Jose Williams: “We are committed to ensuring that other powers of the state do not interfere with the exclusive powers of Congress.”

Congress President, Joseph Williams Zapataconfirmed that Parliament had sent a request to constitutional Court interpretation of section 117 of the Constitution, which would have allowed constitutional prosecution of the President Peter’s castle within the time limits set forth in the criminal complaint filed by the Nation’s prosecutor’s office.

“We have already submitted this and there is an extension that was submitted yesterday, but it has been a week since we submitted this document. What we are looking for is that other powers of the state cannot interfere with what is the exclusive purview of Congress. These are tasks that correspond to the Congress, and it should do it,” he said.

“We filed a lawsuit for the jurisdiction of those amparo claims that were filed against our actions. These are the powers that correspond to the Congress of the Republic, this is part of our functions, so we turned to the Constitutional Court,” he said. added.

In press statements, the President of Congress indicated that the defense request Peter’s castle so that the complaint filed by the country’s prosecutor, Patricia Benavidez, with parliament was annulled, “this is a matter that the prosecutor’s office should deal with, and this is within its competence.”

“I believe that the president is in a situation to protect himself and as part of that he is preventing some of the actions that we should be doing. What’s right for us in Congress, we’ll do what’s right with what the Indictments Subcommittee is developing. Constitutional. I hope that there are no obstacles that the president can send us in this regard,” he said.

Per Williams Zapataway in the midst of this political crisis is the vacancy, the suspension and the procedure of constitutional indictment against Peter’s castlewhich will have to be evaluated according to “the truth that comes out.”

“Personally, I believe that a vacancy is a situation that is provided for by the Constitution and that can arise, but there are votes: for this we need 87 votes, and given the information that the nation’s prosecutor’s office has provided us, all congressmen need to know what to decide,” – he said.

Congressional Request to the Constitutional Court

It was reported this morning that Congress formalized its request to constitutional Court interpretation of Article 117 of the Constitution. Thus, persecution at the constitutional level of the president will be allowed. Peter’s castle within the deadlines set out in the criminal complaint on particularly serious corruption charges, specified by the nation’s prosecutor’s office.

On Tuesday, Parliament officially approved expansion and change in demand for his competence submitted on 10 October, in which it requests that legal actions by the executive branch aimed at attempting to paralyze its functions of political control be included in its claims.

October 11 National Prosecutor Patricia Benavidezfiled a constitutional complaint against Peter’s castle for the existence of an alleged criminal organization that has infiltrated the government to take over, control and manage the contracting processes at various levels of the state for illegal profits.

The filing of a constitutional complaint before the Congress of the Republic comes after a three-month investigation by the Attorney General’s Office. The conclusion stated that the sufficiency of evidence supporting the constitutional complaint is expressed in the discovery of facts of obtaining economic benefits in the appointment to key positions, charging interest on illegally received applications and illegal use of presidential powers.

According to the investigation, the organization includes, among others, former transport and housing ministers Juan Silva and housing minister Gainer Alvarado, as well as former CEO Petro Peru, Hugo Chavez. Benavidez added that now “the decision to pursue a constitutional complaint under the United Nations Convention against Corruption is the sole and exclusive responsibility of Congress.”

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