The National Attorney’s Office files a constitutional complaint against the government of Pedro Castillo with Congress.

prosecutor’s office Tuesday yesterday ratcheted up the judicial siege of President Pedro Castillo and pushed his government into a new political crisis by filing a constitutional complaint against him with Congress and securing the arrest of several of his former advisers at the Government Palace. it is like the beginning of a “new form of coup d’état” in the country.

Tuesday’s day began with several raids on the offices and residences of six congressmen from the centrist People’s Action Party, dubbed the “Children” and suspected of their alleged ties to an alleged criminal organization that, according to the Public Ministry’s thesis, heads Peter’s castle in your Executive.

At the same time, employees prosecutionwith the support of a special police team, also raided the house of the ruler’s sister, where her mother, Mavila Terrones, had to be hospitalized in Lima due to health problems during the trial.

“This abuse affected his health. I am responsible for prosecutor’s office to my mother’s health,” Castillo tweeted.

As a result of the raids, which took place against the background of a series of accusations against the president by alleged employees of the Ministry of Justice in the press, five members of a group of former advisers to the executive branch were pre-arrested for ten days.

The five are under investigation for their alleged role in an allegedly corrupt group that, according to prosecutionallegedly leads the head of state to profit from a fraudulent public works tender.

constitutional claim

Hours later, tensions escalated when the Ministry of Public Information announced on Twitter that Attorney of the Nation, Patricia Benavidezfiled a constitutional complaint with Congress against Castillo as the alleged perpetrator of crimes against the public peace in the form of a criminal organization exacerbated by his status as leader.

Also for crimes against government in the form of aggravated trafficking and as an alleged accomplice in a crime against government in the form of conspiracy (fraud).

immediately after, Benavidez issued a public statement in which he justified his decision by referring to “very serious and revealing signs of the existence of an alleged criminal organization rooted in the government”, which were allegedly discovered during the morning’s trial.

The Prosecutor stated emphatically that this corrupt network is “allegedly headed by the President of the Republic, Castle of lumps”, and consists of several ministers.

In addition, he accused the same organization of “constant and brutal obstruction of justice”, which he warned “jeopardizes the continuity of investigations and the revelation of the truth that all people hope to know.”

With the transfer of the constitutional complaint against Castillo to Parliament, the process is now in the hands of the Legislative Assembly, which, if it passes all its legal stages, can be decided in a plenary vote on the possible suspension of the president, who in his fifteen months in office survived two impeachment attempts promoted by the opposition , which dominates the chamber.

Castillo condemns coup d’état

Upon learning of the complaint that the president’s defense had already made that he would try to overrule with legal action, Castillo called the foreign press in an unprecedented manner to the Government Palace, where he assured that “today is the execution of a new type of coup d’état in Peru.”

The President “categorically denied the accusations”, said that there was no evidence against him, and condemned the work of the prosecutor’s office, which he accused of “political actions”.

Similarly, he assured that he had no intention of seeking asylum or leaving his country, and reiterated that he was a victim of “political persecution” but that he would remain “steadfast and firm” until the end of his mandate, which was extended in principle until 2026. . (According to EFE)