In the framework of the preliminary investigations, in which the president was included peter castle by order of the prosecutor Paul Sanchezconsidering that it would have links with the alleged acts of corruption committed by Los Niños de Acción Popular and the former Minister of Transportation and Communications John Silva; the president’s lawyer, benji espinozahas asked the Prosecutor’s Office to reschedule his summons to testify scheduled for this Monday, June 13.
As he explained to La República, the request is due to three reasons. The first is because they already have a scheduled rights protection hearing for June 15that is, two days after Castillo’s summons.
“In the tutelage it will be defined whether the investigation is still standing or not, whether it is unconstitutional or not. If it were deemed unconstitutional to give us the reason in the guardianship, there would no longer be any summons or pending procedure for the president”, he added.
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The second reason, he stated, is because they have not finished with the review of the tax file, which contains “profuse and profuse information”.
Castillo’s defense warns that this is important since every investigated person who is going to testify has the right to know the entire content of the fiscal file.
Castillo’s agenda has not allowed coordination, says Espinoza
benji espinoza He indicated that the third reason for requesting this rescheduling of the appointment is because of President Castillo’s agenda, which has not allowed them to meet for defense coordination.
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“The president has gone on a trip fulfilling his presidential duties and we have not had the opportunity to be able to coordinate the terms of the statement, which is a means of defense before being an investigative medium,” said the lawyer.
As reported, the head of state is being investigated in a preliminary manner for allegedly having committed the crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling and aggravated collusion.
