The former president, Martín Vizcarrafaces a judicial process that is currently in the oral trial stage against him for allegedly having received 2.3 million soles in bribes in exchange for the tenders in the project. Lomas de Ilo and for the case Moquegua Hospital when Vizcarra Cornejo was regional governor of the Moquegua region between 2011 and 2014. In that sense, the Ad Hoc Prosecutor’s Office for the cases Lava Jato and Odebrecht requested the Can Judicial a civil reparation for more than 4.6 million soles.
The representative of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Carlos Fernández Muñoz, who supports the State’s compensation claim against Vizcarra Cornejo If he is sentenced, he requested the payment of S/2,071,971 for the illegal act of the Lomas de Ilo Project and S/2,600,000 for the case of the Moquegua Hospital Project.
According to Fernández Muñoz, the former president “received 1.3 million soles in cash, as in the Lomas de Ilo case, to obtain illegal economic advantages, between 2014 and 2016, by the ICCGSA companies, in the offices of the collaborator Hernández Calderón, in the offices ICCGSA and in the offices of Martin Vizcarra Cornejo“. Likewise, he announced that the effective collaborators in these cases will appear at the time of the trial to testify for the alleged bribes against the former head of state.
Martín Vizcarra: what did the former president say about the charges brought against him by the Prosecutor’s Office?
Upon leaving the hearing of the oral trial against him for the cases of the Lomas de Ilo project and the Moquegua Hospital, former President Martín Vizcarra mentioned that he is “satisfied” with the defense of his lawyer Erwin Siccha in the face of the evidence presented by the Attorney General’s Office and the Public Ministry.
“I am satisfied because clearly the presentation of my lawyer, my defense, has categorically demonstrated the lack of support and solvency of the arguments of both the Prosecutor’s Office and also the attorney. It has been forceful, demonstrating that there is no argument that I have committed no crime,” he declared.
How many years in prison does the Public Ministry ask for against Martín Vizcarra?
According to what was supported by thePublic Ministrythe former president Martin Vizcarra Cornejo He would have received bribes for awarding the tenders for the Lomas de Ilo and Moquegua Hospital projects when he was regional governor of said region between 2011 and 2014, these would be in exchange for 2.3 million soles. For this reason, the Prosecutor’s Office is requesting a 15-year custodial sentence against Vizcarra Cornejo.
In short, the Public Ministry requested 6 years custodial sentence against Martin Vizcarra for the case Lomas de Ilo and 9 years in prison for the project Moquegua Hospital. Likewise, he required his disqualification from holding public office for 6 years. It should be remembered that the former president already has two disqualifications imposed by the Congress of the Republic 5 and 10 years, respectively.
