Benji Espinoza will continue to serve as attorney for Pedro Castillo and the First Lady, despite resigning this afternoon.

Lawyer Benji Espinoza announced that he would continue to serve as the President’s Protector Peter’s castle and his wife, First Lady Lilia Paredes. And this despite the fact that just a few hours later he submitted his resignation for personal reasons.

Benji Espinoza this decision became known after a visit tonight government palace at the request of the head of state. About an hour later, the lawyer, who this afternoon announced his resignation from the team defending the president and his wife, left the scene without making any statement to the press.

Lawyer Benji Espinoza announced this afternoon that he has made the decision to drop his defense of the president. Peter’s castle and first lady Lilia Paredes. Via Twitter, he stated that he appreciates the trust he has received from his clients.

“I have made the decision to renounce the protection of the President and the First Lady. During this time, I have devoted all my strength to the defense of due process within the framework of the principle of the presumption of innocence, acceptable to every citizen of the republic,” he wrote.

His resignation attracted attention because, just hours later, he spoke out against the fact that the president’s daughter-in-law, Yennefer Paredeswas at the Government Palace when the prosecutor’s office and the riot police arrived to carry out the preliminary detention procedure.

“I have not lost the trust of my clients”

Upon learning of his disappointed resignation, Benji Espinoza assured that the president and his wife know the reasons for their decision; however, he avoided delving into them because of the right to professional secrecy. Despite this, he expressed regret that “media processes” dominated during his defense period.

“I have not lost the trust of my clients. I resigned in accordance with the Bar Association’s Code of Ethics, which states that a lawyer can resign without giving reasons, and this is the defense that I justified my resignation. No, I will give reasons that concern only me and my client,” he said.

“I told the President about my personal reasons, and the President knows them. I have codes. I teach law, and I would be wrong if I spoke about issues that concern only my client and me. Until my client authorizes me, the reasons for my resignation will be known only to President Castillo, the first lady and myself,” he added.

At a press conference following the announcement of this unexpected news, the lawyer denied that head of state asked him to resign or that he had lost confidence in his job as a technical defense. At the same time, he emphasized that this was a personal reason, although he insisted not to delve into these reasons, citing professional secrecy.

“The President and the First Lady are people who I believe are being subjected to a lynching that has never been seen before in the history of the Republic. Where could it be seen that a criminal case was opened against an acting president who violated the Constitution? line of defense,” he concluded.

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The legislator said that economic interests are behind the project, approved at the insistence of the plenary session of the parliament. On the other hand, MP Alex Paredes of the ruling Magisterial Bloc justified his group’s support for the project’s persistence despite the government’s compliance with the law.