The sentence of 14 years in prison effective against Martin Vizcarra for bribery crimes in the cases of Lomas de Ilo and Moquegua hospital would be confirmed in second instancestated criminal lawyer César Nakasaki.
And, after hearing his sentence – 8 plus 6 years – this Wednesday, November 26, the former president’s defense announced that they would appeal the decision, making this emblematic trial now go to second instance.
“It should be noted that the collegiate court presided over by Judge Fernanda Ayasta, all three, have found that he is guilty,” the lawyer, who also defended Ollanta Humala, PPK and Alberto Fujimori, began by breaking down.
However, in conversation with Peru21César Nakasaki acknowledged that “one of the discrepancies is that it has not been proven whether Martin Vizcarra is the one who demands or accepts the bribe, which would reduce the sentence (from 15 to 5 years).”
“The other discrepancy is regarding the effect of the appeal filed by the defense: the majority’s decision was immediate execution, but the minority vote’s decision was that his appearance should have been maintained,” he added.
In this context, it is worth highlighting that the former governor of Moquegua and former president of Peru will be immediately admitted to the Barbadillo prison, where he will await the scheduling of his appeal without a defined deadline.
The latter, as stated by criminal lawyer Sergio Rodríguez to Peru21which detailed that Martin Vizcarra would have “5 days to present his appeal after receiving notification of the sentence (reading it is not enough).”
The Superior Criminal Chamber of the Judiciary would be in charge of setting a date for the review of this request without any specific deadline, but once it decides and announces it to both parties, it will be 10 days for the sentence to be issued.
However, for César Nakasaki, “it is most likely that the sentence will be confirmed in the second instance”, something that would undoubtedly “end all pretensions (of the former president) to run for the 2026 general elections.”
Finally, the lawyer added that “the International Human Rights System does not provide protection against cases of corruption. I highly doubt, because there are no precedents, that the system protects a person convicted of this crime.”
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