He Judiciarythrough the judge Norma Carbajal Chavezscheduled the start of the oral trial against the Fujimori for Tuesday, March 3 at 2:00 pm Fernando Rospigliosiinterim president of Congressaccused of alleged defamation to the detriment of the dismissed and disqualified former prosecutor of the Nation, Delia Espinoza Valenzuela.
The Single Person Court of the Special Criminal Chamber warned that if Rospigliosi does not attend or is absent during the oral trial, he will be declared a contumacious offender and his impulsive conduct will be ordered. Likewise, if Espinoza Valenzuela does not attend the summons, the complaint against the Senate candidate will be filed. Popular Force.
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Likewise, the judicial system ordered a simple appearance measure against Rospigliosi. In that sense, lawyer Humberto Abanto was summoned to attend the hearing; If not, he will be excluded from the legal defense, a fine will be imposed and he will be replaced by a public lawyer.
The start of the oral trial will be held virtually. In accordance with numerals 1 to 5 of article 462 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPP), both parties will be urged to conciliate and reach an agreement. If this is not possible, the trial will continue. Then, the rights of the defendant will be informed.
“If there is any incident prior to the start of the trial, the adversary will be generated and the respective resolution will be issued,” explains the Judiciary. Likewise, he indicated that, after that, the parties will formulate their allegations and offer the relevant evidence.
Afterwards, a preliminary stage of admission of the evidence offered will be carried out and, once the debate is over, the resolution will be issued admitting or rejecting the evidence. Then, the parties will have the power to offer new evidence and the judiciary will rule on the matter.
Resolution of the Judiciary and call for oral trial
The reason for the complaint
The complaint filed by the former National Prosecutor is because on July 7, Rospigliosi published a tweet on his X account (formerly Twitter) in which he said that Espinoza She was an “ally of terrorism and illegal economies” for having met with the relatives of the victims of the protests registered between December 2022 and February 2023.
A few days later, on the 10th of the same month, the former head of the Public Ministry sent a notarized letter to Rospigliosi with the aim of rectifying it; However, he did not do so and was reaffirmed in his expressions.
Tweet by Fernando Rospigliosi
Consequently, Espinoza requested a sentence of two years and four months and civil reparation of one million soles.
Fernando Rospigliosi’s Senate candidacy in danger
A possible ruling in the first instance against Rospigliosi could leave him out of the electoral race. According to article 43-A of the Political Constitution, “people who are convicted of a conviction issued in the first instance, as perpetrators or accomplices, for the commission of an intentional crime are prevented from running for elected office.”
