No support. The Workers Union of the Ombudsman He expressed his rejection and concern for the demand for unconstitutionality presented by the head of the entity, Josué Gutiérrezagainst the Amnesty Law. “Out of respect for relatives and the victims of violence and for the affirmation of the institutional essence of the Ombudsman’s Office,” they said.
Through a statement, the collaborators recalled that, after the promulgation of the norm by the Government of Dina Boluarte and CongressGutiérrez “kept silent.” They also showed their concern for the judges that, in application of diffuse control supporting themselves in the Political Constitution, are attacked by various media and “mainly congressmen.”
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“The demand for unconstitutionality action on the part of Dr. Josué Gutiérrez, after remaining silent from its promulgation, is questionable because it opens the possibility that a constitutional court with little credibility is pronounced by the” constitutionality “of Law 32419, which could limit the decision of the judges to apply the diffuse control,” reads the statement.
It should be remembered that Amnesty’s law – implemented from the Commission for the Constitution of Parliament – favors the military and police processed for alleged human rights violations between 1980 and 2000. Similarly, the norm provides freedom to the former members of the forces of the order over 70 years that have been sentenced during that period of time “for humanitarian reasons.”
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“We deeply regret that this type of actions carried out by the Ombudsman affects the image and credibility of our institution, exposing it to questions from various sectors of society, jurists, family and civil society,” said the union.
Ombudsman’s union asks Josué Gutiérrez to give up the demand for unconstitutionality
After expressing its concern for the demand for unconstitutionality, the Workers Union asked Gutiérrez to give up the appeal presented before the TC and, instead, present bills in order to repeal the Amnesty Law.
“The workers of the Ombudsman’s Office reaffirm our vocation and commitment to defense fundamental rights, of the rights of victims of achieving justice, of the need for our FF. AA. And the PNP separate from the institution to whom they depart from the rule of law committed crimes against humanity,” they emphasized.
Amnesty law: relatives of victims demand that the defender withdraw action of unconstitutionality
Not only do workers ask the Ombudsman to withdraw the demand for unconstitutionality, so did the relatives of the victims. The relatives warned Gutierrez that his request before the TC would seek to prevent the judges from applying diffuse control so that those sentenced and processed are not benefited by the norm.
“We demand from the Ombudsman to withdraw that lawsuit because it will end up affecting the little justice that the victims have reached, and what the judges are solving in the case of the amnesty, according to the human rights protection system,” said Gisela Ortiz, whose brothers was kidnapped, killed by the Colina group in 1992 against other students and a professor of the University La Cantuta.
“We know how the Constitutional Court was elected and how he has acted on human rights issues, turning his back on relatives who for years we have been looking for justice. And now the Ombudsman does, when they really thought about the most affected,” added Sharmelí Bustíos, daughter of the journalist Hugo Bustioswho was killed in Huanta, Ayacucho, in 1988.
