The lawyer Benji Espinoza, one of the defenders of the president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, opened this Tuesday the possibility of resorting to constitutional justice if Congress approves this Wednesday a motion that requests the removal of the ruler for "permanent moral incapacity".
"Those political acts that do not respect the legal system at the time will be declared null and void."Espinoza told reporters, before indicating that "Congress is not an organ that is exempt from constitutional control, it must first respect due process".
He emphasized that, "if it does, its action is legitimate, but if it does not, then constitutional justice must intervene to be able to correct".
After considering that Castillo "he has to serve out his five-year term"for which he was elected in June of last year, Espinoza confirmed that this Wednesday he will go "to defend the president" before the plenary session of Congress together with José Palomino Mancheco, also a lawyer.
"We are going to make the joint defense of Mr. President"he said before assuring that they are going "to discredit" the arguments of the motion to dismiss that, according to what he stated, "does not conform to the legal terms that must be conformed".
The lawyer reported that "during the morning" This Wednesday it will be reported if the president also comes to exercise his right to defense before the plenary session of Congress, which has been summoned to meet from 3:00 p.m. (20:00 GMT).
Local media published an official letter that the Executive sent to Congress to inform that the plenary session will also be attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, César Landa; Justice and Human Rights, Félix Chero; Foreign Trade and Tourism, Roberto Sánchez; and Work, Alejandro Salas.
Castillo will face a third attempt by Congress to remove him for "permanent moral incapacity"after the plenary session approved last Thursday to admit for processing a motion presented by the independent congressman Edward Málaga.
The document considers "unacceptable for a president to hold office amid strong indications of corruption, grave indignity, or moral and ethical questioning".
It also mentions "the irresponsible dismantling of public administration and the clientelist takeover of state institutions"the "increasingly evident links to serious acts of corruption" Y "Serious ethical misconduct that undermines the dignity of the presidential figure".
For a possible dismissal to proceed, it will require the vote in favor of at least 87 of the 130 parliamentarians, although both representatives of the ruling party and the opposition have expressed their doubts in the last few hours that this support will be achieved.
Castillo already raffled a first dismissal request in December 2021, when the motion was not admitted for processing, and a second process last March, when he received only 55 votes in favor.
