The Prosecutor of the Nation (general) of Peru, Patricia Benavides, presented this Tuesday a constitutional complaint in Congress once morest President Pedro Castillo for leading an alleged criminal organization, as well as for influence peddling and complicity in an alleged case of collusion ( fraud).
“The Prosecutor of the Nation, Patricia Benavides, presented the constitutional complaint once morest the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, through a letter entered this followingnoon at the table of parties of the Congress of the Republic,” the Public Ministry wrote in your social networks.
The document must be evaluated by the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations of Parliament, which, if its origin is determined, will go to the Permanent Commission until it reaches the plenary session of Congress.
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The National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, presented the constitutional complaint once morest the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, by means of a document submitted this followingnoon to the table of parties of the Congress of the Republic. pic.twitter.com/UyhdaPUXSi– Public Ministry (@FiscaliaPeru) October 11, 2022
Pedro Castillo accumulates six preliminary investigations
Castillo has six preliminary investigations by the Prosecutor’s Office open once morest him for allegedly leading an alleged criminal organization that operates from his government to award fraudulent bids for public works.
According to the document sent to the Legislative, the attorney general makes the constitutional complaint once morest the president as the alleged perpetrator of crimes once morest public tranquility, in the form of criminal organization aggravated by his status as leader.
Also for crimes once morest the public administration in the form of aggravated influence peddling and as an alleged accomplice of the crime once morest the public administration in the form of collusion (fraud).
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The news regarding the complaint once morest Castillo was known the same day that the Prosecutor’s Office, with the support of a special group of police, raided the offices and residences of six congressmen from the centrist Acción Popular (AP) party, as well as the home of a sister of the president.
These parliamentarians are called “The Children” by local media and the political opposition following a statement offered in February to the Prosecutor’s Office by businesswoman Karelim López, who assured that they coordinate illegal activities within the Executive with Castillo in exchange for supporting the government with their votes. .
Despite the fact that the Peruvian Constitution only includes the possibility of prosecuting the acting president for cases of treason or preventing elections, Castillo has accumulated six preliminary investigations by the Prosecutor’s Office since he assumed power in July 2021.
Five of them are in charge of prosecutor Benavides and are linked to events related to his government, while another is in the hands of the Public Ministry of the northern region of La Libertad, which is investigating him for alleged plagiarism in the master’s thesis he did. with the first lady.
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– Public Ministry (@FiscaliaPeru) October 11, 2022
