The Plenary of Congress of the Republic will vote tomorrow, Wednesday, December 3, on the final report approved by the Permanent Commission that determines the constitutional violation of the former president Pedro Castillo and proposes his disqualification from the exercise of public office for a period of 10 years.
According to the report approved last week, Castillo Terrones carried out a series of actions before and after the message to the nation on December 7, 2022 in which he announced the dissolution of Parliament, the intervention of the Judiciary, the Public Ministry, the National Board of Justice and the Constitutional Court, in addition to the call for elections for a new Congress with constituent powers.
The document also details that the former coup leader – who is currently held in the Barbadillo prison – gave direct orders to the general commander of the National Police Raúl Alfaro to close Parliament and arrest the then national prosecutor Patricia Benavides, among other measures.
In the November 25 session of the Permanent Commission, 7 of the 12 parliamentary groups supported the final report that accuses Pedro Castillo of violating various articles of the Constitution.
They are Fuerza Popular, Alianza para el Progreso, Renovación Popular, Somos Perú, Acción Popular, Avanza País and Honor y Democracia, which totaled 13 votes.
Against, meanwhile, there were 6 votes from Together for Peru-Voices of the People-Magisterial Bloc, Peru Libre, Socialist Caucus and the Popular Democratic Bloc. Podemos Perú, by José Luna Gálvez, did not speak out either for or against.
In the plenary session, on the other hand, the favorable vote of two-thirds of the number of members of Parliament is required, without the participation of the members of the Permanent Party, for the disqualification of Castillo to succeed.
PJ ruling
It is necessary to remember that currently the former president already has a two-year disqualification from exercising public office, imposed by the Judiciary that sentenced him last week to 11 years, 5 months and 15 days for the crime of conspiracy to rebel.
His former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez and the Minister of the Interior were also sentenced with him – also for 11 years, 5 months and 15 days; and Aníbal Torres to 6 years and 6 months in prison, still suspended until the sentence is ratified in the second instance.
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