Armor. Manuel Merinoformer de facto president, it was shielded, again, by the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations of the Congress of the Republic. This happened after the rejection of the reconsideration proposed by the legislator Edgar Reymundo (Democratic Change) against the vote that approved the report of Alexander Caverowhich frees Merino from responsibility for the deaths of Inti Sotelo and Bryan Pintado on November 14, 2020.
This time, with 6 votes in favor and 6 against, the Accusations Subcommittee did not accept the request and shielded Manuel Merino once again, as well as former ministers Ántero Flores Aráoz and Gastón Rodríguezof the damage caused by the National Police of Peru (PNP) against the demonstrators on 14N.
The parliamentarians who voted for Manuel Merino does not assume any responsibility were: Rose Torres Y Maria Acuna Alliance for Progress (APP), Martha Moyano Y Hernando Guerra Garcia of Popular Force, Alexander Cavero of Avanza Country and Alexander Munante of People’s Renewal.
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For its part, Waldemar Cerron Y Elizabeth Taipe of Free Peru, Paul Gutierrez Y Second Quiroz of the Magisterial Bloc, George Flowers of Popular Action and Edgar Reymundo Democratic Change voted in favor of reconsideration.
It was so Manuel Merino, Antero Flores Aráoz and Gastón Rodríguez they will not be investigated in Congress for the alleged crimes of homicide against Inti Sotelo and Bryan Pintado, in addition to crimes for serious injuries and minor injuries to the detriment of another 79 people.
Last June 17, Merino was shielded by the Accusations Subcommittee with 8 votes in favor, 7 against and 1 abstention thanks to the casting vote of the congresswoman and head of the working group, Rose Torres,which approved the report that recommended send to the file the constitutional complaint filed by the former prosecutor of the nation Zoraida Ávalos.
