Judge Juan Carlos Checkley considered that there was a risk of flight for the former president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, and ordered his preventive detention. In addition, he believes that the crime of rebellion was committed for wanting to annul the cases against him, decree a curfew without authorization from the Armed Forces, and dissolve Congress. Meanwhile, it was learned that the ministerial cabinet spoke via WhatsApp just before Castillo’s action to agree on the massive resignation of what he intended to do
The Supreme Court of Preliminary Investigation of Peru, in charge of Judge Juan Carlos Checkley, ordered seven days of preventive arrest against former President Pedro Castillo, who is being investigated for the alleged commission of the crime of rebellion (alternatively conspiracy).
According to the sentence, issued on December 8, the term of judicial detention against Castillo is valid from the 7th to the 13th of the aforementioned month, after Judge Checkley concluded that there is a risk of flight and obstruction of the former president, who had planned to seek asylum at the Mexican embassy and subsequent confirmation by the Mexican president himself, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to offer it and enforce it if approved.
“By dissolving the Congress of the Republic and establishing an exceptional government, it would have flagrantly violated article 134 of the Constitution, illegally seeking to change the rule of law model established in the Magna Carta of 1993,” they indicated.
In the same way, the judge considered that Castillo sought to annul all the investigations that were being carried out against him by having a reorganization of the Justice system, just as he said that there was planning for the rebellion because he was then the president of Peru. and dictate a curfew, something that is the power of the Armed Forces.
The magistrate’s resolution also provides that the term of judicial detention is in force from December 7 to 13, 2022. pic.twitter.com/aQpt8PgnHu
– Judicial Power Peru (@Poder_Judicial_) December 8, 2022
Meanwhile, Peruvian media revealed conversations that were carried out through the WhatsApp messaging service the night before Castillo’s “coup d’état”, in which several ministers talked and warned what the then president of Peru planned to do.
*Read also: Justice in Peru evaluates accusation of the Prosecutor’s Office against Pedro Castillo for rebellion
Bettsy Chávez, president of the Council of Ministers, called an emergency call on all the members of the cabinet from wherever they were to resign en masse after the announcement of the dissolution of Congress. Although they left their posts, they asked for explanations of what was happening.
On the other hand, the Peruvian National Police confronted demonstrators in Lima who were protesting in favor of the dissolution of Congress. Some 200 citizens gathered in the historic center of the capital for, in addition to requesting the closure of the Legislative Branch, the release of Castillo.
Pedro Castillo has not been able to govern #Peru despite being its president. All economic, media, military and international powers have prevented it. He trusted the @OEA_official the executive arm of US imperialism. The people protest and he is imprisoned. #Democracy? pic.twitter.com/vuMlu7oRVw
— Manel Márquez (@manelmarquez) December 8, 2022
#GaleríasLaJornada / Protesters in Lima demand the release of #PedroCastillo and the closing of the Congress
The protest went to the headquarters of the Peruvian Parliament, where it was dispersed by the police with tear gas.https://t.co/2cd6Au0bCk pic.twitter.com/N7nXcN0GWQ
— The Day (@lajornadaonline) December 9, 2022
At the same time, former Bolivian President Evo Morales asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to grant precautionary measures to Pedro Castillo in order to “preserve his life”, after considering that the Andean nation has proliferated a “hate speech and threats of punishment from the right.”
According to the former president, “as more information becomes known, the world verifies” that the declaration of vacancy applied to Castillo the day before “was the effect of an anti-democratic, political, and media conspiracy aimed at persecuting, harassing, and attacking a popular government.” legally and legitimately elected until defenestrated”.
With information from EFE / Swiss Info / The Republic / PTR / Peru21 /
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