The holder of the portfolio of Justice, Felix Cheroresponded to the questions hanging over the president peter castleafter denounce Harvey Colchado last August 26. Given this, the minister defended the head of state by indicating that this action arises because the colonel of the pnp he would have “exceeded his functions”.
“The President of the Republic does not cease, by virtue of being President, to have fundamental rights. And one of those fundamental rights is the right to due process and to exercise the right to defend it. If he assesses that his fundamental rights are affected in a fiscal action or in the intervention of a police officer, logically he has to defend himself. In the case of the president, what he is doing is exercising his right to defense, “he said in an interview for the program “Grade 5″, by Epicenter.
Chero also added that Colonel Colchado had been “Exceeding limits invading other spaces that are not judicially authorized.” These would specifically be the president’s room and the belongings of Lilia Paredes. “They have been inside the president’s roomrummaging through his personal belongings and those of the first lady,” the official said.
Over the changes made to the heads of the PNPthe head of Justice specified that they could have corresponded to an initiative of the head of the Ministry, Willy Huertafor whom an interpellation motion has been presented in Congress. “The Minister of the Interior should have made the proposal, it is not my sector and the president has made a decision”he explained.
In addition, he defended these changes by appealing to the power that Castillo has over the Interior portfolio and the police institution.
“The President of the Republic has a legitimate right to make the changes that he has to make, whether coincidental or not, objectively or subjectively assumed. However, what I must point out is that the president has exercised his constitutional power to make the changes that he has to make after the reports made by the ministers of the sectors,” concluded.
