The Plenary Session of the National Board of Justice (JNJ) agreed today by majority not to ratify Pablo Sanchez as supreme prosecutor, ending his 42-year career in the Public Ministry.
The JNJ reported that this decision was made because Sánchez did not convince in the evaluation areas “such as suitability and integrity, which include the conduct of the magistrate, attendance and punctuality, disciplinary record, quality of his decisions, professional development.”
“In addition, Sánchez Velarde registers a suspension of one hundred and twenty (120) days, as it is proven that the magistrate committed very serious disciplinary offenses,” the statement reads.
The 69-year-old supreme prosecutor, who had only a few months left until retirement, was the one who led the investigations against the criminal organization Los Cuellos Blancos del Puerto.
In his investigation he included the now acting prosecutor of the Nation, Tomás Gálvez, as one of the members of that criminal network headed by the fugitive former supreme judge César Hinostroza.
Pablo Sánchez was head of the Public Ministry between 2015 and 2018, a period in which he created the Lava Jato special team to investigate bribes paid by Brazilian companies to public officials.
The JNJ’s decision can still be appealed by Sánchez with a motion for reconsideration.
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