The Prosecutor of the Nation Delia Espinoza He spoke today on the ruling of the Supreme Court that annulled the 24 -month suspension that fell on Supreme Prosecutor Patricia Benavides.
Espinoza clarified that the Judiciary has not ordered the replacement of Benavides, only annulled the sanction against him.
“This is a procedure that must be completed at the level of the National Board of Justice, because today we have issued an office requesting that a requirement and that we will share will be given in a press conference.”
Precisely, before the suspension, the National Board of Justice (JNJ) ordered the replacement of Benavides Vargas as Supreme Prosecutor and head of the Public Ministry. Espinoza opposed the latter and claimed that she was the highest authority of the institution by decision of the Board of Supreme Prosecutors.
He also said that there is still no clarity regarding the speed of Benavides’ return because there would be another suspension arranged by the Jnj that would be in force.
“Remember that one of the procedures against him suspended it for 60 days. That is one of the consultations we are doing and still has no answer,” he said.
In addition to this, the Supreme Prosecutor recalled that they do not have the necessary budget to use it in the deployment of investigations, and to cover the salary of Patricia Benavides, and responsible for it to the Government of Dina Boluarte.
Balance of the year:
“The prosecutor has as competence, that is, the function, the work we do is to investigate only at the preliminary level, only the first phase of investigation to the highest officials of the State, according to those who are contemplated in article 99 of the Constitution: President of the Republic, Ministers of State, Congressmen Members of the Constitutional Court, members of the National Board of Justice, Ombudsman, Supreme Judges and Supreme Prosecutors. positions of the nation, “he said during his presentation.
“If there is a presumption of crime, the Office of the Office that is in charge of those who speak as prosecutor of the Nation, has the constitutional duty, unavoidable to investigate that presumption of criminal illicit,” he added.
“We do not respond to political or supporters, we are an institution that does not pursue for sympathies, for hate, for friends or for any rate of subaltern interest and that is at odds with legal defense,” added Espinoza.
On failure of domain extinction law
This said Delia Espinoza:
“We must speak very briefly about the recent decision of the Constitutional Court on the Domain Extinction Law. What does this law mean for the fight against organized crime? Weapons, tools, the instruments that prosecutors have to fight and combat crime, are the laws, we have no other tool to be able discrepancy that must be supported, has consecrated a setback, It is an unfortunate setback, We have already warned that the two subsections The two articles that have been modified that have been declared unconstitutional in good account, will allow in a few words, cannot continue with the extinction of domain of goods, capitals, instruments, illegally obtained and that are in the hands of testaferros, of facts produced until before 2018 and that will take us to a return to many many capital goods. At the time they have currently been a matter of seizure, they will have to be returned. “
The Prosecutor of the Nation said there is a concern because the various investigations in process of the criminal organization that would lead the former Public Ministry, Patricia Benavides.
“It has been saying that I have personal problems with Mrs. Patricia Benavides. Nothing.”
However, he pointed out that Patricia Benavides returns to the Prosecutor’s Office is not guaranteed.
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