The Republic President, peter castle, goes to the Prosecutor’s Office to testify about the alleged irregularities in the promotions of the Armed Forces. The president will give his statement at 9:00 in the morning this Thursday, August 4, in the company of his lawyers, Benji Espinoza and Eduardo Pachas.
peter castlethrough his Twitter account, stressed that “he will defend his innocence as well as collaborate with justice”, within the framework of the alleged crime by criminal organization.
“I support my defense attorneys (Benji Espinoza and Eduardo Pachas) regarding the fact that I have the right to testify in the Government Palace, however, I have asked them to accompany me to the Prosecutor’s Office to defend my innocence and always collaborate with justice”, the president wrote on his Twitter account.
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Benji Espinoza, lawyer of peter castlehad anticipated that the head of state would not go to testify at the headquarters of the Public Ministry, given that the president could receive the Nation’s prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, in the presidential office.
“The prosecutor of the Nation incurs a legal error because the president cannot be forced to go to the headquarters of the Public Ministry. Article 167 (…) says that when the president declares, he acts by choice if he declares in his house, domicile or office. He does not have the obligation to go to the Public Ministry, ”said the lawyer.
“The Constitution in article 117 has not established neither the possibility nor the procedure for a president to be investigated. The law establishes a procedural privilege to choose the place of the declaration and the president has the right. He cannot be forced to define where he is going to testify,” added Espinoza.
Meanwhile, from the Prosecutor’s Office they requested that Pedro Castillo go to the headquarters to testify about the irregularities in the promotions of the Armed Forces.
