Finished on Council of State, without the presence of Pedro Castillo, Joseph Williams (President of Congress) and Patricia Benavides (Prosecutor of the Nation), the president of the Judiciary, Elvia Barrioshe addressed the head of the Executive Power and indicated that he urgently summoned all the powers of the country in order to promote a space for dialogue in the framework of the current political crisis in the country.
“Urgently call all the powers of the State to promote a space for dialogue that allows consensus and minimum agreements to restore stability and social peace within the framework of respect for the democratic State and the constitutional order,” said Elvia Barrios who met with representatives of the Comptroller’s Office, the Ombudsman’s Office and the National Board of Justice.
Along these lines, he added: “We express our deep concern about the persistence of the political crisis in our country, whose dimensions put democratic institutions, good governance, fundamental rights and the progress of the country at serious risk.”
The head of the Judiciary reiterated that there is a “commitment to the democratic system and dialogue as a fundamental mechanism to overcome the crisis that is overwhelming Peru, because it affects the functioning of the State and compromises the future of 34 million Peruvians.”
In this way, he indicated that the dialogue agenda should prioritize the following issues: the guarantee of democratic governance, the strengthening of the fight against corruption, the validity and guarantee of fundamental rights, and stability and economic development.
Elvia Barrios concluded by stating that “democracy has been built with the effort of citizens so that the elected authorities exercise the common good, deposing any particular interest.”
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The National Prosecutor Patricia Benavides announced that he would not attend the Council of State, because he leads the investigations against the president Pedro Castilloon this, the constitutionalist and professor of the University of Piura, Carlos Hakanssonindicated that it would not be appropriate because the head of the Public Ministry presented the constitutional complaint before Congress.
“The Prosecutor of the Nation and the president of Congress do well not to attend because the former is the holder of the presentation of the complaint presented to Congress against the head of state (…) Their presence together with the president of the Republic is reckless because the Council of State does not have a regulation on when, who, and how it should be summoned”, he stated.
