Benji Espinozathe president’s lawyer, Pedro Castillo, this Sunday denied allegations that there was a vilification campaign in the media public service and substantiated the president’s criticism of the prosecutor’s office in the six investigations that are being conducted on suspicion of corruption.
As he pointed out, the president has the right to make “legitimate criticism” of the specified body of the justice system, as he may consider its actions biased or biased.
“There is no (smear) campaign, there is legitimate criticism, if there is an investigative body and there is a person under investigation, a person under investigation, whose name is Pedro Castillo or someone else, has the right to criticize fiscal actions, which may seem biased. it may seem wrong to them. Panorama.
The lawyer added that there was a “media lynching” against the president and that if a new case of investigation was opened weekly, his detractors could not expect him not to defend himself.
President’s statement
President Pedro Castillo has previously spoken of “fighting” those who are “planting thousands of things” to make him appear corrupt. This is within the framework of the investigations that the public ministry is conducting against the president.
“The fight is no longer in Congressthe struggle is going on in another space, where thousands of things are planted on us so that the country can see that Peter’s castle This is corruption,” he said.
“They sow and intimidate to defame my family and say they know that the son, the family, his entourage, his friends, his shadows are all corrupt, the thief thinks that everything is in the same state,” said the head, states from Huanuco.
About investigations
Elsewhere, Espinoza pointed out that, according to Constitutioninvestigations against the President should be postponed and will only begin after Pedro Castillo’s term expires on July 29, 2026.
“The president can be investigated, the investigation is simply postponed, it is not eliminated, it is not canceled. This is not a picture of impunity, as was said, here it is established that the investigation is being postponed, it is not ending,” he said.
“It’s important to say that there’s really no statute of limitations, how to say that it will protect the statute of limitations as time passes,” he said.
Source: RPP
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