President of Peru, Pedro Castillo said he applied to the Organization of American States this Wednesday. (OAS) “defend democracy and prevent constitutional corruption” in the country The prosecution remained determined to argue that the investigation against him respected rights basis.
In a message to the nation that began a few minutes after 21.00 local time (2:00 GMT), the President said, reiterated the existence of a “plot” “disturbing the constitutional and democratic order” of Peru by certain sections of the political opposition, the judiciary and the press, and to remove him from power with a “new coup method”. Castillo assured that he, his family, and his government were the victims of “a political persecution that had begun earlier” by assuming the post in July 2021, with charges branding him first as a “communist” and then a “terrorist”. ‘ and now with a ‘strategy’ focused on ‘destroying the image of the presidency.’
go to OAS
The head of state argued that he decided to go to the Organization of American States (OAS) and appealed against “these harmful acts that undermine democratic institutions, the rule of law, the rule of law, and the economic development of the country.” Articles 17 and 18 of the Democratic Charter of the Americas. He added that he went to it “as a preventive mechanism to defend democracy and prevent constitutional degradation.”
Castillo’s request to the OAS was formalized in a letter presented to Congress on October 12 by National Attorney General (general) Patricia Benavides. constitutional complaint against himwhich the president described as “unconstitutional and illegal and baseless”. This complaint points to the head of state as follows: the alleged leader of a corrupt mafia Claimed to have the purpose of rigging contracts to obtain illegal profits from public works. In particular, the alleged perpetrator of criminal organization crimes, aggravated by his leadership status, accuses him of complicity in aggravated influence trading and collusion (fraud) crimes against the public administration.
The Executive and Castillo’s defense argue that Article 117 of the Constitution determines that the president can only be charged in the performance of his duties for four specific cases, among them treason or election interference. not for their crimes corruption or common.
The prosecution argues
At the other extreme, the Prosecutor’s Office advocated “scrupulously respecting fundamental rights” in the preliminary investigation leading up to filing this constitutional complaint today. At a briefing with the accredited foreign press in Peru, Deputy Attorney General Marco Huamán said that this complaint Contains more than “190 items” of evidence He supports Castillo’s accusation that he is the alleged leader of a criminal organization.
Huamán, coordinator of the Specialized Area of Constitutional Complaints, noted that although Benavides reiterated that the complaint was “the result of pre-trial or actions, the law does not authorize prosecutors to advance the terms of these tests under the authority of a supreme judge investigation”. He stressed that it now “is the exclusive and exclusionary faculty of Congress” to develop a final decision-making process on the matter, but reiterated that “the norm of procedure demonstrates the hesitation of investigations”.
The complaint now needs to be reviewed by the Parliament’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations, which has asked the Constitutional Court (TC) to interpret the country’s Magna Carta to determine whether the charge against the monarch can continue.