2023-07-11 15:12:25
The only one. Deputy Supreme Prosecutor María Sokolich Alva must attend to all the work of the Second Supreme Criminal Prosecutor’s Office. Photo: diffusion
The Second Permanent Supreme Criminal Prosecutor’s Office, which was attended by the disqualified incumbent supreme prosecutor Zoraida Ávalos Rivera, has been dismantled following her departure, which affects the development of the processes under her charge.
This tax office handles annulment appeals that reach the Supreme Court of Justice from the different judicial courts of the country and in which they have to issue opinions and participate in public hearings.
In addition, it is in charge of investigating common crimes once morest high public authorities, such as congressmen, ministers, among others. One of these processes is the one followed by former congressman Freddy Ronald Díaz Monago for rape.
After the departure of Dr. Ávalos, the office was entrusted to the deputy supreme prosecutor Maria Isabel del Rosario Sokolich Alvaby decision of the National Prosecutor in charge, Pablo Sánchez Velarde.
Supreme Deputy Prosecutor Ellyde Secilia Hinojosa Cuba is on vacation and Supreme Deputy Prosecutor Ramiro González resigned and has joined his original prosecutor’s office.
The fourth deputy supreme prosecutor, Sandro Castro Paredes, was dismissed last Friday by the National Justice Board for his links to the activities of the former regional governor of Callao Dante ‘Kiko’ Mandriotti.
Thus, today the office is only attended by the prosecutor Sokolich Alva. It was supposed that the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavidesshould appoint a provisional supreme prosecutor to attend this office.
However, as it is interpreted that the disqualification from holding public office is not a dismissal and only makes it impossible to hold public office, the office will remain free for the next three years.
In any case, it should have been reinforced with new deputy supreme prosecutors that would allow it to deal with the processes under its charge without too many complications. However, this has not happened until today.
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Of the eight supreme criminal prosecutors that currently exist, only two have head supreme prosecutors, which are the permanent criminal, which is attended by Dr. Pablo Sánchez, and the family prosecutor’s office, which is supervised by prosecutor Juan Villena Campana.
The other six supreme prosecutors are in charge of transitory supreme prosecutors or office managers. The permanence in the provisional positions depends on the prosecutor of the Nation, Patricia Benavides. She names them and can remove them at any time.
Meanwhile, the commissions would prevent the National Justice Board from being informed that there are vacancies that must be filled with regular magistrates, chosen through a public contest.
The Board of Supreme Prosecutors has been reduced to three supreme prosecutors: Pablo Sánchez, Juan Carlos Villena and the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides.
The incumbent Supreme Prosecutor Delia Espinoza, sent in November 2022 to integrate the National Elections Jury, has asked to return to the Public Ministry, but this depends on the Board of Supreme Prosecutors.
It is up to the Board to accept his return and proceed to appoint another member of the National Elections Jury (JNE). Espinoza was sent to the JNE for three years, from November 2022 to November 2025.
The possible replacement of Ávalos
The name of the provisional Supreme Prosecutor Helder Uriel Terán Dianderas, who is currently in charge of the Second Transitory Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, sounds like the main candidate to occupy the office of Zoraida Ávalos.
Terán himself would have requested the change due to a vital work space issue. The offices of the titular supreme prosecutors are broader than those of the provisional ones. Uriel Terán asked Judge Emma Benavides to archive the investigation.
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