Pedro Castillo already has two tax investigations in just nine months of government

The president of the Republic, peter castleadded on Thursday a new investigation in just nine months of government management.

This time it is a process for the alleged plagiarism that he would have committed in his master’s thesis, which he prepared together with his wife, Lilia Paredes.

plagiarism investigation

The Mixed Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Tacabamba, of the fiscal district of Cajamarca, ordered the beginning of the investigations after the denunciation of the ‘Panorama’ program last Sunday.

The aforementioned program revealed that, after submitting Castillo and Paredes’ thesis to the Turnitin software, it was determined that 54% of the thesis presented reproductions by other authors. Despite this, the work was approved at the time by the César Vallejo University (UCV).

The prosecution, through its social networks, specified that the crimes for which Castillo and Paredes will be investigated are aggravated plagiarism, generic falsehood and improper collection to the detriment of the State.

The UCV version

The academic vice-chancellor of the César Vallejo University, Heraclio Campana, reported this Wednesday that in about 15 calendar days said house of studies must conclude the investigation initiated after the complaint of plagiarism of the master’s thesis.

“It means that in 15 calendar days the university must complete the report and in 10 business days – which is the same as three weeks – we must inform the superintendency of the results and the decision made by the university regarding this case,” told Canal N.

The Terrones Castle version

On your side, peter castle Through a statement published by the Presidency of the Republic, he denied that he had plagiarized his thesis and accused the journalistic report of being part of a “destabilizing plan” to promote ungovernability.

“I reject the malicious accusations made by a journalistic program […] I deny any irregular act. The thesis work was validated with the respective educational quality standards”he indicated in a statement released this Wednesday, May 4.

Investigation of the National Prosecutor

In January of this year, the then National Prosecutor, Zoraida Avalosopened a preliminary investigation Castle Lumps for the alleged commission of crimes against the public administration (aggravated influence peddling, as the author) and collusion (as a participant), to the detriment of the State.

In this investigation, there are facts attributable to the head of state in the tender for the ‘Puente Tarata III’ project (San Martín) and in the tender to supply Biodiesel B100 to Petroperú, in the period January-April 2022.

However, the beginning of the investigative acts will be suspended until the end of his presidential mandate due to his absolute immunity that transcends the criminal procedural sphere.

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