April 15, 2026 – 1:02 p.m.
Senator Hernán Rivas (ANR-HC) promised his colleagues that next week he will bring “ten colleagues and a few professors” to confirm that he is a lawyer. Chartists indicate that Rivas’s situation is already “very difficult”, while others claim that they felt deceived.
The scandal of the alleged false title of Hernan Rivas and the threat to prosecutors investigating the case is wreaking havoc on Chartism, as they maintain that “The situation is already very difficult.”
To try to calm the waters, Hernan Rivas He promised at the bench meeting that next week he will bring ten classmates and a few professors to confirm that he studied law and that he is a lawyer.
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“We ask him to clarify. We will see how it develops. The situation is already very heavy for usin the political sphere and in our different social circles because there are many doubts about his title,” said Senator Juan Carlos “Nano” Galaverna, vice leader of the Chartist bench.
At another time, the Chartist indicated that he is not a judge to judge his colleague, but he hopes that Hernan Rivas “Keep your promise” and bring your fellow faculty.
“I am not a judge to judge or doubt a colleague. Let’s hope it clarifies why the doubt is very installed. I hope he fulfills his commitment and brings his classmates with whom he studied,” Galaverna said.
Loss of investiture
Nano Galaverna –although he was cautious – indicated that if the State Attorney General, Emiliano Rolónreports that it was Hernán Rivas who threatened the prosecutor Patricia Sanchez, Chartism would analyze a loss of investiture.
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“If the prosecutor Emiliano Rolón reports that it was Rivas who threatened, a loss of investiturebut we must analyze that in the bench, I cannot do futurology” said Senator Galaverna.
For his part, the senator Óscar “Cachito” Salomón (ANR-HC) stated that the prosecutor Sánchez She is obliged to file a complaint and that if it is proven that it was Senator Rivas who threatened her, she will lose her investiture.
“She is obliged to file a complaintand if it is verified, of course loss of investiture corresponds. There is a lot of evidence that Rivas is not a lawyer and not only that, it is confirmed that the career itself did not have the qualification, that is worse,” said Salomón.
At another time the Chartist legislator stated that it corresponds also continue investigating on the legitimacy of the title.
“I believe that we should also continue the investigation. With the evidence that we have today, I believe that he is not a lawyer. He is obliged to make a clarification in front of the plenary session. He used a career to be a judge of judges, he particularly deceived me,” said Salomón.
For his part, the senator Colym Soroka (ANR – independent) stated that everything indicates that Hernán Rivas is not a lawyer, although he said that he will wait for the presence of the ten classmates and some teachers which the Chartist promised to bring in the Senate.
“Everything points to who is not a lawyer. I say this with great transparency, not with motivation. It is not hitting the fallen. This must be corrected. He promised to bring at least ten classmates and a few teachers“Soroka said.
The legislator stated that if it is proven that he threatened the prosecutor, the loss of investiture.
