:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/QXJH33WNPNE7NH2YDGKIPERWFY.jpg "Pedro Castillo asks to declare in person to the Supervisory Commission: \"In no case will he be expelled from Barbadillo\" 1")
Pedro Castillo requested this Wednesday, through his legal defense, to testify in person before the Congressional Control Commission on alleged crimes of corruption in the execution of investment projects financed by the municipalities of Anguía, Chadín and others.
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Lawmaker Héctor Ventura, president of the task force, indicated that Pedro Castillo has already been notified and “is obliged to appear”, otherwise he could be sued for contempt.
the fujimorist Hector Venturahead of this Commission, indicated that a new appointment will be discussed for the former president, who is serving 18 months of preventive detention after orchestrating a self-coup.
“It will be requested and coordinated with the head of the National Penitentiary Institute (Inpe) a new date so that he can testify in person or that we can go to Barbadillo prison to take his statements, ”said the legislator.
He added that he was considering suing the former president’s lawyer, Eduardo Pashas, for seeking to obstruct the work of the Commission. Via Zoom, the attorney said Castillo couldn’t respond because he had “other errands.”
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Lawmaker Maricarmen Alva, chairman of the parliament’s external relations committee, said the appointment will take place on March 3
Ventura, who stressed that this act “has no legal protection”, also stressed that the former head of state could be the subject of an investigation. “If you want in person, we’re going to have to go to jail. Under no circumstances will he be expelled from Barbadillo to testify before the Control Commission,” he added on Twitter.
That day, Castillo did not attend the Constitutional Charges Subcommittee (SAC) of Congress, which had summoned him as a witness to the failed self-coup he perpetrated last December and for which he is serving a prison sentence.
The working group, chaired by Mrs Camons, He has in his hands the constitutional complaint filed by the national prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, against three former ministers for alleged rebellion and conspiracy.
The former president did not attend the appointment and, instead, his lawyer Pashas appeared virtually, who said Castillo had scheduled three concurrent hearings and also requested a postponement so that his client could attend in person.
On December 11, Congress approved a dawn legislative resolution authorizing the lifting of special jurisdiction for Castillo, which lifted the prerogative of impeachment against the former president and a criminal case was filed. .