The Chancellor referred to the report of the Supervision Commission for Pedro Castillo | Font: Photo: Presidium / Video: RPP Noticias
Chancellor of the Republic Cesar Landaaccused preliminary opinion on the part of the president of the Control Commission, congressman Hector Venturaafter this parliamentary group submitted its final report recommending constitutional impeachment of the President Peter’s castle for committing various crimes.
“I believe that the task of monitoring cannot be solved by abusing the right, as the Constitution says. To the extent that the president Control Commission announced a few days ago that the president was being held accountable for a criminal organization and illegal actions, this is an advance opinion, a judgment,” he said.
“If this was a lawsuit, it would be declared invalid, but since this is a political process in which there are no legal norms, but there is a political opportunity and ideological options, you can say that this is an investigation, verification and verification. the actual accusation (….) was a fairly broad interpretation (of the Constitution),” he added.
In an interview with RPP newsThe Foreign Secretary clarified that the United States’ recent recommendation to its citizens to rethink travel to Peru because of the risk of crime or terrorist attacks applies to very specific areas of the country. On the contrary, he emphasized the increase in the flow of North American tourists to our country.
“Peru, like many countries in Latin America, has security problems, as does the United States itself, and in this sense, for some time, Vrayem has been an area where it is not recommended to travel, as well as the border region of Loreto with Colombia. so that it was not all of Peru, but specifically these two regions,” he said.
On another occasion, the Minister of Foreign Affairs noted the official presentation, which will take place this Thursday, of Lima as the venue for the 52nd General Assembly of the OASwhich will take place in October. Landa underlined the commitment of the presidential government Peter’s castle and emphasized that this event will be aimed at reviewing “the progress and outstanding problems that we have as a region.”
Controversial government proposal
Chancellor Cesar Landa also substantiated the bill that executive branch sent to Congress of the Republic which authorizes the dissemination of confidential information in the course of an investigation. According to him, this controversial initiative is not intended to punish journalists or require them to disclose their sources of information.
“Many times, information from investigations at a stage that is reserved by law must be ensured that they do not affect the process, because suddenly it can be invalidated, lawsuits are started. It is true that in a democracy there are media tests, but it is important that the relevant channels are preserved,” he said.
“Journalism is not sanctioned by the project (…) Every public official is subject to the law, and unlike the legitimate journalistic activity of finding sources and disseminating them to inform citizens, officials are a little more limited in their actions. about it, for this reason they should have a representative who allows them to inform the press,” he added.
About this question Federation of Journalists of Peru recently expressed his “categorical” opposition to the bill, executive branch sent to Congress of the Republic which authorizes the dissemination of confidential information in the course of an investigation.
“We reject and condemn this type of journalistic coercion and blackmail of those who tell the truth. This bill will harm the work of investigative journalism if it is approved in the plenary session of the Legislative Assembly,” they said.
In a statement, the journalists’ union expressed its support for the freedom Information, opinion and expression “in all its forms”. In that sense, they warned that the bill “provides for penalties of up to four years’ imprisonment.”
“This project aims to minimize journalistic investigations and leave the truth, the main principle of the press, to qualify it as a criminal offense and to pursue it in its highest expression. In addition, acts of corruption in the current government could not be identified. , with this legal premise that would prevent the right to Information“, they pointed out.
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