This March 14, the Permanent Commission will debate and vote on the final report against the former president of the Council of Ministers Betsy Chavezwhich includes former ministers Willy Huerta (Interior) and Roberto Sanchez (Foreign Trade and Tourism). He recommends accusing them for the alleged crimes of rebellion and alternatively conspiracy, as co-perpetrators, after the failed coup d’état that attempted to perpetrate the ex-president vacated Pedro Castilloon December 7, 2022.
Betssy Chávez: Congress decides whether to impeach congressman for coup
Willy Huerta: “I don’t think Betssy Chávez and Aníbal Torres didn’t know about the message”
Former Minister Willy Huerta assured that he does not believe that Betssy Chávez and Aníbal Torres did not have knowledge of the content of the coup message from former President Pedro Castillo.
“I do not believe that Miss Betssy Chávez and Aníbal Torres did not know about the message. Betssy Chávez was premier and Aníbal Torres was premier. I do not owe loyalty to anyone,” he said.
Betssy Chávez calls for the approval of the coup d’état indictment
Through an official letter, Betssy Chávez affirms that she accepts the tax investigation and requires Congress to approve the final report against her.
Roberto Sánchez denies having supported Castillo’s coup
In his presentation, former minister Roberto Sánchez denied having said “For the country” to Pedro Castillo after the former president gave his last message to the Nation, as stated by former minister Willy Huerta.
Sánchez showed a clip in which the former minister Willy Huerta retracts that statement he gave to the Prosecutor’s Office.
Wilson Soto supports final report against Betssy Chávez, Willy Huerta and Roberto Sánchez
The action-populist Wilson Soto supports before the Permanent Commission the final report of the constitutional complaint against former ministers Betssy Chávez, Roberto Sánchez and Willy Huerta. Said report recommends accusing them of the crimes of rebellion and conspiracy.
Willy Huerta asks to be excluded from the final report
Congressman Willy Huerta requested to be removed from the SAC report, alleging that he was only fulfilling his role as minister.
Written by Willy Huerta by Laura Vasquez Benavente on Scribd
Lady Camones exposes the final report and justifies its resolutions
The legislator, who chairs the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations; explains the details of the final report.
Camones Soriano made use of a presentation to explain the report.
Permanent Commission begins the session to discuss the final report against former prime minister
Having reached the regulatory quorum, the permanent commission began the session of the Permanent Commission in which the final report of the SAC that indicates Betssy Chávez, Willy Huerta, and Roberto Sánchez as co-authors of the crime of rebellion and conspiracy will be discussed.
Report recommends the suspension of Chávez and Sánchez.
Betssy Chávez is seen in Tacna with her family
The congresswoman was getting into a white vehicle with tinted windows. Chávez Chino’s relatives began throwing water at the journalists who arrived at the house of former Prime Minister de Castillo in the province of Tacna.
On March 6, the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations (SAC)chaired by Lady Camones (Alliance for Progress), gave the green light to the report that includes the three former ministers during the government of Castillo Terrones. This was approved with 17 votes in favor, two against and one abstention.
Conclusions of the final report. Photo: Congress
The working group chaired by the apepista parliamentarian also included in the final report the eventual suspension of Betssy Chávez and Roberto Sánchez as congressmen, while the judicial process lasts. The initiative was raised by the Avanza País congresswoman Norma Yarrowand was unilaterally approved by the president of the head of the SAC.
“In systematic application of articles 89, literal i) and 25 of the Regulations of the Congress of the Republic, include the proposal for the suspension of congressmen Betssy Betzabet Chávez Chino and Roberto Helbert Sánchez Palomino, for the duration of the process, with the possibility of reinstatement if they are acquitted“, is the text incorporated into the final report.
Roberto Sánchez requests a separate vote
the congressman Roberto Sanchez requested the president of the Permanent Commission, Joseph Williams, vote separately on the report that recommends charging him for the alleged commission of the crime of rebellion and alternatively conspiracy.
In the official letter, which dates from March 13, he argues his request based on article 89 of literal f of the Regulations of Parliament, which indicates that “When there are several people included in the investigation, the vote is carried out separately for each of the accused.”
“This letter serves to greet you and in compliance with what is indicated in article 89 literal ‘f’ of the Regulations of the Congress of the Republic, I request that in the session of the Permanent Commission, scheduled for March 14, 2023, vote on the Final report of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations, regarding constitutional complaint 328, separately for each of the accused,” the document reads.
