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Constitutional Complaint Against Peruvian President

  • President Pedro Castillo is being charged by Attorney General Patricia Benavides for the alleged crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling and collusion. Oct. 11, 2022.

    President Pedro Castillo is being charged by Attorney General Patricia Benavides for the alleged crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling and collusion. Oct. 11, 2022. | Photo: Twitter/@SneiderLuz

Published 11 October 2022
Opinion

The constitutional complaint was filed by the Peruvian Public Prosecutor's Office before the National Congress for alleged corruption.
 

The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo could now be impeached, disqualified from public office or suspended from office, depending on the decision of Congress.

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Attorney General Patricia Benavides is charging Castillo for the alleged crimes of a criminal organization, influence peddling and conspiracy.

Former ministers Juan Silva (Transport and Communications) and Geiner Alvarado (Housing, Construction and Sanitation) are also in the crosshairs of the complaint.

Congress is the competent body to indict the President for violations of the Constitution, since a judicial resolution only allowed Benavides to conduct an investigation but not to accuse the President. 

The National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, presented the constitutional complaint against the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, using a document submitted this afternoon to the table of parties of the Congress of the Republic.

The Attorney General opened four investigations against the President for alleged acts of corruption related to an alleged mafia within the Government.

The alleged mafia is accused of using public works to grant concessions in exchange for economic benefits.

Earlier today, the Public Prosecutor's Office raided the offices and homes of members of Congress and officials in Lima and other provinces, including the home of the President's sister.

This was part of a simultaneous search operation in connection with an alleged crime of criminal organization. Castillo denounced it as an abusive act.

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