The acting prosecutor of the Nation, Tomas Galvezconfirmed that the President José Jerí authorized lifting the secret of your communications after being interrogated by Public Ministry in the Government Palace. As explained, the president will give his formal consent for the Prosecutor’s Office access this information. “He has answered all the questions that have been asked of him, both by the prosecutor’s office and the attorney general’s office, and in addition, he has given his consent for the secrecy of his communications to be lifted and will present the corresponding document authorizing us,” he declared.
Gálvez explained that the interrogation lasted almost three hours and that the head of state answered approximately 30 questions related to the case. Chifagate. The prosecutor specified that the consultations were carried out by both the tax office and the Attorney General’s Office. “There are around 30,” he said, referring to the number of questions asked during the procedure.
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The acting prosecutor of the Nation indicated that no audiovisual material was requested from the President José Jeríbecause this type of evidence will be collected directly by the Prosecutor’s Office. “We have not requested audiovisual material because we collect it ourselves,” he explained, specifying the scope of the procedures carried out so far.
Along the same lines, Gálvez confirmed that the president will also provide additional information related to his telephone communications. “He himself is going to request his report of his calls from the telephone numbers that he has been using and he is going to send it to us,” he stated, emphasizing that it is an express authorization from the head of state.
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The owner of the Public Ministry He stated that the investigation will continue with all the actions that are necessary to clarify the facts linked to the case. Chifagate. In that sense, he did not rule out that the president be summoned again if the process requires it. “All the necessary procedures will be carried out (…) if we have to take an extension of your statement again, we will do so at the time,” he indicated.
Gálvez specified that the competition of the National Prosecutor’s Office It is limited to authorized officials, so the investigation focuses only on the head of state. “At the Attorney General’s Office we only investigate the accused. In this case only the President of the Republic,” he stated before the media.
The interim prosecutor stressed that, despite the legal limitations, the authorization provided by José Jerí allows progress in access to key information for the development of the case, which also mentions the employer Zhihua Yang.
