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chief judge Juan Carlos Chekli this afternoon I will read him the verdict on the new preventive detention against the former president Pedro Castillo. A 36-month prison this time meets charges of belonging to a criminal organization and corruption.
Castillo is currently underway preventive prison 18 months for completely different reasons, namely conspiracy and rebellion, which are specific crimes against the constitutional order, which we usually call a coup d’état.
From the very beginning, Castillo’s former lawyer, Benji EspinosaHe argued that a new preventive arrest of the former president was impossible, although he never explained why. Meanwhile, his defense filed an appeal with the Inter-American Commission and also introduced a precautionary measure that would allow Castillo to be released.
If that were the case, then the precautionary measure requested in relation to the coup charge could not apply to preventive detention for corruption. The arguments put forward by Castillo himself, who limited himself to presenting himself as a victim of discrimination, are also unconvincing.
Former transport minister also in new pre-trial detention John Silvafugitive from justice, and ex-minister Gainer Alvarado. The three alleged accomplices of the coup are also subject to the first administrative restriction, a warning issued by the Migration Board in case they want to leave the country.
Near Betsy Chavez, Roberto Sanchez And Willie Orchard, whom prosecutors suspect of being in the president’s office while Castillo read his 10-minute speech on the coup. Whatever their motives, fanaticism or desire for impunity, the violation of the constitutional order represents an internal denial of the presidential function: to respect and enforce the constitution.
Fujimori could not be tried for his own coup because Chile’s extradition terms did not allow it. Let’s hope that the sanction applied to Castillo will put an end once and for all to the temptation to concentrate all power at the expense of the freedoms of citizens.
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