Castillo claims he is suffering «political persecution» and denounces a «new form of coup d’état».
RIGHT WING CRIES CORRUPTION
FROM DAY ONE
Daniel Stewart - Yesterday -News 360
The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, has stated that he is suffering political persecution, while denouncing a "new form of coup d'état", all this hours after the Public Prosecutor's Office filed a constitutional complaint before the country's Congress for allegedly committing corruption offenses.
Archive - The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo - PRESIDENCIA DE PERÚ© Provided by News 360
Castillo has asserted that the Government he leads will remain "firm" to continue attending to "the main problems of the country" in spite of the political persecution", as he said in a press conference reported by Andina news agency.
"Today we have a political Prosecutor's Office in Peru, that far from judging the real criminals, today is doing it with the Government that has been legitimately elected by the people to lead the destiny of the country", said the President, adding that "the execution of a new form of coup d'état has begun in the country".
In this sense, Castillo said that the Public Prosecutor's Office is inventing effective collaborators and regretted that people from his entourage have been arrested and described as criminals.
Furthermore, he announced that he will not leave the country in spite of the open investigations against him: "I am here, if my blood has to run in the streets for the benefit of this people, I have to do it, if I have to give my life, I will do it", added the president of Peru.
"We want the accusations to be proven, I am not going to leave my country, we submit ourselves to all kinds of investigation (...) we know that there is no real basis, these accusations are orchestrated and planned, but we will continue to fight", he stressed, according to the aforementioned agency.
However, Castillo has reiterated that his government has been elected "by the natural vote", and has promised the population of the country that he will not let them down.
"A government that came to change the destiny of the country and today is trying to block it with trickery and falsehoods, to continue in the same situation", said the Peruvian president.
The Peruvian Attorney General, Patricia Benavides, has filed on Tuesday afternoon before the Peruvian Congress a constitutional complaint against President Pedro Castillo for the alleged crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling and aggravated collusion.
"I file a constitutional complaint against José Pedro Castillo Terrones in his capacity as president of the Republic of Peru as alleged perpetrator of the crimes against public tranquility in the modality of aggravated criminal organization due to his condition of leader," reads the document signed by Benavides and delivered to the Parliament.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, Castillo would be the head of a criminal organization active in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in complicity with Silva, as well as with officials of Provías Nacional and Provías Descentralizado, the Presidential Office and businessmen and third parties, to favor the Tarata III Bridge consortium and other companies in public bidding processes.
Castillo accuses prosecutors of endangering her mother’s health in search of her sister’s home
Daniel Stewart - Yesterday - News 360
The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, has accused the Prosecutor's Office of putting his mother's health at risk during the operation carried out at his sister's house, in the framework of the Sarratea case, in which alleged crimes of influence peddling and favored treatment in the delivery of public works are being investigated.
The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo. - EL COMERCIO / ZUMA PRESS / CONTACTOPHOTO
"The Prosecutor's Office has entered my sister's house. My mother is there. This abusive act has affected her health. I hold the Prosecutor's Office responsible for the health of my lady mother," Castillo has denounced on his Twitter.
Castillo's complaint comes shortly after Peruvian authorities on Tuesday raided the property, located on Sarratea Street, in the Lima district of Breña (west), where, according to investigations, these meetings between the Peruvian president and his family allegedly took place.
The Judiciary has issued a preliminary arrest warrant for ten days against six other people allegedly involved in this corruption case, among them the owner of this house, Alejandro Sanchez Sanchez, who was not in the house during the search, and Biberto Castillo, alleged member of Castillo's 'shadow cabinet'.
The investigation against Castillo arose after a report on Peruvian television in which he was accused of being behind a corruption scheme to favor construction companies and consortiums in public works processes.
Meanwhile, the country's attorney general, Patricia Benavides, is expected to file an indictment with up to three crimes against President Castillo for criminal organization, aggravated influence peddling and collusion no later than this week, in an attempt to remove him from office.
Benavides' complaint alleges that Castillo committed the crimes of influence peddling and criminal organization in the delivery of the millionaire Tarata III Bridge project and in the purchase of B100 biodiesel by Petroperu, as well as those of aggravated collusion and influence peddling with the appointment of Hugo Chavez Arevalo as general manager of Petroperu.
Daniel Stewart - Yesterday -News 360
The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, has stated that he is suffering political persecution, while denouncing a "new form of coup d'état", all this hours after the Public Prosecutor's Office filed a constitutional complaint before the country's Congress for allegedly committing corruption offenses.
Archive - The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo - PRESIDENCIA DE PERÚ© Provided by News 360
Castillo has asserted that the Government he leads will remain "firm" to continue attending to "the main problems of the country" in spite of the political persecution", as he said in a press conference reported by Andina news agency.
"Today we have a political Prosecutor's Office in Peru, that far from judging the real criminals, today is doing it with the Government that has been legitimately elected by the people to lead the destiny of the country", said the President, adding that "the execution of a new form of coup d'état has begun in the country".
In this sense, Castillo said that the Public Prosecutor's Office is inventing effective collaborators and regretted that people from his entourage have been arrested and described as criminals.
Furthermore, he announced that he will not leave the country in spite of the open investigations against him: "I am here, if my blood has to run in the streets for the benefit of this people, I have to do it, if I have to give my life, I will do it", added the president of Peru.
"We want the accusations to be proven, I am not going to leave my country, we submit ourselves to all kinds of investigation (...) we know that there is no real basis, these accusations are orchestrated and planned, but we will continue to fight", he stressed, according to the aforementioned agency.
However, Castillo has reiterated that his government has been elected "by the natural vote", and has promised the population of the country that he will not let them down.
"A government that came to change the destiny of the country and today is trying to block it with trickery and falsehoods, to continue in the same situation", said the Peruvian president.
The Peruvian Attorney General, Patricia Benavides, has filed on Tuesday afternoon before the Peruvian Congress a constitutional complaint against President Pedro Castillo for the alleged crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling and aggravated collusion.
"I file a constitutional complaint against José Pedro Castillo Terrones in his capacity as president of the Republic of Peru as alleged perpetrator of the crimes against public tranquility in the modality of aggravated criminal organization due to his condition of leader," reads the document signed by Benavides and delivered to the Parliament.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, Castillo would be the head of a criminal organization active in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in complicity with Silva, as well as with officials of Provías Nacional and Provías Descentralizado, the Presidential Office and businessmen and third parties, to favor the Tarata III Bridge consortium and other companies in public bidding processes.
Castillo accuses prosecutors of endangering her mother’s health in search of her sister’s home
Daniel Stewart - Yesterday - News 360
The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, has accused the Prosecutor's Office of putting his mother's health at risk during the operation carried out at his sister's house, in the framework of the Sarratea case, in which alleged crimes of influence peddling and favored treatment in the delivery of public works are being investigated.
The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo. - EL COMERCIO / ZUMA PRESS / CONTACTOPHOTO
"The Prosecutor's Office has entered my sister's house. My mother is there. This abusive act has affected her health. I hold the Prosecutor's Office responsible for the health of my lady mother," Castillo has denounced on his Twitter.
Castillo's complaint comes shortly after Peruvian authorities on Tuesday raided the property, located on Sarratea Street, in the Lima district of Breña (west), where, according to investigations, these meetings between the Peruvian president and his family allegedly took place.
The Judiciary has issued a preliminary arrest warrant for ten days against six other people allegedly involved in this corruption case, among them the owner of this house, Alejandro Sanchez Sanchez, who was not in the house during the search, and Biberto Castillo, alleged member of Castillo's 'shadow cabinet'.
The investigation against Castillo arose after a report on Peruvian television in which he was accused of being behind a corruption scheme to favor construction companies and consortiums in public works processes.
Meanwhile, the country's attorney general, Patricia Benavides, is expected to file an indictment with up to three crimes against President Castillo for criminal organization, aggravated influence peddling and collusion no later than this week, in an attempt to remove him from office.
Benavides' complaint alleges that Castillo committed the crimes of influence peddling and criminal organization in the delivery of the millionaire Tarata III Bridge project and in the purchase of B100 biodiesel by Petroperu, as well as those of aggravated collusion and influence peddling with the appointment of Hugo Chavez Arevalo as general manager of Petroperu.
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