The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Aníbal Torres, pointed out that next week he will evaluate the file of the prosecutor Daniel Soria. He confirmed that he received Eduardo Pachas, the president’s lawyer, on Tuesday, January 4, a day before he publicly referred to alleged irregularities in the appointment of Soria.
Do you insist that you review the file of the appointment of attorney Daniel Soria to verify if he met the requirements for the position?
What is being questioned is that (Soria) would not meet the requirements to be a solicitor. We are going to review the file and it will be determined there.
What is questioned?
People say that would not be meeting the requirement of having experience in the legal defense of the State. I have not seen the file, I have been with the issue of penalties here in Piura …
Will you see the file on your return?
Tomorrow (Friday) I must travel to Moquegua, because there is a plenary session of the cabinet in Moquegua. The issue will be seen next week, I will review the prosecutor’s file.
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If this cause is proven, would that be reason enough to remove it?
I ask the press, if you do not meet the requirements, Do we keep him in office? What does the press say? I don’t act based on what journalists say or what third parties say. I act based on proven facts and the law.
He will understand that in these circumstances announcing that he will review Soria’s file sounds like revenge.
It will sound like revenge for journalism, but I act based on the reality of the facts. What if it suddenly meets all the requirements? Well then nothing happens. If it does not meet the requirements, it will be provided according to law and it will not be an isolated event. Officials and servants who have not complied with the legal requirements have been appointed throughout the public administration.
And why don’t they take those people out?
At Ministry of Justice I have not had time to go through the background of all the people in charge.
He is going to take time with Soria.
In this, because the claim of certain people has occurred. But the defenders and those who are against come out, without knowing what the reality is.
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Who informed you about Soria?
I saw that it came out in the media, even the opinion of a lawyer appeared. And then the mentioned by the president’s lawyer (Eduardo Pachas).
Do you know how long Soria has been in office?
They tell me two years.
And isn’t it just symptomatic to question whether or not you meet the requirements?
My answer is one: I don’t know what will happen to the case. You have to review the file. I don’t have to say anything else until I review the file.
Did President Castillo’s lawyer, Eduardo Pachas, visit him in his office on Tuesday?
Yes, I can’t deny it. I have to speak the truth and the truth is that I have received Dr. Pachas. How I receive a lot of people.
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What did you talk about?
He asked me about constitutional and criminal concepts, we have exchanged opinions as lawyers.
Did you exchange views on the president’s case?
On general concepts to be applied in any case. We have spoken in general terms.
The day after that meeting, the issue of Soria and his dismissal came up.
But he didn’t tell me anything about Soria. I did not touch on the subject of Soria.
Is it just a coincidence?
The Minister of Justice is not prevented from receiving the president’s lawyer, nor to any lawyer of any minister. Legal science does not belong to a specific subject.
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What do you answer to those who point out that you seem more like the president’s lawyer?
It’s your opinion and I don’t think it’s bad. Many things are said. I think about what I know.
The outgoing president of the Constitutional Court, Marianella Ledesma, had a speech that seemed focused on Pedro Castillo. That responds?
She spoke in general terms and the press says that she spoke expressly about the president. That is the opinion of the press. We must be clear: there is a group of the extreme right and one of the right that does not recognize their defeat in the elections and Since Castillo was proclaimed, the coup d’état has been sought for moral incapacity, backed by the press. What I say does not like the press. And perhaps it is the subject of an editorial, but I speak with the truth about what is seen in the country and what is being seen from outside.
Is it not possible at this point to reflect on the mistakes made?
Of course, there are mistakes made and a reliable mechanism is being seen so that people who have to speak with the president go through a filter and have no antecedents.
A little late, huh?
Yes, surely. I’m not going to say no.
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Is it about the only thing they have to do a criticism?
The press has been dedicated to attack and does not get the successes. In vaccines we have placed ourselves at the level of European countries, Las Bambas was resolved peacefully when there were people who wanted to shoot the peasants. What interest can the press give to projects in my sector? Like the one to mitigate the vacancy due to moral incapacity and the question of trust, which are the two elements that have generated instability, legal uncertainty, harming the country.
What do you think about the prosecutor Zoraida Ávalos having suspended the investigation of the president?
The prosecutor has resolved in strict compliance with the law, first read the resolution.
