Appointment. Lawyer Pedro Miguel Angulo Arana, former president of the Council of Ministers of the government of President Dina Boluarte, was appointed head of the cabinet of advisers to the president of the Judiciary, Javier Arevalo Velaas of this January 9, 2023.
Pedro Angulo is considered, by various sectors, as the political person responsible for the brutal police and military repression that generated the death of 28 Peruvians and hundreds of wounded, in the mobilizations and marches against the Boluarte regime and the fall of the government of Pedro Castillo.
Angulo Arana, a former senior prosecutor, served as president of the Council of Ministers, from December 10 to 21, 2022period in which the deaths occurred, presumably by firearms, against protesters in Apurímac, Ayacucho, Arequipa, Pichanaki-Junin and La Libertad.
Javier Arévalo Vela, new president of the Judiciary, succeeding Elvia Barrios. Photo: Marco Cotrina/La República
Investigation for human rights violations
On December 6, the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, began an investigation, which includes the former president of the Council of Ministersin order to clarify whether these deaths occurred as part of a government policy to silence the protests, which demand early elections, a constituent assembly and the freedom of former President Pedro Castillo.
“There have been acts of violence in the context of the protests, which must be duly investigated, but that does not justify any excessive use of force by agents of the security forces, which can put health and safety at risk. lives of the people”, according to the director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch, Juanita Goebertus.
legal adviser
The administrative resolution No. 000028-2023-P-PJ that appoints Pedro Miguel Angulo Arana “in the position of trust of Chief of the Cabinet of Advisors of the Presidency of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic”was signed by Arévalo early this morning and communicated to the various instances of the Judiciary, through internal channels.
According to said document, to which he had access larepública.peAngulo Arana was recommended to exercise said position of trust by President Arévalo Vela himself on December 29, replacing the resigning chief of advisers in the administration of Dr. Elvia Barrios, the lawyer Silvia Loli.
Dina Boluarte and the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides. Photo: Presidency
In the event that the National Prosecutor requires any judicial measure in the investigation into the deaths of 28 civilians in the citizen protests, she must request the support of the Preparatory Investigation Court of the Supreme Court of Justice, a position that is held by the provisional judge, Juan Carlos Checkley.
The permanence in the provisional positions depends on the president of the Judiciary, who now has one of the main political leaders as chief adviser, so he could directly or indirectly influence any decision made by the Judiciary, on the issues under investigation .
Juan Carlos Checkley validated the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo on December 7 for flagrante delicto and, later, ordered 36 months of preventive detention against him for the crime of rebellion or conspiracy to rebellion. The prosecution has also requested preventive detention for the wife and brothers-in-law of the former president.
The president Dina Boluarte He participated on January 2 in the inauguration of Arévalo Vela, on January 4 he was with the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides at the start ceremony of fiscal year 2023, and on January 6, he accompanied the inauguration of possession and oath of the new president of the National Board of Justice, Imelda Tumialán.
