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Former President of Peru Pedro Castilloon remand since last December for a failed coup d’état, was sanctioned by a 15-day communication restriction, after posting the letter on Twitter,
Former President of Peru Pedro Castilloon remand since last December for a failed coup d’état, was sanctioned by a 15-day communication restriction, after posting the letter on Twitter, according to the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE).
The INPE statement clarified that on January 26 administrative disciplinary proceedings against Castillo for an alleged disciplinary violation in connection with a letter signed and posted on Twitter, given that prisoners cannot use mobile phones.
Castillo’s letter was addressed to the leaders of the 7th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), at which declared himself a “political prisoner of the dictatorship” of Dina Boluarte, current president of the country.
The Technical Penitentiary Board of Barbadillo Prison, where he is being held, determined that “the disciplinary action restriction of communication abroad for a period of 15 days”, in accordance with the Criminal Executive Code.
INPE added that this measure implies “limitation of visits with family and friends during the period” sanctions, but this does not prevent the entry of their lawyers or their participation in court hearings.
In addition, congressmen They are not prevented from entering the prison while performing their functions, Detailed official.
Castillo was arrested on December 7 last year. when he announced a coup d’état and tried to enter the Mexican embassy, where his wife and children were finally given asylum.
Ex-president faces pre-trial detention for crimes conspiracy and rebellionand the other as the alleged leader of a criminal organization that allegedly settled in the state during his administration to award community service in exchange for money and political favors.
On Tuesday, Castillo said during an appeal hearing against his detention: What is a “political prisoner”? and demanded the intervention of human rights organizations and the United Nations (UN) to find “justice” in the face of the “legal uncertainty” that he says is being “created” in Peru.
While in prison, where he is serving 18 months of pre-trial detention for a failed coup d’état and another 36 months for alleged corruption, the former president argued that “legal uncertainty is being created not only at the national level, but also at the international level” because, he said, “Any acting president can be arrested without prior political trial”.
Preliminary litigation is political litigation which removes the immunity of senior officials.
This alleged violation of his right to a pre-trial, along with the apparent lack of an armed insurrection, is Castillo’s main defense argument to ask the judiciary to overturn the pre-trial order and the insurrection process against him through fifty appeals. protective equipment and other resources that, to date they have not succeeded.
“For the first time in the history of Peru, an acting president has been detained without political prejudice, and I still I did not waive my right to political impeachment.” insisted the rural school teacher who won the 2021 presidential election.
The former head of state added that “The national police threatens” when he was “illegally” detained on December 7, hours after he announced in a message to the nation the closing of Congress, the formation of an emergency executive that would rule by decree, and a reorganization of the justice system that was widely described as an attempted coup d’état.
“They pointed machine guns at my daughter, who I was carrying in my arms at the Mexican embassy. to get away from my family, I didn’t run away, I rode in the same casket (special car) of the presidential administration to get away from my family because of the terrible constant persecution that my own family environment could not stand,” he explained.
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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