The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Félix Chero Medinacame to the city of Cuzco and, during an activity that was held in the Plaza Mayor, he gave a series of statements.
The head of the Minjus was consulted about the case of the president’s sister-in-law peter castle, of which it is known that crucial minutes of recording were lost during the intervention carried out by the Public ministry a government palace for the case Yenifer Paredes.
“An immediate investigation must be carried out within the constitutional and legal framework. Those who are responsible for administrative procedures and logistics control within the Government Palace are the head of the Military House and the secretary general. They will have to account for what happened to those cameras. I, as Minister of Justice, have no interference or competence with respect to this case, “he asserted.
Regarding his presence in the Palace that day that the Prosecutor’s Office tried to enter, he clarified: “I was in the Palace at 6 in the afternoon because the next day was the Minister council. I am not the adviser to the President of the Republic, but to the Council of Ministers on institutional issues. My presence and that of Minister Salas is because we were going to schedule our bills that are made and analyzed with a prior agenda”.
Nevertheless, He stated that he agreed with the observations made by the Head of State’s lawyer about some excesses. Chero recalled that Yenifer Paredes had stated that he lived in Cajamarca and not in the Palace.
Likewise, he indicated that he was ready for any investigation that the Public Ministry wanted to carry out on that day, but asked that justice not be politicized and that the case not become an irrational persecution.
Finally, regarding the proposal of National Assembly of Regional Governments (ANGR), who presides the Governor of Cusco, Jean Paul Benavente Garciasaid that it is one of many proposals to get out of the crisis, that it should be reflected on that it is possible to do an articulated job, but that it respects the opinion of the ANGR.
