Valter Gutierrez, former Ombudsman: “Pedro Castillo is a violator of the Constitution”

Former Ombudsman Walter Gutierrez qualified the president Peter’s castle as a “vicious violator of the Constitution” after warning the head of state of successive violations of the Magna Carta. In his opinion, for this reason, a lawsuit should be initiated against the president, which will lead to his resignation.

“The President is a malicious violator of the Constitution. He maliciously violates article 2, paragraph 4, on freedom of the press. He maliciously violates Article 4 when he appoints ministers like (Juan) Silva, he keeps them and now they are on He violates Article 118 when he kills the lawyer (Daniel) Soria and we can continue,” he asked .

“He is a violator of the Constitution, and I think no one can say that the Constitution is designed to be no less than its guardian, because the president is the guardian of the Constitution, and this is the one who violates the Constitution. articles 99 and 100, file a case for violation of the Constitution and remove from office or remove from office,” he added.

In an interview with RPP Noticias, the lawyer reiterated the need for a president Peter’s castle leave the post as a way out of the political crisis. In addition, he stressed that at present there are specialists and various institutions that have joined the request to investigate the head of state during his term on suspicion of alleged corruption.

“Resignation is not, as some people think, a voluntary act in which a person simply decides to resign, but is a way out of the crisis. It’s a constitutional way out, but Castillo isn’t about to step down as long as the country knows it. We (at the ombudsman’s office) said that Castillo should be investigated, but at the time it was a lonely voice,” he said.

On the gag law: “It’s a misuse of power”

On another occasion, Gutiérrez Camacho described as “misuse of power” the introduction by the executive branch of a draft “gag law” that proposes to punish judges, prosecutors, lawyers or police officers who spread information to journalists with imprisonment. , Confidential tax information for criminal cases.

“This draft should be read in the context of the fact that we have a president who is under investigation for the fact that the government is leading a criminal organization. When he was a candidate, and now the president, he made a harsh speech against the press. For him, this is a constant threat because it reveals things that he does not seem to want to know about, ”he said.

He recalled that last year Ombudsman presented a report on the government of the President Peter’s castle which assessed, among other things, his “violent” speeches against the press and the impossibility of doing his job. He added that a few months later, the follow-up to this report again noted limitations in this regard.

“The government continues to violate the article of the Constitution, which enshrines freedom of speech, guaranteeing the right to information of all citizens. This rule is violated by the President of the Republic. Now we have the former Minister of Justice Anibal Torres and the current Minister of Justice to present this draft,” he chided.

“In fact, this is completely unnecessary, because there are already criminal norms, disciplinary norms. The fact that the norm does not literally say about journalists does not mean that it does not apply to them, because the control verb is “disseminate”, i.e. who will distribute if they are not media and journalists and they can be accused of complicity”, he added.

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