Lawyer for Roberto Sanchez: “Chief Justice said there is not a single piece of evidence that he supported the coup”

Domingo Garcia Belaunde, a lawyer for congressman and former minister Roberto Sanchez, said on Monday that the report approved by the Permanent Commission against his client to charge him with alleged crimes of sedition and conspiracy was ill-prepared. The constitutionalist argued that the same judge who would hear the case in the judiciary ruled out the thesis that he supported the coup.

“The most interesting thing is that the chief judge of the preliminary investigation, who will see all this, said that there is not a single piece of evidence in his (Roberto Sanchez) case that identifies him or represents him as a supporter of the coup. the progress made in the preparations for the Supreme Court,” said García Belaunde on the RPP program “Sin Vueltas”.

The lawyer also explained that the situation Roberto Sanchez very different from Betsy Chavez because the former prime minister was actively involved in what Pedro Castillo was trying to do.

“He was seen on video, where he coordinated his actions. It’s clear that he was there. (Alejandro) Salas was not allowed to enter, there were a few more people outside. The Betsy Chavez case is so clear that on the day of the defense at the Standing Committee, his own lawyer said he agreed. Everything was accepted, this is a legal strategy, but deep down he is afraid of being accused,” he commented.

Garcia Belaunde believed that the congressmen in the Standing Committee voted with slogans and there was no dialogue. In addition, he criticized that they approved the report without knowing what they were dealing with in the case, and hoped that the constitutional charge would not succeed in the plenary session.

Congress will discuss the constitutional complaint filed against Betsy Chavez and former ministers Willy Huerta and Roberto Sanchez in connection with the coup carried out by former President Pedro Castillo on Wednesday, March 22.

The document contained a proposal to remove Chavez Chino and Sanchez Palomino from their positions with the possibility of reinstatement if they were acquitted by the Supreme Court. Power of attorney.

He denies his involvement

Roberto Sanchez confirmed last week that he never supported or participated in coordinating the coup attempt led by former President Pedro Castillo. In this sense, he criticized the Permanent Commission for approving a constitutional complaint seeking to remove him from office as a congressman.

The parliamentarian claimed that he was able to support, together with his lawyer Domingo Garcia Belaundethat there were no indications of his involvement in what the former president was looking for on December 7.

“I have no instructions, only statements. After the message ended and we heard it with Minister Salas in a nearby place, there remains an attempt and the possibility that I could meet, despite the fact that the witnesses do not mention me, ”he said in an interview with the program Everything is known from RPP news.

Roberto Sanchez He stressed that he never said that day that he supported the coup. Therefore, he asked to consider the video and recordings in his defense.