Walter Ayala: PJ rejects his call not to investigate in case of military promotion

Former defense minister Walter Ayala continues to be under investigation. the alleged crime of a criminal organization. This is in case of alleged government intervention Peter’s castle in the process of promotion of officers in the Armed Forces and the National Police, which took place last year.

Chief Justice Juan Carlos Chekli declared unfounded the defense of the law presented by the former minister to overturn the decision of the Attorney General’s Office, which determined that he was prosecuted for the above-mentioned crime.

In his address, Walter Ayala argued that the tax provision, which includes him as part of the proposed organization in which he would have an executive level in his then capacity Minister of Defense it does not state what the new facts are or what procedures were carried out.

However, Chief Justice Chekli Soria dismissed this argument, finding that the fiscal provision contested by the former head of the Department of Defense was duly motivated in both its factual and normative aspects, and specified that prosecutor’s office is the holder of the criminal record, and the rule provides that the action is down to the level of mere suspicion.

According to this concept prosecution expanded this preliminary investigation to include Walter Ayala, along with the head of state, Pedro Castillo, on charges of criminal organization, where a sentence of up to 36 months was also set.

The former head of defense is also under investigation in this case for alleged crimes of corruption for personal gain, illegal sponsorship and abuse of office to the detriment of the state.

Pedro Castillo criticizes the prosecutor’s office

The President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, questioned last Saturday the work of the prosecutor’s office, which is investigating him on charges that he allegedly led a criminal organization from the executive branch.

“Reality-unaware prosecutors, last in line, succumb to these things and press charges. They say, they say, they say, it will probably be. A man who lives in the countryside, a teacher of a rural school, a Peasant, did not come to plunder this city,” he said during a speech at the Plaza de Armas of the Yanahuanca district in Daniel Alcides Carrión province, Pasco region.

The President pointed out that “in order to denigrate and make the population believe” that his government is “corrupt”, prosecutors “took people” from his entourage. “They are locked up for ten days, threatened to declare themselves effective collaborators out of fear, but the truth will come out,” he said.