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Six lawyers are in the running for the election of the new head of the People’s Ombudsman. This will be the third time that the Congress of the Republic lead this process Judicial authority suspended several times due to serious irregularities. However, a failure of constitutional Court overturned the interim measure filed by the defense workers union that blocked the appointment.
In the race are the lawyers Delia Muñoz, Gastón Soto Vallenas, Jorge Rioja, Miguel Soria, Josué Gutiérrez and Pedro Cartolin. Each was proposed by invitation and not, as is usually the case, by open competition for this type of position as transcendental as the Office of the Ombudsman. In addition, the candidates were chosen by ideological criteria of the different chambers that make up the national representation.
Delia Muñoz is the bet of popular force. She is remembered for leading the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights during the brief government of Manual Merino in November 2020. During his days in the portfolio, he had a public disagreement with the State Attorney General, Daniel Soriebecause they were going to remove it so that the ex-prosecutor Katherine Ampuero enter the entity for him.
For his part, Gastón Soto is the letter of Alliance for Progress (APP) and Somos Peru. He is a lawyer for San Martin de Porres University. In his curriculum vitae, it is noted that he was president of the National Judicial Council (CNM)between 2012 and 2013, which was replaced by the National Council of Justice (JNJ). In recent years he has a column in the newspaper Express.
