After more than 24 hours of silence, once the sentence was known to the investigative journalist Christopher Acosta for the publication of the book Plata como cancha, The complainant Cesar Acuna He revealed not feeling “satisfied” with what was ruled in the first instance and stressed that he will not give up his claim.
In an interview with Milagros Leiva for Willax TV, the former presidential candidate explained the reasons why he will not withdraw the complaint against Christopher acosta Y Jerónimo Pimentel, which includes a civil compensation of S / 400.00. He further noted that is not against freedom of expression.
“I am not satisfied (with the sentence) because it is a first instance. This is going to take time. No (I’m going to give up) because I feel that my honor is worth much more. I am not against freedom of expression, but I am against defamation. I am a democrat and I don’t know why now all the media say that freedom of expression is in danger, ”he commented.
The former congressman remarked that the press man did not check if the sentences, a total of 55 that his defense described as defamatory, that he used for his book were true or not and taking statements from third parties.
“I was outraged how a young journalist spends night after night writing a book about a person taking sayings from other people, without having checked whether they are true or not,” he protested.
Acuña Peralta reiterated that Christopher Acosta never contacted him but that if he had, he would have accepted a conversation with the journalist. He also denied that both his son Richard and his party member, Luis Valdez, had advised him that Acosta wanted to contact him.
“He is admitting that he never spoke to me. He says he called Richard, Richard is not César Acuña. He himself is admitting that he has not spoken to me and says that he has called Lucho Valdez and Lucho Valdez is not César Acuña (…) He never sent me an email, he never sent me a message, he never communicated with me ”, he asserted.
