Alejandro Soto: “All the legal artillery of Pedro Castillo is attacking the Congress”

representative Alliance for Progress (APP) Alejandro Soto has criticized the defense of rights presented by Benji Espinoza, President Pedro Castillo’s lawyer, who seeks to annul a constitutional complaint filed by the country’s prosecutor, Patricia Benavidez, in the Congress of the Republic. For Soto, the action of the head of state’s legal protection would be an attack on parliament, as it would prevent it from fulfilling its constitutional mandate.

“All of Mr. Castillo’s legal artillery is attacking the Congress of the Republic.. Amparo’s lawsuit has already been filed, and yesterday Benji Espinoza raised a defense of rights to prevent the work, the meeting of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Charges, as well as the Standing Committee and the plenary meeting. In other words, they prevent us from fulfilling our constitutional mandate. And this is part of the last part of section 117 (Constitution) that would serve as a basis for filing a constitutional charge against him for preventing us as congressmen from processing a request like the one that comes from the public ministry, ”he said in News extension from PTR.

In addition, he considered that a constitutional complaint against the president could also serve as an input in support of a possible presidential vacancy or impeachment.

“The constitutional accusation (accusation) serves three specific facts: one is the actual constitutional (accusation) denunciation, the other serves to support the request for a vacancy, and the other to request the removal of the President of the Republic.. Alianza para el Progreso, with the press secretary that I am, we have already signed a request for a vacancy prepared by Congressman Edward Malaga, ”he said.

“Children” in Alliance for Progress

Secondly, Soto Reyes He denied the possibility that some members of the Alliance for Progress were involved in a group called “Los Niños”, which from Congress would act in favor of Castillo Terrones, according to the prosecutor’s thesis.

“(In the complaint filed by Patricia Benavidez), when it comes to the Congress of the Republic, there is a whole chapter that talks about Congress, that is, the prosecutor’s office evaluates all the allegations, all the evidence that this document and determines which congressmen will make up this branch of the executive in Congress. It mentions six Congressmen from People’s Action, but does not mention any from the Alliance for Progress.”, he decided.

Finally, also a member of the Standing Committee commented on the case of Luis Picon, a parliamentarian expelled from the APP for his alleged closeness to the executive branch.

“It is the National Executive Committee of the Alliance for Progress, evaluating the actions of Luis Picon, who is a congressman who entered through the Alliance for Progress and who, without the permission of the party, without informing anyone, went to Chile after the inauguration. Gabriel Boric, who accompanied Pedro Castillo, gave us signs that he was approaching executive power and that, moreover, he did not comply with the party’s charter, so it was decided to expel him, ”he concluded.