Vizcarra, who was twice disqualified by lawmakers, argued that the reason for the second five-year disqualification, approved last May, was invalid.
The sanction was imposed for corruption allegedly committed before the presidential office was held between March 2018 and November 2020, and the former president said the lawsuit cited for the measure had been dismissed or archived.
He warned that if he didn’t get his disqualification overturned, he would turn to international legal bodies, of which Peru is a member.
He said that this disqualification, like the first in ten years and due to allegations of having secretly vaccinated himself against Covid-19 during his time as president, is a revenge for the fact that he has shown corruption by private companies in public works and fought in the public service In September 2019, Congress was constitutionally dissolved.
On the other hand, Chief Prosecutor Zoraida Ávalos announced by last night that she would appeal to the Constitutional Court against her five-year disqualification approved by Congress, which also authorized a judicial indictment against her for the alleged crime of omission and refusal or delay of functional acts.
The allegation stems from the fact that Ávalos, as the nation’s prosecutor, launched a preliminary investigation into then-President Pedro Castillo, but froze the investigation until the end of his term in office because the constitution grants heads of state immunity. from castle.
Ávalos’ lawyer, Francisco Eguiguren, former Minister of Justice, stated that the former prosecutor would be tried before the Supreme Court on these charges and said he was sure that she would acquit her client, failing which she would appeal to international courts.
One of these forums, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, has expressed concern about pressure and actions by Parliament that affect the autonomy of judges and prosecutors.
Eguiguren said the measures taken against him were excessive and disproportionate, lacked legal and constitutional arguments and were only approved by a majority of congressmen’s votes.
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