Former President of the Council of Ministers Mirtha Vasquez supported the interpretation of the Nation’s prosecutor, Pablo Sánchez, regarding article 117 of the Constitution. The reading of the outgoing head of the Public Ministry is that of investigate President Pedro Castillo during his tenure.
In statements to the press, Vásquez Chuquilin recalled that said article “has had different interpretations because the only thing that the Constitution prohibits is that there be an accusation.”
“At first you couldn’t even file a complaint against the president. Then progress was made and the complaints were opened, but they were closed until the end of his term. Now, It is valid that the Prosecutor’s Office has modified this interpretation and that it now considers that it is possible to advance in the preliminary investigation”, said the former prime minister.
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In relation to the escape of former Minister of Transport and Communications Juan Silva, Mirtha Vásquez asserted that is “very worrying”, since “several indications have come out” about the existence of a presumed criminal organization within the TCM.
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At another point in her statements, the former president of Congress Mirtha Vasquez highlighted the election of Liz Benavides Vargas as the new head of the Public Ministry replacing Pablo Sánchez, who held the position on an interim basis.
“A designation that seems key to me at this important moment. You must not lose sight of it. It is important that the Attorney General’s Office has been renewed. It is a very challenging moment for those who assume. We are going to be waiting for the new prosecutor, what is her performance. We have a lot of hope that he will perform adequately at this time,” said Vásquez Chuquilin.
