Benji Espinozalawyer for President Pedro Castillo, criticized the judge’s decision Johnny Gómez Balboaof the Third Preparatory Investigation Court, of order 30 months of preventive detention once morest Yenifer Paredes and the mayor of the district of Anguía, José Medina.
“It seems to me that it is a popularly correct decision, but legally incorrect,” he said in an interview with RPP.
In the view of the lawyer, the judicial resolution “obeys media pressure” and reproached the magistrate Johnny Gómez Balboa for having “ceded” and dictated a measure that, in his opinion, “will be applauded in the media.” “Surely the judge will become the new hero,” he said.
Benji Espinoza He explained that from the legal point of view the judicial resolution “contains a set of deficiencies”. “But the justice system itself establishes that the decisions of the first instance are not final, but that there is a second instance of review,” he said.
The court decision
Yenifer Paredessister-in-law of President Pedro Castillo, and the mayor of the district of Anguía, José Nenil Medina, are being investigated for the alleged crime of criminal organization and others.
During resolution reading It was indicated that the danger of escape and obstruction by the Yenifer Paredes following the delay in the proceedings that were carried out in the Government Palace, the disappearance of videos and asking that their visits in Anguía not be broadcast. In addition, he stated that he does not have domicile roots, neither by family nor by work, so his submission to the process is not assured.
In the case of Joseph MedinaJudge Johnny Gómez Balboa concluded that there is a high risk of escape, obstruction and destruction of evidence.
According to the thesis of the Prosecutor’s Office, the sister-in-law of the head of state and the district mayor were allegedly in collusion to offer and award works in an irregular manner.
