With 18 votes in favor, The permanent commission of Congress approved the final report of the Subcommission of constitutional accusations that recommends the former president for 10 years Francisco Sagasti for having relieved high police officers in November 2020. The Permanent Commission voted separately the proposal of the former president and former Minister of the Interior, José Elice.
The ex -president, who attended his lawyers Carlos Rivera and José Ugaz, argued that it is absolutely demonstrated that the pass to the withdrawal of the high controls of the PNP in November 2020 was constitutional.
During his presentation, Sagasti indicated that this decision was made based on a deep analysis of the Ministry of Interior, which at that time faced complaints for corruption, as well as a great rejection for the way they repressed the population during the protests of that month.
“After reviewing the service sheets and actions of eachand after confirming the constitutionality and legality of this act, I decided to accept the recommendation of the Interior Minister. Most of them had ongoing investigations for a variety of positions, or had been spare parts by court after being passed to retirement, “he said before Congress.
You can see: Minister Juan José Santiváñez asks prosecutor Carlos Ordaya from the Los Waykis case in the shadow
Congressmen Ruth Luque and Flor Pablo showed their total rejection of this decision. Luque indicated that it was the prerogative of Francisco Sagasti, at that time the supreme chief of the Armed Forces, carrying out these retreats. As an example, he mentioned the case of Dina Boluarte and the pass to the removal of high controls for renewal of paintings at the beginning of January.
Similarly, he said that the decision to impose sanctions is capricious and seeks to punish a political adversary. In addition, he pointed out that it is not based on norms or legal aspects, but is arbitrary. He also warned that the powers are being used incorrect in the framework of the constitutional procedure, Luque said during his speech.
Finally, Francisco Sagasti stressed that, despite this disqualification, his Transition and emergency government It does not have any senior official under investigation by corruption.
MARTÍN VIZCARRA: APPROVE FINAL REPORT that suggests denouncing former president for vaccination
The final report of the Permanent Commission against the former president Martín Vizcarra was approved with 22 votes in favor, 1 against and 2 abstentions. In this document, Vizcarra is charged with crimes as a criminal organization, aggravated concussion, own passive bribery, abuse of influence, influences and falsification of documents. These accusations are related to the vaccination case, which revealed that the former president received the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine that arrived in Peru.
The final report is based on two constitutional complaints made by the former congressman of Podemos Peru, María Teresa Cabrera, who currently occupies the position of vice president of the National Justice Board (JNJ), and for the former Union for Peru (UPP), Rubén Ramos Zapana, who is the current National Secretary of the Antauro Political Party
