The investigation announced by the Public Ministry against the president peter castle and the first lady, Lilia Paredesfor the alleged crimes of generic falsehood, plagiarism and undue collection to the detriment of the State and the National Superintendence of Higher University Education (Sunedu) based on irregularities in your Master’s Thesis could prescribe for the year in which the events occurred (2011), Eduardo Pachas, lawyer for the head of state, said in statements to Canal N.
“Applying criminal law. The alleged crimes of generic falsehood, copying or aggravated plagiarism or improper collection were in 2011, a total of 11 years and to date they are prescribed”, said Eduardo Pachas, who based his theory on the fact that the alleged crimes involving peter castle they can only be investigated within eight and six years.
“One of the requirements for criminal action is openness, but in the case of generic falsehood it prescribes after six years, plagiarism and improper collection after eight years.. According to the law, if the criminal action is prescribed, obviously it cannot be investigated within the legal framework, ”said the lawyer.
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The president’s representative pointed out that, in the case of advisers to the president’s thesis, such as John Hualcas Reyes, Andrea Jesúswill be the Public ministry whoever investigates the existence of the person or it is a spelling error in the typing of their identity document by the Cesar Vallejo University.
“John Hualcas, Andrea Jesús and Erick Carlos Figueroa, the latter has declared that the thesis does exist. Regarding the other two (Julca and Solís) who mention that the DNI does not correspond, it will already be within an investigation to clarify if it is only a spelling error or number writing, but their data was corroborated in 2011 by the César Vallejo University ”, he mentioned.
Eduardo Pachas reiterated that the higher house of studies is the one who provides the advisors so that the students who present a master’s thesis prepare a quality work
“There has been no dishonest act because the president presented 11 years ago a work table of parts of the university and the house of studies gives him an advisor who does quality control in support of his thesis”, he sentenced.
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Investigation against Pedro Castillo
The Public Ministry announced an investigation against the president peter castle and the First Lady Lilia Paredes for irregularities in their Master’s Thesis which was exhibited at the César Vallejo University in 2011. The Turnitin anti-plagiarism software discovered 54% of coincidences in the work presented by the presidential couple.
The investigation of the facts will be in charge of the prosecutor. Juan Ramón Tantalean Olano of the Mixed Prosecutor’s Office of Tocabamba in the province of Chota (Cajamarca) for the alleged crimes of generic falsehood, plagiarism and improper collection.
Pedro Castillo was summoned to testify before the Money Laundering Prosecutor’s Office
President peter castle was summoned to testify next Tuesday, May 16 at 10:00 am before the Seventh Office of the Second Supraprovincial Corporate Prosecutor’s Office Specialized in Money Laundering Crimes, which is led by the Provincial Prosecutor Luz Taquire Reynoso.
Taquire Reynosowho is in charge of the process of effective collaboration of Karelim Lópezheld that there is “the need and urgency to have more elements of conviction, as well as to schedule various proceedings to clarify the facts subject to analysis.”
Therefore, he arranged to schedule the taking of the statement to the president so that he can provide his version “about the facts subject to investigation in relation to the investigated Bruno Arnulfo Pacheco Castillo and others, as well as any other relevant information”.
