Alejandro Salas: Congress did the right thing by approving the constitutional complaint against Pedro Castillo

Former Culture and Labor Minister Alejandro Salas said Sunday it was “foreseeable” that Congress would approve a constitutional complaint against former President Pedro Castillo for alleged aggravated crimes by a criminal organization, aggravated influence peddling and conspiracy.

In an interview program Sunday News Extension, Alejandro Salas also noted that Congress of the Republic He did the right thing “because all citizens, regardless of whether he is a former president”, have a duty to respond to non-politicized justice.

“It was something predictable, Congress of the Republic let’s just say he has long had a stance against the former president and the previous government. It was so predictable and what was always said and always showed was that justice does its thing, that democratic times should be respected, but that didn’t happen and it’s just that Congress has somehow or other granted a constitutional complaint made in the past. year.” He said.

Alejandro Salas explained that the constitutional charge against Pedro Castillo This will determine the time and the lawsuit when it ends.

“It is worth saying that this will have to be proven by the prosecutor’s office and, of course, the former president of the republic will have to prove, as he said, that he was not involved in the facts in which he is accused. in fact, a process will be decided, which, finally, must be carried out with absolutely objective justice, ”he said.

The former minister indicated that he did not feel involved in the constitutional complaint against Pedro Castillosince he always defended democracy and did not associate with people who “today are the subject of fiscal charges.”

“I always believed that the fiasco of the former president happened in the first six months of his reign, when I was not part of this government, I became part of the government from February 2022, when he was approached by people who, unfortunately, instead of seeing the development countries and the opportunity to develop, the country has intervened in situations that today are the subject of investigation and fiscal charges and for which justice has to answer,” he said.

Pedro Castillo “made a mistake”

On the other side, Alejandro Salas noted that the former President Pedro Castillo made the mistake of “deciding without consultation” to read the “vile message” about the December 2022 coup attempt.

“He made a mistake and I’m sure he should regret it, it was his own decision, those who may or may not have helped him in this will also have to answer, this is part of the investigation. But the feeling is awkward (…) I was very disappointed, and there will definitely come a time when I will show him this,” he said.

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