This Wednesday, the Plenary Session of the Congress of the Republic did not reach the votes to disqualify former Minister Betssy Chávez for 10 years from exercising public office, for alleged violation of articles 38, 39 and 45 of the Constitution.
With 63 votes in favor, 20 against and 4 abstentions, the Legislature did not approve the disqualification of the former minister after debating the final report of Constitutional Complaint 351, which recommended charging Chávez for his participation in the attempted coup d’état on December 7, 2022.
In that sense, in conversation with Perú21, constitutional lawyer Aníbal Quiroga pointed out that this result is the cost of “having trivialized the coup d’état.”
“Castillo’s coup deserved an investigative commission so that everything that has happened is known, because I consider that there is still a lot of opacity about it. The true participants in this event have not yet come to light and others maintain a complicit silence,” he assured.
Quiroga indicated that time has been allowed to pass and, because of this, when voting on these types of political sanctions.
“We must accept the result, but we must also accept that Congress is creating a candidate, because next year she will be able to apply and will probably be elected,” he indicated.
“The strategy of the left, first, not to create an investigative commission. Second, to prolong the determination of Congress as much as possible and third, to subtract votes from Congress and not achieve the quorum that is required,” added Quiroga.
The lawyer also assured that, despite being granted asylum in the Mexican embassy in Peru, Betssy Chávez can be registered in the electoral system, since being granted asylum does not deprive her of her political rights as long as she is not disqualified.
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