Congress gathers to see an official letter from the prosecutor’s office about former President Pedro Castillo.

Congress is meeting this Sunday to discuss the official letter sent by the National Attorney, Patricia Benavidezabout former President Pedro Castillo, former Chief of Cabinet Betsy Chavez and former Minister of the Interior Willy Huerta.

Senior Official of Parliament Jose Chevascoannounced that the said plenary session would start at 17:00.

However, after the meeting began, only two representatives had their own minutes to comment on the office, and they focused on discussing the mobilizations that are taking place in different parts of the country.

Within this framework, the President of the Congress, Joseph WilliamsSuspends the plenary session and convenes the Council of Press Secretaries amid the screams of congressmen.

The plenary session resumed after 21:30, and the leader Board of Directors reported that the Council of Spokesmen had agreed to invite the head of the Cabinet of Ministers to Parliament, Pedro Anguloas well as defense ministers, Alberto Otarolaas well as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Cesar Cervantes explain the situation in Andahuaillas.

During the debate, the deputy from Cambio Democrático, Ruth Luke He suggested returning the prosecutor’s letter regarding Pedro Castillo to the prosecutor’s office and asking for a constitutional complaint to follow the established process. However, this proposal was rejected by more than 60 votes against.

Similarly, the legislator Avanza País, Adriana Tudelarequested the Plenary to authorize the Board of Directors to propose a resolution authorizing the lifting of immunity from Pedro Castilloso that the prosecutor’s office can process it.

This demand was approved by 64 votes, but the Plenary was suspended for a short time so that a resolution could be drafted and voted on by legislators.

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Patricia Benavidez informed the President of the Congress, Jose Williams Zapatafor relevant purposes, that “preliminary proceedings are pending” against Castillo, Chávez and Huerta.

<<The purpose of the communication is to guarantee the fundamental rights and the purpose of the criminal process, since Mr. José Pedro Castillo Terrones is in judicial custody for committing a crime at the scene of the crime, in accordance with the provisions of Judicial Orders Nos. 2 and 3 of 8 and 9. dated December 2022 by order of the Supreme Investigative Court, valid until 14:42 on December 14, 2022,” the sent document says.

Similarly, Benavidez Vargas reports that the former head of state is under investigation as an alleged accomplice in the crime of sedition and alternatively on charges of conspiracy against the state, as well as the alleged perpetrator of the crimes of abuse of power and serious disturbance of public peace due to public discontent.

In the same document, the owner Public service He also reports that, as part of this preliminary investigation, former Chief of Cabinet Betsy Chavez and former Home Secretary Willy Huertas appear as alleged accomplices in the crime of the mutiny and, alternatively, are charged with conspiracy against the state as a result of this case.

He also points out that this communication, addressed to the Legislature, “is intended to guarantee fundamental rights and the purpose of the criminal process, since former President Pedro Castillo is on remand for committing a crime at the scene of a crime,” which expires on December 14 this year.

Castillo’s accusations

ex-president Pedro Castillo today accused current President Dina Boluarte, Attorney of the Nation Patricia Benavidez, and Congress President Jose Williams of being behind a “Machiavellian plan” against him.

In a letter that was delivered to Congressman Guillermo Bermejo During his visit to Diroes’ headquarters in the Ate district, where the former head of state is being held, he indicated that “a group of doctors in camouflage and a faceless prosecutor” tried to take a blood sample from him without his consent.

“Similarly, today they returned with the same thing for denying me security and my honesty,” it says.

“I do not rule out that this Machiavellian plan is being led by the National Attorney, the President of Congress, and Mrs. Dina Boluarte,” the handwritten letter ends.

For his part, parliamentarian Guido Bellido, who is not part of the group, said on his Twitter account that “no intervention against Professor Pedro Castillo is possible without the presence of his lawyers and personal doctor, guaranteeing his physical integrity.”