In the second instance, the Third National Criminal Appeals Court confirmed the resolution that declared the request for Martin Vizcarra to travel to the city of Iquitos today, Saturday, July 20.
The court’s decision thus confirmed a previous ruling by the Fifth Preparatory Investigation Court, which, it noted, was “properly motivated within the standards of due process.”
In his ruling, he added that the former president’s defense did not present any reasonable argument to justify his trip to Iquitos, where he planned to give a lecture for political and pro-Peru Primero party purposes.
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“The request for travel authorization was declared unfounded in the first instance because it was considered that such an act would contravene the political disqualification imposed on the defendant. Also, because it was not possible to clarify a real disassociation of Vizcarra with the Peru Primero party and its objectives of political strengthening,” he said.
Vizcarra, as we recall, is facing criminal proceedings for the crime of passive bribery in the Lomas de Ilo-Hospital de Moquegua case, the trial of which will begin on October 28.
This is not the first time that the Judiciary has denied a travel permit to Martín Vizcarra. He previously requested authorization to travel to Moquegua for work reasons in different periods until the end of the year; on that occasion, however, he was also denied the permit.
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