The Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations (SAC) of Congress will debate this Monday, March 6 the final report of the complaint against Betsy Chavez and the ex-ministers Willy Orchard (inside) and Roberto Sanchez (Foreign Trade and Tourism) due to the coup perpetrated on December 7, 2022 by the then president Pedro Castillo in the modality of rebellion and conspiracy to the detriment of the state.
SAC debates final report on complaint against Betssy Chávez and former ministers for coup
Debate in the SAC final report
After the extensive reading of the final report by Wilson Soto, the debate began in the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations (SAC). Parliamentarian José María Balcázar of Perú Bicentenario questioned the report, warning that the document suffers from a serious analysis and with flaws: “We cannot be a table for parts of the Prosecutor’s Office.”
Final report recommends charging Betssy Chávez as a co-author for rebellion and conspiracy
The final report prepared by Congressman Wilson Soto recommended accusing Betssy Chávez as a co-author for rebellion and conspiracy, giving the National Prosecutor’s Office the green light to proceed with its investigations and subsequent prosecution after a possible lifting of the preliminary hearing.
The document presented by parliamentarian Wilson Soto also suggests that charges be made for these alleged crimes against former ministers Willy Huerta (Interior) and Roberto Sánchez (Foreign Trade and Tourism).
Wilson Soto continues exposing the final report of members of the SAC
After completing the reading of the final report by Wilson Soto, the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations (SAC) will debate and then vote. This will have to be ratified in plenary, after them – lifting the preliminary trial – the Public Ministry may accuse the former ministers of Pedro Castillo in case it finds them responsible for the alleged crimes of rebellion or conspiracy.
Wilson Soto: “Conspiracy is a form of co-authorship”
“Conspiracy is a form of anticipated co-authorship, by virtue of which 2 or more people agree to commit a crime and execute it. It has the nature of a preparatory act, it is a sharing of the criminal ideation, it is a manifested resolution of will, of initiation to the crime”, read Wilson Soto in the SAC.
SAC: final report warns that a person responsible for the crime of rebellion can go to prison for up to 20 years
According to article 346 of the Criminal Code, the person responsible for the crime of rebellion must receive a sentence of not less than 10 years and not more than 20. Meanwhile, article 349, which details the penalties for the crime of conspiracy ” It will be punished with a custodial sentence of no more than half of the maximum indicated for the crime that was perpetrated.
Wilson Soto delimits the actions of the SAC in a pretrial process
“In a pre-trial process, the commission of alleged crimes charged is not analyzed extensively or in depth, but must be limited to determining whether the facts or conducts charged to the accused can be adapted to the criminal types charged (by the National Prosecutor’s Office )”, commented Wilson Soto during the reading of the final report.
Wilson Soto: Pedro Castillo coordinated coup attempt with ex-minister
According to what Wilson Soto exposed, former President Pedro Castillo would have agreed with his former ministers to close Congress, establish an emergency government without respecting the budgets established in the Constitution. He attributes a performance by the closest collaborators to the ex-president today imprisoned in Barbadillo.
Final report attributes the condition of co-author to Betssy Chávez for the crimes of rebellion and conspiracy
The delegate of the final report, Wlson Soto, pointed out that former ministers Betssy Chávez and Roberto Sánchez, after collecting testimonies and analyzing evidence, would be co-authors of the alleged crimes of rebellion and conspiracy for the attempted coup of Pedro Castillo, who is serving preventive detention 18 months for this issue.
Balcázar requests an exceptional term for SAC to analyze new videos about Betssy Chávez in the Palace
Parliamentarian José María Balcázar of Perú Bicentenario requested an exceptional period so that the final report can review and include an analysis of the videos broadcast last Sunday, March 5, by the Sunday newspapers, where the coordination that Betssy Chávez would have carried out in the Palacio de Government on the day of the coup.
Wilson Soto supports final report against Betssy Chávez and former ministers
In his capacity as delegate of the final report, Wlson Soto will have 15 minutes to present the final report against Betssy Chávez (PCM) and former ministers Willy Huerta (Interior) and Roberto Sánchez (Foreign Trade and Tourism).
They approve to lift the secrecy of the statement to the SAC so that it can be sent to the Prosecutor’s Office
With 23 votes in favor, the SAC approved lifting the confidential nature of the statement provided by the TV Peru journalist to this Subcommittee in the last session, at the request of the National Prosecutor’s Office, so that they can review the testimony. She was present, as part of her journalistic work on the State channel, in the Presidential Office when former President Pedro Castillo read his message to the Nation in which he gave his coup attempt.
Lady Camones reads the agenda that the SAC will see
The president of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations (SAC), Lady Camones of Alianza para el Progreso (APP), read out the agenda that this parliamentary body will see this Monday, March 6. The final report on the complaint against Betssy Chávez and former ministers of Pedro Castillo would be one of the first topics.
It was Congressman Wilson Soto Palacios (Popular Action) who presented his final report to the SAC as delegate of the case for the constitutional complaint filed by the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, for the coup d’état by Pedro Castillo.
“Complying with the established processes and deadlines, with responsibility and objectivity, we have submitted to the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations the Final Report of Constitutional Complaint 328 against the former ministers of Pedro Castillo”, wrote the parliamentarian on his Twitter account.
Betssy Chávez and her response to the coup
Although the statement of Willy Orchard before the Prosecutor’s Office is key when pointing out that Bettsy Chavez and Hannibal Torres were inside the presidential office when Castillo Terrones announced the closure of Congress, the former head of the ministerial cabinet denied having been aware that the former president would attempt a coup.
“On Wednesday, I go to PCM and I begin to communicate with the ministers, and I tell them to come urgently to finalize details of who was going to speak first. And it is in those circumstances that all this occurs ”, added the also congresswoman from Tacna.
The then head of the Council of Ministers also confirmed the presence of Aníbal Torres during the reading of the message to the nation and other ministers. “He just read his message, we were cold. He finished his message, I approached him, and the president tells me: ‘It’s a complex decision. Strength’. And, well, Dr. Aníbal spoke with him at that moment and, a few minutes later, I saw the resignation of some colleagues by the media,” Chávez said.
