Pedro Castillo: The SP will settle “within the statutory period” the defense of rights aimed at the annulment of the complaint of the national prosecutor.

Following a nearly two-hour defense hearing presented by the defense of President Pedro Castillo to annul a constitutional complaint prosecution, Judge John Charles Checkley announced that he would consider the appeal in “within the time limit prescribed by law.”

As you know, this Thursday, the justice of the peace considered an appeal in defense of the rights of the president on a complaint filed by the prosecutor’s office in connection with the alleged crimes of a criminal organization, influence peddling and conspiracy.

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Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Peru, Marco HuamanHe stated in the Supreme Court John Charles Checkley that this is a “declarative act” as a result of the completion of the stage of preliminary investigation against the ruler, who took office in July 2021.

In the same vein, he argued that the complaint constituted a valid procedural act that did not violate what had previously been dictated by the judge, and that, furthermore, it was “very far” from decisively bringing a constitutional charge.

Waman insisted that the process could not be questioned by the protection of rights because, he assured, it was a unilateral decision by the state ministry to inform parliament completion of the preliminary investigation.

Through this appeal to be resolved Checkley During the term of the law, Castillo seeks to nullify said constitutional complaint due to the perceived impact on effective jurisdictional protection.

Attorney Benavidez submitted to Parliament on October 11 this constitutional complaint against the president, to whom he attributes the crimes of a criminal organization, conspiracy (fraud) and influence peddling, for allegedly running a criminal network in the executive branch that received illegal money from fraudulent bidding. .

These accusations have always been denied by Castillo, who defends the existence of a “conspiracy” between part of the political opposition, the press and Power of attorney remove him from power through a “new type of coup d’état”.

Defense of Benji Esponiza

For its part, the defense of Castillo in the person of a lawyer Benji Espinozainsisted during the hearings that Article 117 of the Peruvian Constitution only allows the Acting President to be charged with four specific crimes that do not provide for corruption reasons.

In addition, Espinoza claimed that the office Checkley He has already set a “clear framework” in the investigations against the head of state, as he argued that the supreme judge, in a June 22 ruling, indicated that the nation’s prosecutor’s office could not formalize a preliminary investigation outside of Article 117 Magna. Map

“(You said Congress of the Republic that he cannot issue an indictment against the president (…) and told the National Prosecutor’s Office that this is impossible, that he can hardly initiate a preliminary investigation, nothing more,” the lawyer said.

And he continued: “Either the prosecutor’s office misinterprets its ruling, or understands it and does not obey it (…) the letter of its justice was quite clear, the only thing that corresponds prosecutor’s office is to comply.”

On the other hand, Espinoza rejected the argument Benavidez apply United Nations Convention against Corruptionas he stated that it is “not a human rights treaty” and therefore has a rank that is “worth less than the Constitution”.

During the speech, representatives State Attorney General’s Office They pointed out that Judge Checkley It does not have the authority to decide whether a tax complaint is valid or not, because that, they assured, is the responsibility of Congress.

(As reported by EFE)