After the revelation of Peru21 that him President Pedro Castillo used Army helicopters to visit his family on weekendsCongressman Alejandro Muñante (Popular Renovation) asked the State Attorney General’s Office to initiate actions to clarify the complaint of the “possible improper use of the resources of the Armed Forces by President Pedro Castillo, who would have used an Army helicopter Peruvian for personal use”.
Added to this requirement was the questioning of former Interior Minister Rubén Vargas, who indicated to Peru21.TV that “here we are before a similar figure (to that of Minister Gavidia). We are facing a new crime that has to be investigated (…) obviously there is no valid explanation in any of these cases, ”he asserted.
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In a conversation with this newspaper, the executive director of the Private Anti-Corruption Council, Eduardo Herrera, assured that “one thing is transportation for an eventuality, an emergency, and in that case it is accepted that the president has to go see his parents and have to take a special flight, but when it becomes a custom and ceases to be exceptional, it is already a modus operandi that can lead to a crime of embezzlement”.
He added that, if these types of trips become a pattern, it already takes on another meaning. “The president believes that the resources of the state belong to him,” he said.
The Avanza País bench also took action on the matter and asked the National Prosecutor’s Office to open an investigation against the head of state for the crime of embezzlement. “They constitute a clear violation of the laws,” says the document.
