Prepare the complaint. President peter castle He informed through his social networks that he will initiate a legal process against the Sunday program Panoramaafter he reported in a reportage that, according to statements by Bruno Pacheco to the Prosecutor’s Office, would have received money in exchange for placing Hugo Chávez on the board of directors of Petroperú.
“I emphatically reject the false accusations that the Panorama program broadcasts, pointing out that I would have received a “reward” of 30 thousand soles. In honor of journalistic truth, I demand a serious investigation to clarify this falsehood, ”said the president on his Twitter account.
“Exercising my right as a citizen and as President of the Republic, I will proceed to denounce the indicated journalistic production that spreads false news whose sole purpose is to deceive and manipulate the citizenry,” he added.
LOOK: Bruno Pacheco affirms that Pedro Castillo received illicit money in the Government Palace
What did Panorama reveal?
According to the Sunday, Pacheco in October of last year, the president was already receiving money in a briefcase from the former Minister of Transport and Communications, John Silvain the Palace, as a result of bribes for works in his sector.
“Pacheco is in the first person and says that he himself attended Silva and that he himself coordinated his admission and that Silva gave that quota to Pedro Castillo. The records say that, in effect, Silva entered a working meeting with the president on October 18, 2021, and met with the president for five hours,” the program reported.
In addition, the former secretary of Palacio, who surrendered to justice last week, stated that he received irregular payments both for himself and for the head of state in exchange for the appointment of Hugo Chávez Arévalo as head of Petroperú.
Pacheco declared to the Prosecutor’s Office that the money came from Fermín Silva, a chotano and owner of the Light Clinic close to the Castillo government.
In this case, the amounts would be 15,000 soles for Pacheco and 30,000 soles for the president, according to the testimony of Pacheco, who is under house arrest.
