The president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, spread an institutional message to reject the accusations against him and to reaffirm the public denunciation of a coup d’état that is taking place against him. About the president fly over the shadow of corruption after the testimony that Karelim López offered to justice became known.
Castle “categorically” rejected the alleged illegal acts attributed to him. In addition, he considers that these accusations against him are part of an attempt to unseat him and concluded the message with a call on citizens to “remain vigilant” to defend democracy, according to El Comercio.
It’s barely two minutes. But in that short time, the president expresses his concern about the way in which the businesswoman’s statement was known. Karelim López before the Prosecutor’s Office and He pointed to a plot from the Prosecutor’s Office itself to destabilize his Government.
Lopez denounced the existence of a mafia that charged commissions to access the tenderss raised by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The businesswoman involves the president as part of this extortion network.
“I know that there is a mafia in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, made up of President Pedro Castillo Terrones, Minister Juan Silva, the Chinese companies Consorcio Conservación Vial Mazocruz (China Civil Engineering Construction Sucursal del Perú) and others,” López told reporters. the prosecution.
El Comercio published details of said statement made on February 18 by Karelim Lopez Arredondo. The businesswoman assured the authorities in charge of the case thatand they demanded money from him to cover the debts accumulated by the electoral campaign for the presidency.
For its part, the president claimed that “these facts are subject to investigation” and it was questioned “how it is possible that they are publicly debated in the media”.
Castillo considers himself the victim of a plot in which the Prosecutor’s Office itself would participate and which involves “a minority sector that our government never accepted.” the presidential message demanded that the prosecution itself continue with the investigations already started. “The people need to know the truth,” he said.