence and in the Entre Ríos system the deputies become prosecutors and the Senate in the jury to prosecute the judgethat it is not out of the question that he will apply for a leave of absence from his post at the Supreme Court.
Medina sounded like Supreme Court nominee in 2024when it was speculated that Javier Milei’s government might submit a woman’s application instead of the judge’s nomination Ariel Lijo or the academic Manuel Garcia-Mansilla.
Even she herself commented: “I don’t have a formal offer,” she said. In the meantime, take a photo with me Martin Menem And Karina Milei He explained: “It was about presenting our association, our experiences and the collaboration, as we do with many public and private organizations at home and abroad.”
Medina is from La Paz and was proposed by the Peronist Jorge Busti for the position, He took over membership in 2004 Delivery room number 3 of the STJ. Initially she was a public defender and in 1991 she took over the position of investigating judge. From there he made the jump Supreme Court of justice the province.
Last year the association recorded a situation similar to that in Medina. The judge Norma Abate de Mazzucchelli She was forced to resign as vice president when she was caught by Telenoche Investiga’s hidden camera demanding an 8 million peso bribe. He was head of the Fourth Chamber of Civil, Commercial and Mining Affairs of La Rioja and a merchant wanted to resolve an inheritance dispute. Susana Medina, then president of the AMJpublicly announced that the board had unanimously decided to “preemptively suspend her from her position and as a partner of the firm while the internal disciplinary order is processed.”
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