Betssy Chávez will remain free. The Second Supreme Prosecutor’s Office gave up his request for prolongation of preventive detention against the former Minister of Pedro Castillo, accused with the former president, for the crime of rebellion for the 2022 coup d’etat.
Supreme prosecutor Edward Casaverde argued that according to the recent judgment of the Constitutional Court (TC) that ordered the release of the Expremier, it is unfeasible to request this extension when the period of preventive detention has already defeated, so it renounced the procedural act that formulated on December 18, 2024 against Chávez, which, in addition, is already free.
The prosecuted lawyer was in accordance with the fiscal position. Thus, the Supreme Court of Preparatory Investigation resolved to leave this order and file it without effect.
Chávezabandoned the Annex of Women of Chorrillos on the last Wednesday – as a protection of a ruling from Constitutional Court (TC) that ordered its release – and immediately moved to a private clinic.
Meanwhile, in statements to Peru21former presidents of the Constitutional Court pronounced on the ruling that released Chávez, but also on the request for disqualification to hold public office for 10 years that weighs against him and that is pending resolution in the Congress of the Republic.
Way to disqualification
Ernesto Álvarez said that the resolution of the TC “is outrageous, but correct,” and has evidenced “the neglect of the justice system even in emblematic cases.” However, he stressed that this does not prevent the Public Ministry from processing a new request for preventive detention, while warning that if this type of “negligence continuously, we will see this case to repeat this case (by Betssy Chávez) repeatedly.”
He affirmed that in an electoral scenario, in addition, Chávez’s release leaves open the possibility of his eventual candidacy in the general elections of 2026, for which he has no impediment, since he has not been disabled by Parliament to exercise public office as well as Pedro Castillo.
“He does not have it and can be a candidate, like Betssy Chávez. The only possibility that they are not being condemned before the last stage of the publication of candidates or that the Permanent Commission and the Plenary agree, if they have the votes for it, the disqualification,” he said.
He added that the delay in the processing of the constitutional complaint against Chávez “depends many times on the president of the subcommission” and that “is not negligence, it is often the result of political agreements below the table,” he said.
More speed
On the subject, the former president of TC Víctor García Toma was also expressed, who said that the maximum interpreter of the Constitution “has not ruled on the fund of the matter or indicated the guilt or innocence of Betssy Chávez.” It coincided with Álvarez that “it is likely” that what happened with the expression Castillista is repeated in the future for “the lack of suitability” of some prosecutors.
“Most likely, measures are requested to foresee that there will not be an attempt to escape. That will be at the discretion of the Public Ministry and it will have to be persecuted to do so correctly. The truth is that the judgment of the TC responds to a criterion of justice,” he said.
On the other hand, the lawyer referred to the request to disable Chávez for the public function and pointed out, in that context, that apart from the people, these complaints should be processed within the stipulated deadlines regulation.
“It is not about disableing a person who has an ideological bias and a behavior that is surely punishable. The truth and the real thing is that the subcommission of constitutional accusations has the responsibility of processing with speed, but without any bias, all the complaints about the matter for the purpose that in timely time we are clear who are enabled to postulate and who would no longer be. It should not be aimed at a person, but in general to all those who have constitutional accusations in process, ”he said.
I knew that
The Permanent Commission met on Wednesday, but did not include in its agenda the final report of the Subcommittee of Constitutional Accusations (SAC) that recommends disabling Chavez for 10 years.
Another similar request against Chávez and Pedro Castillo is still pending research at the SAC that so far does not appoint the congressman in charge of the case.
It was reported that the Expremier is evaluated due to gastric disorders that hinder the intake of solid foods.
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