President peter castle Yesterday, he avoided answering, once again, the questions of the journalists who waited for him outside the State channel, where he went to offer a complacent interview with comfortable questions, without prior announcement in the official agenda and accompanied by the Minister of Culture, Alexander Salas.
According to the visit record of the Ministry of Culture, Salas had met on May 31 with the journalist Julio César Navarro, IRTP press manager and the person in charge of asking the head of state questions. A few days later, the member of the Ministerial Cabinet announced a forthcoming presentation by Castillo to the press. That is, everything was already coordinated.
When consulted by Perú21, Salas said that it was Navarro who had the initiative to approach his office to request the interview, to which he agreed as an intermediary, but denied any act of interference.
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Pedro Castillo assured on TV Peru that the press will not wait “100 more days” to interview him. “We are going to turn this page, I think Peru needs to be more informed and we are going to continue informing the country in this way,” he said.
Salas then added that the president will go to the media, but emphasized that the interviews “must be respectful and objective.”
The president assured that he will submit to the fiscal investigations to determine his guilt or innocence in the alleged mafia entrenched in the MTC, which was dedicated to directing public works. “I am totally ready. I am going to attend the call of the prosecutor or other instances that have to do with the investigation, ”he emphasized.
However, his defense insists on using different legal tools to annul the inquiries. Pedro Castillo is being investigated for the alleged crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling and aggravated collusion.
RESCHEDULE APPOINTMENT
Yesterday, the Prosecutor’s Office rescheduled the president’s summons for Friday the 17th at 10:00 am
Benji Espinoza, the president’s lawyer, told Peru21 that they expect a favorable ruling after the hearing on protection of rights, set for Wednesday the 15th. Supreme Judge Juan Carlos Checley must determine if any right of Pedro Castillo was violated by the Public Ministry .
KEEP IN MIND
- There are 110 days in which Pedro Castillo does not offer interviews to the independent media.
- Félix Chero, Minister of Justice, announced a bill to imprison those who leak information about investigations by the Prosecutor’s Office, such as the ongoing process against Pedro Castillo.
