Hours of uncertainty lives the Public Ministry, after the suspension of the Supreme Prosecutor and Prosecutor of the Nation, Delia Espinoza. The supreme prosecutor Pablo Sánchez Velarde He assumed interimly to proceed with the transfer of the position. However, it is most likely that he is forced to decline in the next few hours. The same would happen with the next in the seniority list, the Prosecutor Zoraida Ávalos. If any of them tries to assume the position, they have been warned that they could be suspended or dismissed in a short time by Congress or National Justice Board.
The Republic has collected evidence that shows that Sánchez and Ávalos are in the sights of Congress and the JNJ. Ávalos was already sanctioned by the current Parliament. Last Thursday, Congress notified him that he has gone to the status of investigated in the commission that evaluates the Odebrecht’s effective collaboration process. Sanchez faces an investigation in the JNJ for allegedly putting the Public Ministry at the service of the IDL.
Both have no responsibility in those facts, but until they prove it in the judicial instances, it could no longer return to the Public Ministry. In June 2026, they fulfill the age limit to work in the state. Taking a step to the side would allow them to continue fighting from within, to maintain the independence of the Public Ministry.
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In this context, the figures of supreme prosecutors arise Tomás Gálvez Villegas and Patricia Benavides Vargas to assume the Prosecutor’s Office interim. According to sources from Public Ministrythe “letters” are marked in favor of Benavides Vargas, but Gálvez would have entered into an open competition to demonstrate that he is also in a position to “direct” the institution.
Last night, it was discussed in the Public Ministry, which, given more than one decline to charge, it would be better to choose a new prosecutor of the interim nation by majority or consensus, without taking into account antiquity. That would give greater support to the one who assumes the ownership of the Prosecutor’s Office. In that case, the last one on the list would enter into contention. Supreme prosecutor Juan Carlos Villena I could have everyone’s support or most to assume the Prosecutor’s Office.
Political pressures
By seniority, Gálvez Villegas has the first option to assume the office of the Prosecutor’s Office, after the decline of Sánchez and Ávalos, but the Government Pact that controls the Executive and the Legislative, prefers Benavides Vargas at the head of the Public Ministry, especially for the next electoral process. Personally, Benavides seeks to re -lead the Prosecutor’s Office as a demandafter it was suspended in the exercise of the position. A sanction that considers unjustified.
You can see: Pablo Sánchez assumes as prosecutor of the interim nation in replacement of Delia Espinoza
It should be noted that the suspended prosecutor of the Nation, Delia Espinoza can return in a short time, if it makes a constitutional judge recognize that the National Justice Board It affected due process and suspended it without due legal justification, by a resolution that could not be executed. In turn, the JNJ can accelerate its dismissal, to press the election of a prosecutor of the titular nation.
Meanwhile, Delia Espinoza remains suspended, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Board You cannot choose a new prosecutor of the titular nation. The direction of the institution is decided by seniority. However, it is possible that Supreme Prosecutors decide to appoint by choice, to escape the pressures.
Economic situation
Beyond the situation of the prosecutor Delia Espinoza and the threat of dismissal, a factor that influences the mood of supreme prosecutors when making a decision, is the critical situation in which the Government Pact –Keiko Fujimori, César Acuña, Vladimir Cerrón and Rafael López Aliaga– They have put the Public Ministry.
On the one hand, Dina Boluarte reduces economic resources for the performance of her functions, while Congress approved the homologation of prosecutors at all levels and offers benefits to CAS workers, but on account of the low institutional budget.
A situation that isolated Dr. Delia Espinoza of the bases. Its suspension, clearly unfair, does not generate internal protests. Many see it as an obstacle for the Executive to release the missing resources. The same goes for Sánchez and Ávalos. Gálvez can assume, but will survive if he gives results to the pact and manages to cohes the institution in a single front, which means attracting resources, which allow prosecutors to carry out their work in better conditions.
