In a conference with the foreign press, the judge and jury members expressed their decision to defend their privileges and hinted at what he would do if a political trial the Congress is preparing achieves its purpose he indicated that he would appeal to international forums to which the Peruvian state is affiliated.
In such a case, they would have to “enforce what is in accordance with the law at the relevant instances”, but not before the Supreme Court or the Constitutional Court.
“Democracy in Peru is under threat, part of Congress has been attacking democratic institutions for a long time,” Salas said, pointing out that this is the content of a political and media campaign against him, which is why it goes beyond the personal.
He referred to resolutions of the international legal system to which Peru belongs that have ruled in favor of electoral autonomy in similar situations, which could lead to a similar decision in his case.
The chairman of the JNE pointed out that 21 negative-sector congressmen had introduced five bills to change electoral norms to change the composition of the court, and another 31 had introduced six bills to have the jury be part of the impeachment authorities in Congress.
What many are calling the anger of the right-wing sector and its centrist allies against the court stemmed from the false narrative that Pedro Castillo won the presidency in 2021 through a fraud allegedly authorized by the JNE, contradicting reports by Das International observers say the opposite.
Referring to the fact that his term ends in November next year and Congress’ rush to change the electoral judges, he said lawmakers may fear the 2026 election will be brought forward under the current jury, and on the other hand they I want to be clear that no authority should object to Congress as it is being removed.
He recalled that after Castillo’s election, members of the parliamentary majority claimed that “to restore democracy” it was necessary to sack the president and vice-president, with the leader of the legislature taking over the presidency and changing the office of president authorities of the electoral organizations.
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