The president of the Republic, peter castledenied having any link with irregular acts or corruption in his testimony before the National Prosecutor’s Office, in what was his first presentation for the investigations that have been initiated against him and characters around him.
“Today I have ratified myself before the National Prosecutor’s Office that I have nothing to do with irregular acts or corruption. I am an honest man and will always defend my innocence and honor. Keeping my word, I have come to clarify and collaborate with justice”he wrote on Twitter after concluding the diligence at the headquarters of the Public Ministry.
“For the sake of transparency, respect for the Peruvian people and love for my family, I will always show my face and will be available to the justice system for whatever is necessary”he added.
Minutes before publishing these texts, Pedro Castillo declared from the outskirts of the Government Palace to indicate that he is willing to respond to all the proceedings that require it and that he will show his face, although he avoided giving details of his answers because “they are in a process research”.
Pedro Castillo responded to Pablo Sánchez
After concluding the interrogation of President Pedro Castillo, the Public Ministry released a statement detailing that the procedure lasted more than three hours and was headed by the National Prosecutor, Pablo Sánchez, and staff from his office such as the Supreme Deputy Prosecutor, Samuel Red.
“The investigations of the National Prosecutor’s Office are part of the preliminary investigation opened against former minister Juan Francisco Silva Villegas, and six congressmen of the Republic, for the alleged commission of the crimes of criminal organization, aggravated influence peddling and aggravated collusion”detailed the prosecution.
According to the prosecutor’s thesis, there are reasonable indications of alleged crimes committed in the bidding for the Puente Tarata work, in the San Martín region, for which investigations were initiated against Silva and the six congressmen identified by the businesswoman Karelim López as ‘ The children’.
