Lawyer Pedro Castillo assures that before the Control Commission he can remain silent: “Perhaps”

This morning in conversation with News extensionpresident’s lawyer Peter’s castleBenji Espinoza, indicated that it is possible that the President will remain silent before the Oversight Commission, which he will attend on Monday, June 27th.

“This is an opportunity… there are different possibilities and scenarios. Everything is within the bounds of legality and what is legally and constitutionally correct. We must be very clear: speaking in Congress cannot be exempt from what the Constitution establishes. There are different options, I still cannot predict which one will be implemented,” he said. RPP news.

In the same vein, Espinoza indicated that he could not disclose whether this meeting was between presidential castle and Parliament will be public or private.

“I have to say that we have reservations with the commission, especially with regard to the statements that the president has made, I mean Mr. (Hector) Ventura (Power of the People). (…) I cannot foresee what actions will be taken, I can note the discomfort that is caused by objective data and concrete facts. We are not colluding here, in no case are we speculating,” he said.

“There is no need to announce the acts of the commission, which finally had the president as a witness, when in fact they wanted to see him as an investigator. It seems to me that if initially there were suspicions or will, if there was a goal to investigate the president, they would have done so from the very beginning, ”he added.

Finally, a lawyer Peter’s castle He indicated that the appeal would be filed between Tuesday and Thursday this week.

“This case will not end either in the first or in the second instance, because if we do not find justice in the ordinary criminal process, the constitutional justice scenario will be activated in order to be able to claim, because we are convinced that we are right. We are convinced that justice should give us this. (…) We must establish, as has always been established, that the incumbent President of the Republic cannot be investigated. If this is the case, then we will apply to the Constitutional Court and even to supranational jurisdiction,” he said.

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