What are the charges leveled against Castillo, who was removed from the presidency of Peru?

Pedro Castillo Terrones, 53, who was removed from his post as President of Peru today (7) for trying to dissolve Congress. Leading a criminal organization allegedly responsible for rigging public contracts???????? He is also being investigated crimes against public administration, including money laundering and influence trading????????

According to the Peruvian Attorney General, the plan was devised by Castillo’s relatives and political allies????????

What does the overthrown president say?

• Castillo, elected a year and a half ago, denies his family involvement in the crimes and He claims to have been the victim of a campaign to “remove him from power”.
• He claims the investigation is “the execution of a new form of coup” in the country.

Castillo is the first Peruvian president to be investigated during his tenure.

investigations

Executes the Peruvian Ministry of Public six investigations Preliminaries against Castillo:

• Five for corruption;
• One for the alleged plagiarism carried out on her master’s thesis ten years ago.

The final complaint in October was made through a constitutional complaint submitted to Congress by Peru’s attorney general, Patricia Benavides. He accused the head of state of leading a so-called criminal organization to rig public tenders.

Castillo’s sister-in-law, Yenifer Paredes, was arrested on 29 August, accused of being a member of this network. Peru’s First Lady Lilia Paredes and her two brothers Walter and David are also under investigation – the Attorney General’s has asked the Justice to ban them from leaving the country for three years.

dismissal process

The president’s condition weakened during his 16 months in office. Congress, dominated by the right-wing opposition, has demanded Castillo’s resignation and has already made two attempts to impeach him. Today the third initiative was approved by the Peruvian Congress. Castillo was charged this afternoon for “moral incompetence”. 101 votes in favor, 6 against and 10 abstentions were cast.

Vice President Dina Boluarte took office.

own Boluarte He has recently faced an impeachment request for alleged violations of the constitution. The request was submitted by a congressional committee last Monday (5) due to lack of evidence.

Refusal

The Peruvian Congress is facing huge popularity due to corruption scandals. The rate of disapproval in the surveys reaches 86%. Castillo is rejected 70% of the time.

Who is Castillo?

Peruvian professor Castillo was elected president of Peru in July 2021.

rise. As a union leader, he rose to national prominence in 2017 after leading a teachers’ strike for pay raises that lasted nearly three months. He ran for the left-wing Peruvian Livre party and promised to increase teachers’ salaries.

Profile. Castillo, who has a Catholic, evangelical wife and children, takes a more conservative stance. She refuses to legalize abortion and claims that it is not a priority for the LGBTI+ population, she does not recognize gender and sexual rights for this population.

origin. The third of nine children to a peasant couple, Castillo was born in the city of Tacabamba, in the province of Chota in northern Peru. Home to South America’s largest gold mine, the region is one of the poorest in the country.

When I was a kid, I used to walk more than two hours to school. At the age of 12, he started working with his father in the coffee plantations in the Amazon region of Peru.

Protests spread across the country

In front of the Congress center in the capital Lima, Peruvians who are against and for the government protested. In a live broadcast by Reuters news agency from the facade of the Legislative Palace, demonstrators are seen chanting slogans, waving flags, and surrounded by shields by the police. Another group of protesters is protesting Castillo in front of Lima’s city hall, where officials are meeting to confront the crisis.

(with Deutsche Welle, EFE, AP, AFP)