Pedro Castillo’s preventive detention is “on a political, not a legal matter,” says his lawyer.

“There was not a single crime related to rebellion or abuse of power,” he said. Eduardo Pachaslawyer Mr. Pedro Castilloafter 36 months of pre-trial detention against the former President was issued and interrogated that the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Alberto Otarolaexerted political pressure on his client.

Eduardo Pachas refers to the time when Alberto Otarola spoke in RPP Noticias on 17 February, where he “publicly orders, and at the national level, that Congress And prosecution And Power of attorneyspeed up corruption cases and put the president in jail Lock”.

“Lord Otarola He publicly stated: “Since this man is going to the international court, it is likely that he will be released, we must expedite the corruption case, because he cannot defend himself.” This is a public order from a politician and they put Mr. Pedro Castillo in jail for a political, not a legal issue. So let it be clear that Mr. Castillo is a political prisoner, not a criminal.” Pachas said in no turns from RPP news.

“Judge checkley He put 36 months into it with the following foundation which came from Congressthe prosecutor repeated this, and now the judge has given 36 months for the author, that mr. Terrones Castle is an accomplice of the person who committed the crime by conspiracy. Who is author? This is unknown. Under Peruvian law, if you do not know who the author is, you cannot be an accomplice in anything, ”he said in no turns from RPP news.

For his part, Eduardo Pachas questioned Judge Chekley’s reference to the capture of El Espanyol, as “the alleged suction devices they used, according to prosecutors, to coordinate and organize directly with Pedro Castillo their clandestine meetings to appoint the directors of national intelligence DINI and DIGIMIN and conveniently integrate them into a criminal organization supposedly led by a former president.

The lawyer said the reason for the preventive detention was that $500 million was requested from Congress through the budget committee. “There is a budget commission that wanted 500 million, and they were given 500 million to give to all political parties in the work, and they divided the work. There is evidence, so they do not let him speak,” he said. on RPP TV.

What happened on December 7, 2022?

Regarding what happened in the failed self-coup on December 7, 2022, Eduardo Pachas said that “there was never a crime of conspiracy, rebellion or abuse of power and that the former president had no intention of fleeing to Mexico.”

“President Castillo had no intention of fleeing to Mexico and never intended to. If you check his luggage, his clothes are not there, he was not going to take cover. This was the version of the prosecutor’s office.“He stated in the Sin Vueltas RPP.

“There is no ideal means for committing the crime of conspiracy, rebellion or abuse of power, because there was never a permit, there was never a signed decree, there was no policeman, no soldier, no one was arrested, not even shot. And the president knew this (. ..) [¿Por qué lo hizo?] Because he had to stop this Congress that was already bothering him.added Eduardo Pachas.

Similarly, he argued that the December 7 speech was half the battle and that the Congress had already started with job offers against Pedro Castillo.

“The one who staged the coup was not Pedro Castillo, it was the Congress. By December 7, it had already hit him. He knew that he did not have the support of the police or the army.”, he added.