The Peruvian Congress authorized the constitutional accusation towards former President Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) and two former ministers for the alleged crimes of a prison group, affect peddling, and collusion yesterday, Friday.
After greater than 4 hours of debate, the Congress determined to approve the ultimate report of the accusation towards the previous president with 59 votes in favor, 23 towards, and three abstentions, which is able to enable Prosecutor General, Patricia Benavides, to formalize the investigation and provoke prison proceedings towards Castillo.
The authorized textual content is predicated on the constitutional grievance filed by Benavides in October 2022, which incorporates alleged irregularities discovered within the works of the Tarata II Bridge within the area of San Martin (north) and different acts of corruption.
In this sense, Castillo is really useful to be charged with crimes towards public tranquility, within the modality of aggravated prison group, as a result of his alleged situation of chief, and towards public administration, within the modality of aggravated affect peddling.
Also, for being an alleged confederate of the crime towards public administration, within the modality of collusion to the detriment of the State.
In the identical session, the ultimate stories recommending the indictment of the previous Ministers of Transportation and Communications, Juan Silva, Housing, Construction and Sanitation, and Geiner Alvarado, for alleged prison group had been additionally voted and authorized.
The stories had been offered earlier than the Plenary by the president of the legislative Sub-Commission of Constitutional Accusations, Lady Camones, and by congressman Diego Bazán from the right-wing Avanza País occasion.
The constitutional accusation offered by Benavides argues that the Prosecutor’s Office has “more than 190 evidential elements” that may assist the thesis that Castillo was the alleged chief of a prison group throughout his authorities.
During the session, Pedro Castillo’s lawyer, Eduardo Pachas, participated just about, requesting that the accusation towards the previous president is filed and that he train his protection earlier than the Plenary in individual.
The former president is in preventive detention for 18 months within the Barbadillo jail in Lima.
He is being investigated for alleged “rebellion” after making an attempt to dissolve the Congress with out constitutional foundation final December 7.
This Friday, Prime Minister, Alberto Otárola, urged the Congress and the Prosecutor’s Office to hurry up the constitutional grievance towards Castillo after warning in an interview with the non-public Radio Programas del Perú that the president would intend to go to the worldwide jurisdiction to request “his freedom and his reinstatement as president”.