The Judiciary of Peru admitted the appeal presented by former President Pedro Castillo to annul the resolution of Congress that ordered his dismissal for “permanent moral incapacity.”
The Third Constitutional Chamber of Lima admitted the lawsuit for processing and scheduled for June 23 the virtual hearing in which the appeal will be evaluated, with the participation of the former president and the other parties involved, local radio RPP reported.
Admitting the claim to processing is the first decision that must be taken once the appeal has been filed, that is, it is distributed to a court of first instance that gives the go-ahead for it to begin processing.
The chamber determined that the appeal presented by Walter Ayala, lawyer for the former president and former Minister of Defense of his Government, met the admissibility and provenance requirements established by law for its respective evaluation.
It also granted the Prosecutor’s Office 10 days to present its allegations.
At the beginning of last December, the Peruvian Congress approved a motion of no confidence against then-President Castillo in an extraordinary session, shortly after he announced the dissolution of the chamber and the call for new legislative elections.
His dismissal was the beginning of one of the most convulsed stages in the recent history of the country with the outbreak of strong social protests against the government of his successor, Dina Boluarte, which caused 60 deaths.
The amparo appeal, filed in January against the president of Congress, José Williams, alleges that Castillo’s dismissal came after a violation of due process and the right to defense of the former head of state.
In this sense, Castillo demands that the validity of his credentials as president be restored and that his reinstatement be ordered.
In addition, that the nullity of any administrative, parliamentary or any other act carried out by Congress with the purpose of preventing his reinstatement as head of State be declared.
Castillo is serving 18 months of preventive detention in the Barbadillo penitentiary establishment, in the Ate district of Lima.
Source: Ambito
