Barrios notes that the executive branch’s project to authorize the dissemination of tax information “has a backstory.”

Doctor Elvia BarriosPresident of the Judiciary, repeated her request to the President of the Council of Ministers, Hannibal Torresso he “was more reserved” after accusing his institution of being responsible for insecure citizens and of advocating the impeachment of the president. Peter’s castle.

“Once again I have to ask the prime minister to be more restrained in his expressions. It is impossible to effectively articulate this when there is a systematic confrontation and attacks on institutions. We must build and not interfere with the necessary dialogue between our institutions,” he said. .

The head of the Supreme Court of Justice recalled that the Council for the Reform of the Justice System and the State Council are two platforms for resolving this issue. He added that at one of these meetings he met the head Cabinet of Ministers and asked him to “be restrained in language, because by confrontation we are not going to come to any agreement.”

With regard to the issue of insecurity among citizens, the magistrate considered that “no public policy is serious if there is a constant change of those who manage institutions.” He added that the lack of convening meetings of the State Council “exacerbates the problems.”

“Today we are going through a big political, economic and social crisis, and yet we do not see concrete measures. That is why we turned to the State Council. In particular, in my case, I am on the verge of a big problem in the justice system of the service, established during the general strike called by the federations and the union,” he said.

“We only apply the law, we do not carry out political persecution. This is understandable,” he said.

The law of filtration “has a history”

Elsewhere in the interview, Elvia Barrios questioned a bill to punish judges or prosecutors for leaking confidential information from investigations. He assured that this was a “restriction on the freedom of the press” and did not consider it appropriate to criminalize such behavior.

“I believe that this has a backstory, I believe that this is not the time or opportunity in which it was supposed to appear, and otherwise we must acknowledge the work that the media has done on many occasions, through certain information, identifying cases that contributed to the prosecution of criminals,” he said.

The judge considered that this government project “cannot get through the Legislative Assembly” because, she warned, “there is a backstory that goes beyond the sanction of the judge and the prosecutor who do not fulfill their obligations, since the sanction exists.”

Owner Power of attorney He felt that the timing of the bill’s introduction was “inopportune” and questioned whether conduct would be “unnecessarily criminalized” by such measures. In addition, he clarified that there is already a catalog of sanctions in the disciplinary area.

“The first thing I have to say is that Code of Criminal Procedure establishes the obligation of judges and prosecutors to maintain the confidentiality of the process. If they fail to comply with this obligation, they will undoubtedly be subject to disciplinary action. The sanction may go as far as dismissal of a judge or a prosecutor,” he said.

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.”

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