The Ombudsman, Walter Gutierrez, will officially leave said position this Wednesday, April 27, according to sources from the aforementioned entity to La República. Given this, he must exercise the position on an interim basis the first deputy Eliana Revollar Years.
Gutierrez Camacho’s farewell ceremony will take place on Monday the 25th. The same sources indicate that “informally” it is requested that each area or office of the Ombudsman send three people to said event. Meanwhile, Revollar Añaños will assume the position of Ombudsman as of Thursday 28.
Walter Gutiérrez will voluntarily resign from his post a little more than seven months after his term has expired. The lawyer had already announced his departure for March this year; however, this never came to fruition.
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“Next week I am going to leave office because I have determined it (…) I do keep my word and I am not attached to the position, and because I have no appetite for power other than simply fulfilling my powers,” he declared. the defender to Correo in the last week of March.
Last actions of Walter Gutiérrez under the Ombudsman
In April, the Ombudsman expressed his disagreement with the Government of Pedro Castillo, which has caused sectors of the ruling party to question his permanence in office, and even triggered a constitutional complaint against him.
On April 4, he announced that he will request to reconsider the decision of Zoraida Ávalos to suspend the investigations against Castillo Terrones; however, his request was denied.
Then, he filed a habeas corpus to annul the curfew decreed by the Government for April 5, from 2:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
April 9th, Walter Gutiérrez sent a letter requesting the resignation of the president as a result of numerous questions throughout his administration.
