The president of the Congressional Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations (SAC)Lady Camones, stressed The Republic that the constitutional complaints against Dina Boluarte for homicide – in the context of deaths during protests under this regime – cannot reach the stage of accusation while he exercises presidential mandate.
“It is clear that he cannot be charged until his term ends,” said Camones, Alliance for Progress (APP).
But Congress does have the power to admit the provenance of these complaints constitutional to advance to the pre-indictment stage.
New complaint
This week, the Attorney General of the Nation, Juan Villenafiled a constitutional complaint for qualified homicide and serious injuries against Boluarte for the 44 deaths in the demonstrations against this regime at the end of 2022 and beginning of 2023.
Villena’s accusation is not the first that the Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed in this case. In November of last year, the then Attorney General, Patricia Benavidesfiled a constitutional complaint against Boluarte for qualified homicide.
On July 18, the Subcommittee presented a report declaring that the complaint was admissible. However, all the factions that make up the self-proclaimed Democratic Bloc rejected that proposal and opted to shield Boluarte.
Now that decision must be reviewed and ratified by the Permanent Commission. It is imminent that this will happen and that the complaint will be archived.
Camones stated that the constitutional complaint The Villena prosecutor’s appeal cannot be added to the one filed by Benavides. “It is not appropriate because it was already a matter for voting,” he said.
SAC Presidency
The complaint filed by Villena will have to be evaluated from scratch by the new presidency of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations.
Camones will not continue in that position, but will be replaced by a colleague from the APP bench. The decision on who will be the successor will be decisive because the head of the SAC is the one who prepares the qualification reports that recommend the admissibility or the archiving.
Initially, it was reported that it would be the APEP legislator José Elías Ávalos who would replace Camones, but sources from APP indicated that it will be another parliamentarian from this group.
The regulations prohibit this function from being assumed by congressmen under investigation.
For the spokesman of Democratic Change, Roberto Sánchez, there are no guarantees with this Congress that at least the declaration of origin of the DC against Boluarte for the deaths in the protests will prosper. “At least until now. But be careful, you never know,” he added.
The only way out would be – Sánchez agreed – for a new Congress, without the coalition of parties allied to this regime, to review the constitutional complaints against Boluarte for this case.
“For now, the shielding continues,” lamented the spokesperson for Democratic Change.
Since Dina Boluarte is in the Palace, in total, the Congress received nine constitutional complaints for the deaths in the protestsbut none have been declared admissible so far.
