The Attorney General of the Nation, Eduardo Casal, sent a request to the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Horacio Rosatti, asking for the suspension of a ruling issued by the highest court at the end of last year. This ruling, known as 'Levinas', establishes that national cases can be reviewed by the Superior Court of Justice of the city of Buenos Aires.
In his message to Rosatti, Casal expressed his concern, indicating that the Levinas ruling could limit the ability of the Public Prosecutor's Office to fulfill its legal and constitutional functions in the processes taking place before the national justice system with jurisdiction over the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The majority decision of the supreme court ratified the transfer of national justice to the city of Buenos Aires, deemed unconstitutional.
Casal argued that the Attorney General's Office of the Nation has exclusive jurisdiction before national courts and cannot appeal to the Superior Court of Justice of the city of Buenos Aires. He also pointed out that the Attorney General's Office of the city and its prosecutors also lack the competence to appeal to the city courts.
'I suggest to the Court that, in the exercise of its supervisory powers, it suspend the application of the Levinas ruling until the restriction preventing the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Nation from carrying out the new procedural activity before the city court that is demanded there is adequately resolved,' concluded Casal in his writing to the head of the Court.
