Parliamentary sources reported that the defenestration of the seven members of the JNJ recommended by a legislative commission falls far short of the required 87 votes (two-thirds of the total number of congressmen), as it only has 69 votes.
Because of this shortcoming, impeachment advocates have postponed what appeared to be imminent approval, waiting to receive the necessary votes to make impeachment effective.
The conservative newspaper El Comercio disagreed with the dismissal and reported, without citing a source, that there was a possibility that the report’s supporters would give in in order to obtain the necessary majority until at least the dismissal of Judge Inés Tello was achieved.
Tello has exceeded the age limit of 75 years set as the maximum age for joining the JNJ, although the restriction was interpreted to apply to the application and she was elected for a five-year term.
His continuity in office is one of the serious failures attributed to the JNJ, which has the important task of appointing, supervising, sanctioning and dismissing judges, prosecutors and electoral authorities.
Prominent lawmakers point out that the right-wing majority of the unicameral legislature rejects her because she served as a judge at the head of a court that sentenced senior military leaders and other members of Alberto’s hardline government to prison for corruption or crimes against humanity. Fujimori, whose supporters form a relative majority in the Congress of the Republic
Other offenses alleged include failing to present the JNJ’s situation report to Parliament and expressing concern about the dismissal of Senior Prosecutor Zorayda Ávalos.
The former president of the Constitutional Court, Martianella Ledesma, explained that the allegations do not involve serious crimes and that they must be classified in advance by Congress, whose attitude in this case constitutes an abuse of its power, prohibited by the Constitution injured. .
The lawyer shared the opinion that the majority is committing a parliamentary coup by attacking another institution of the state apparatus and disrupting the balance of power.
Meanwhile, the press expressed concern about the situation of the JNJ from international organizations such as the United Nations Organization and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (of which the Peruvian state is a member).
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