Miguel Pérez Arroyo, attorney for Pedro Castillosaid that his client does remember the moment in which he carried out a coup d’état and that he perfectly understood the message he was reading last Wednesday, when he illegally dissolved Congress.
In this way, the legal representative of Castillo Terrones ruled out the version according to which the president did not remember the moment in which he tried to break the rule of law, as congressman Guido Bellido stated days ago.
“[¿El presidente recuerda el momento del golpe?] Of course, and we are going to say it in due course, of course [recuerda] has told me what has happened and that is what he has done, there is a reading of political reality that also It will be said at the moment it has to be said, we are going to reserve that space for when it is appropriate ”, asserted.
“The message [que dio Castillo] It is clear, he is not a person who is unimputableit is not someone who does not understand what he was reading”he referred.
Regarding the arrest of Castillo Terrones for the alleged crime of rebellion, the lawyer said that no criminal offense has been committed, but only a violation of the constitution.
“Is there a crime of a coup d’état? Is there a crime of dissolution of Congress? It says that there is a rebellion, but it does not fit exactly in the penal code, when you talk about crime it has to fit in the penal code “he referred.
It should be noted that Castillo Terrones is under arrest for the crime of rebellion for having attempted to carry out a coup.
