Lima, Dec. 6 (EFE). – Attorney Benji Espinosa, one of the defenders of the President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, opened this Tuesday to the possibility of recourse to constitutional justice if Congress approves on Wednesday a motion calling for the impeachment of the President of Peru. Ruler of “permanent moral impotence”.
“Those political acts that do not respect the legal system will be declared invalid at that time,” Espinosa told reporters, before noting that “Congress is not a body exempt from constitutional oversight, legal procedures must first be respected.”
He affirmed that “if she does that, then her action is legitimate, but if she does not, then constitutional justice must intervene to correct it.”
After considering that Castillo “must fulfill his five-year term,” to which he was elected in June last year, Espinoza confirmed that he will go this Wednesday to “defend the president” before the plenary session of Congress along with attorney Jose Palomino Manchico.
“We will jointly defend the president,” he said, before asserting that they would “distort” the arguments for the impeachment request, which, according to what he said, “are not in accordance with the legal requirements that must be amended.”
The attorney reported that “in the morning” this Wednesday it will be reported whether the president has also appeared to exercise his right of defense before the plenum of Congress, which has been called to meet from 3:00 p.m. 00 GMT).
Local media published an official letter sent by the Executive to the Congress informing that the plenary session would also be attended by the Secretaries of State, César Landa; Justice and Human Rights, Felix Cheroux; Foreign Trade and Tourism, Roberto Sanchez; And work, Alejandro Salas.
Castillo will face a third attempt by Congress to remove him for “permanent moral incompetence,” after last Thursday’s plenary session agreed to accept a motion by independent Congressman Edward Malaga.
The document considers it “unacceptable for the head of authority to take office amid strong indications of corruption, serious insult, or moral and ethical questioning.”
It also points to “the irresponsible dismantling of public administration and the clientelistic appropriation of state institutions”, “the increasingly apparent links to grave acts of corruption” and “gross moral breaches threatening the dignity of the presidential figure”.
In order to proceed with a possible impeachment, it would require voting in favor of at least 87 parliamentarians out of 130 parliamentarians, although representatives of the ruling party and the opposition have expressed doubts in the past few hours that this support can be achieved.
Castillo had already pulled a first veto in December 2021, when the application was not accepted for processing, and a second process last March, when he only received 55 upvotes.
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