With the approval of the Council of Ministers, the President of the Republic, peter castle, submitted a bill to Congress yesterday that aims to amend articles 99 and 100 of the Political Constitution of Peru “strengthen court and court political”.
As you know, this measure was announced on May 30, when the president indicated that he would present a legislative initiative to eliminate the immunity of all high-ranking government officials.
“A bill will be presented to immunity for all high-ranking government officials was abolished. Do you want transparency and investigations? Then we all have to submitLegislative branch, Executive branch, Judicial branch, Ministry of State to make the country transparent and work hand in hand,” he said during the closing Decentralized Council of Ministers in Loretomade on this day.
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According to a draft submitted to Congress, the reform of Articles 99 and 100 of the Magna Carta aims to “ensure due process” in impeachment and impeachment trials held in Parliament and will apply to senior public officials such as the President of the Republic, ministers, congressmen, judges and prosecutors, among others.
“The President of the Republic, Representatives in Congress, Ministers of State, Members of the Constitutional Court, Members of the National Council of Justice, Judges or Judges of the Supreme Court, Chief Prosecutors and Chief Prosecutors; Ombudsman and Comptroller General of the Republic they can be held accountable by the Standing Commission before Congress for violating the Constitution, including up to five years later that high-ranking officials have resigned from their positions,” the document says.
In this sense, the executive adds to Article 99 that the Subcommittee on Constitutional Charges will be responsible for bringing to the attention of Parliament the facts that “determine a constitutional breach”.
” Subcommittee on Constitutional Charges communicates the facts constituting a constitutional offense, in advance, clearly and in detail. Those who make up the Subcommittee they do not integrate standing commission. Congress, without the involvement of the Standing Commission, may or may not remove an accused official or disqualify him from holding public office. up to ten yearsor dismiss him/her from his/her position, without prejudice to any other liability”, establishes the draft.
On the other hand, in Article 100 of the Constitution, the bill adds that high-ranking civil servants they can be charged by the Attorney of the Nation “ex officio or at the request of a party, before the Supreme Court for any offense committed in the exercise of their functions, including within five years after the senior officials ceased their duties.”
It also establishes that “the determination of the existence of grounds for the formation of a criminal case corresponds to a special commission consisting of three ordinary judges with great experience in the performance of official duties of the Supreme Court.
“If it is determined that there is a possibility of initiating a criminal case, the case should be referred to the prosecutor’s office of the Nation. to file a criminal investigation before the supreme criminal judge. Judges and/or judges who are members of a special commission do not participate in the later stages criminal process,” adds the initiative of the executive branch.
Source: RPP
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