The plenary of Congress of Peru approved a constitutional complaint filed by the Prosecutor’s Office against the former president Pedro Castillo and two of his former ministers, for alleged corruption during his Government (2021-2022).
Now the complaint will return to the Prosecutor’s Office so that File a formal accusation with the Judiciary.
Con 59 votes in favour, 23 against and 3 abstentionsthe chamber gave the green light to the final report of the complaint filed by the National Prosecutor’s Office (general) against the former president, who is serving 18 months in preventive detention after his failed coup attempt last December.
The document recommends accusing Castillo for the alleged commission of crimes against public peace, in the form of criminal organization aggravated by his alleged status as leader, and against the public administration, in the form of aggravated influence peddling, as well as alleged accomplice of the crime against the public administration in the form of collusion.
The report also recommends that John Silva y Geiner Alvaradoas former Ministers of Transport and Communications, and of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, respectively, are charged for the alleged commission of the crime against public peace in the form of criminal organization.
At the beginning of the parliamentary session, the president of Congress, José Williamsinvited the three defendants and their lawyers to enter the digital platform to exercise their right to defense.
The complaint responds to alleged irregularities found in the works of the Tarata II Bridgein the northern department of San Martín, and in other alleged cases of corruption related to the public company Petroperú and the Ministry of Housing.
Castillo is complying with a court order of 18 months of preventive detention issued after his failed coup attempt, which led Congress to dismiss him on December 7 for “permanent moral incapacity” and appoint his vice president as his replacement by constitutional succession, Dina Boluarte.
(With information from EFE)
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