President Pedro Castillo faces a decisive week in government when he offers the balance of his first year in the Executive next July 28, but besieged by five preliminary investigations opened by the Office of the Attorney General for alleged acts of corruption.
From the first day in the Executive, the former Cajamarcan leader of the last great strike of
teachers, had the majority of political groups in Congress against him, led by Fuerza Popular, his rival’s party in the second round of the presidential elections, Keiko Fujimori.
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In the last week, two new investigations were added against the president, announced by the Public Ministry. Through social networks it was reported that the Prosecutor of the Nation, Patricia Benavides, would investigate the alleged obstruction of justice in the one that Castillo would have incurred when dismissing Mariano González from the position of minister of theInterior, and for alleged influence peddling in the purchase of biodiesel in the case PetroPeru.
The case of González’s departure, who attributed to the president’s decision an intention
to avoid the capture of several people from his environment who are currently fugitives, motivated new initiatives in Congress to promote the vacancy of Castillo, a process of which he already managed to emerge victorious at the end of March 2022.
“The crisis we are experiencing now is a long continuation of a crisis since he took over the government,” political analyst Sandro Venturo commenting on the latest political events in the country.
FIVE UNCOVERINGS AGAINST PEDRO CASTILLO
A few months after having inaugurated his government (2021-2026), Castillo was already facing accusations of being involved in irregularities for the grant of the Tarata bridge, in the purchase of biodiesel and in pressure for the promotion of the military.
The press denounced the meetings that he allegedly had with businessmen and representatives of the beneficiary companies, and even published conversations between these companies and his closest circle.
As a result of these complaints, the former Minister of Transportation Juan Silva, the former Secretary of Palacio Bruno Pacheco and his nephew Fray Vásquez are fugitives from justice.