César San Martín: JNJ will decide in November if he continues as supreme judge

The other judges who also seek to be ratified are: Javier Arévalo, Elvia Barrios (current president of the PJ), Víctor Prado, Jorge Salas and Janet Tello.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Plenary Chamber of the Judiciary ruled and indicated that he was suffering “pressure and acts of intimidation” from an official of the Public Ministry. This in clear reference to the superior prosecutor Raphael Vela who last Sunday gave an exclusive interview to Peru21.

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César San Martín and company are playing for continuity.

The coordinator of the Lava Jato special team pointed out that César San Martín should refrain from Lava Jato cases because his neutrality was in doubt. “There are suspicious issues that we have brought to the attention of the National Board of Justice (JNJ) and the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office regarding the conduct of the Supreme Judge César San Martín (CSM), who previously permanently disqualified himself from Lava Jato cases and from one moment to another has stopped doing so, despite having great impediments to even doubting his impartialitySaid Vela in the interview.

“His name was linked to the agendas of Nadine Heredia, but from one moment to another San Martín has assumed a proactive behavior. In addition, he accredited legal defense –in the JNJ– a lawyer who is a defense attorney in the cases in which he participates. He credited Carlos Caro, a distinguished professional, who defends the Enagás company, which is being investigated by the Gasoducto del Sur. And San Martín has already participated in the Gasoducto case when he voted in favor of the release of Nadine Heredia. We hope that there is a reflection of San Martín and he can move away, “added the superior prosecutor.

The Plenary Chamber of the Judiciary has supported San Martín without taking into account the warning of the representative of the Public Ministry.

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The member of the National Board of Justice (JNJ), Guillermo Thornberry, recommended that the Plenary dismiss Elvia Barrios alleging that her husband contracted with the National Elections Jury (JNE) when he was impeded by law.

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In report No. 026-2022, which was accessed Peru21, it is pointed out that Eduardo Laca Rivadeneira signed service orders with the JNE between January 2015 and July 2018, at which time Barrios was already serving as supreme judge. The electoral body is presided over every four years by a supreme judge elected by the Plenary Chamber of the Supreme Court, an instance that has been a member of Barrios Alvarado since 2011.

The Judiciary has indicated that the National Board of Justice has not issued any decision to dismiss Supreme Judge Elvia Barrios Alvarado. This is a report by one of its members, rapporteur in charge of an investigation in process before the JNJ against the aforementioned magistrate. However, this document could weigh on your ratification process.