Eduardo Pachas: “The crime of treason is masked by the intention of Congress to release the president”

Eduardo Pachas, President Pedro Castillo’s lawyer, confirmed on Tuesday that Congress uses a constitutional charge for an alleged crime treason as a “pretext” for the removal of the head of state.

Speaking with television perulawyer noted that parliamentthrough the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations, is subjected to “abuse and excess of power” to the detriment of his sponsor because of his statements in an interview with journalist Fernando del Rincón from CNN in Spanish.

As you remember, Terrones Castle admitted at the time that, before becoming president, he was for Bolivian has access to the sea and, in addition, left open the possibility of holding a referendum to agree on this scenario with Peruvian population.

Nonetheless, pachas He indicated that, in the middle of the interview, his sponsor had ruled out providing access to the sea for Mountain countrystatements that, according to the lawyer, were ignored subcommittee when approving the final report recommending that the president be charged with a crime treason and disable it with five years public function.

“The crime of treason is masked by the intent of Congress to want to release the president by masking facts that have nothing to do with it,” he said.

“In this three-minute statement, he mentions and ends the conversation by noting that he is not going to give the sea to Bolivia,” he added.

In this sense, the lawyer believed that, using the current arguments of Congress, other presidents should also be prosecuted as Alberto Fujimori, Alan Garcia, Ollanta Humala and Pedro Pablo Kuczynskiwho at the time was talking about Bolivian protest have access to the sea.

“In previous jurisprudence, previous statements by the presidents of the PPK, Fujimori, Ollanta and Alan Garcia. All of them talked about Bolivia going to sea, but not one of them was prosecuted for treason. […]. There is no logical correlation of meaning along these lines,” he criticized.

TC reviews two habeas corpus of President Pedro Castillo today

It must be emphasized that Eduardo Pachas He made these statements before the start of hearings before the Constitutional Court, which is currently considering two habeas corpus documents submitted by the defense of President Pedro Castillo v. Congress.

The president’s defense demands that TC invalidate the recognition of a constitutional complaint of treason against former teacher Chotano.