In response to the “urgent” request presented by the president’s defense peter castle to the Supervisory Commission to know everything that has been done in the investigation that is being carried out on the Sarratea case, “so that you can effectively exercise your right to defense”, this legislative working group agreed to the request.
By official letter, the president of the Control CommissionHector Ventura, responded to the president that “it is made available to you and your lawyers, for your review and reading, all the proceedings of the present congressional investigation”.
Castillo had pointed out the urgency of his request because his statement before this commission is scheduled for June 27.
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In the document sent by the legal advisors of the President of the Republic, peter castlea paragraph from a file of the Constitutional Court is quoted.
There it is indicated that it must be known “in a prior, clear, comprehensive and sufficiently detailed manner the facts (actions or omissions) for which they are summoned to an investigative commission; or the crimes that are imputed to him in the exercise of the function (preliminary trial) or the previously typified constitutional infractions (political trial), so that they can effectively exercise their right to defense.”
communication strategy
While, in the Executive they want to see how they can improve the communication strategy with the press. In this search, sources consulted by this newspaper confirmed that the communicator Randa Mussallam has been hired. She has been press secretary of the Presidential Office during the time of Ollanta Humala. Her assignment is to carry out a consultancy to improve government communication.
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Mussallam participates in multisectoral meetings to see campaigns and any material that has to do with communications issues. He came to the Executive through Luis Alberto Mendieta Gavirondo, the current head of the Technical Cabinet of the Presidency.
Throughout his government, President Castillo has maintained a tense relationship with the press. Photo: diffusion
Mussallam and Mendieta have known each other since 2006, when the first was head of the press in the Nationalist Party caucus and the second was an adviser on economic matters to said parliamentary group.
The figure of Mendieta, an economist from the National University of San Marcos, has not spread much in the media. It is one of the closest to Castillo. His resume, posted on the Presidency’s website, reads: “Professional with extensive experience in advising and consulting in public management. Analyst of fiscal policy, budget and sectoral multi-year public investment projects, monetary and financial policy, banking, insurance and pension system”.
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An Infobae report indicates that Mendieta was president of the University Federation of UNMSM in the 80s and militant of Patria Roja.
Other names around Castillo
Recent information disseminated in different media revealed that the political consultant, the Colombian María Alejandra Trujillo Moncaleano, held meetings at the Government Palace. The nature of these appointments and whether the president participated has not been explained from the Executive.
Likewise, ‘Fourth power’ issued a report in which it was pointed out that Castillo maintains permanent communication with Sergio Muñoz Sánchez, a man from Chiclayo and leader of the peasant patrols. According to what was reported, Muñoz would offer the head of state some advice, including regarding appointments in the state.
