The president of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, will go to the main headquarters of the Public Ministrylocated in the Center of Lima, this Friday, June 17 at 10:00 a.m. m., according to the disposition of the public prosecutor of the Nation, Paul Sanchez.
This reprogramming occurs after the request for reconsideration made by Benji Espinoza, lawyer for Pedro Castillo, who requested a new date after the summons made by the Prosecutor’s Office to the head of state this Monday, June 13 in order to respond as investigated by the Tarata III Bridge case.
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According to the lawyer, said summons to peter castle will be given after the verdict of the rights protection hearing set for this Wednesday 15 by Juan Carlos Checkley Soria, supreme judge of the preliminary investigation, who will listen to the president’s defense and the Prosecutor’s Office to determine if the constitutional guarantees were violated in the judicial process against Castillo.
“This new date will occur after the rights protection hearing, which will be on Wednesday the 15th.. If that day they upheld our request and agreed with us, then the investigation would be censored for the president and, therefore, all the proceedings in relation to it would have no validity or meaning,” Espinoza said in dialogue with RPP.
Pedro Castillo is investigated for alleged links with the group ‘Los Niños’which involves congressmen from Popular Action and John Silvaformer holder of Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC), after benefiting Chinese companies with irregular bids in the portfolio.
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Pedro Castillo said he was “totally willing” to collaborate with the investigation
For its part, Castle Lumpswho is investigated for the alleged crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling and aggravated collusion, He assured that he was “totally willing” to collaborate with the tax investigation against him..
“I am totally willing to collaborate. I am going to attend the call that has been made, not only in the Prosecutor’s Officebut also in other instances that have to do with the investigation,” he said during an interview on TV Peru last Sunday.
