Patricia Benowitz, Congress and the Board: Die Killing by Fernando Vivas | JNJ | Corruption Complaints | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | | principle

1. Patricia fell by her hand

Patricia may have been buoyed by the accolades she received at the Lima Bar Association on December 7. It was an audience full of supporters of politicians who, like her, declared themselves victims of ‘dark forces’ or, simply, ‘caviar’. To see in Patricia the promise of archives, diminished prestige, or revenge was an illusion worthy of applause. The losers in the politicization of politics have embraced a new defeat in the politicization of justice.

On Monday, Patricia faced a more balanced audience at the Justice Commission, where some defended her without much confidence, and some slammed members of the special committee (since they were not privileged to investigate her). ) led by Marita Barretto. In this kind of tie, the self-proclaimed ‘anti-Caviar’ majority in Congress could decide that they were no longer going to save or replace Benavides, but instead to dissolve the junta.

From more details about Villanueva’s chats to accurate recollections of the first mentions of Patricia in the national press, her mother, Emma Vargas, fled to avoid facing an arrest warrant when she was the provincial mayor of Huancavelica. Patricia worked in the local prosecutor’s office and was suspected of alerting her mother (“El Sol”, April 30, 1996). He came to the nation’s attorney’s office with a heavy knapsack that ‘caviar’ had not invented and ‘anti-caviar’ could not quell. A recent Ipsos poll for the US showed 85% approval of its suspension.

Under the very short interim of Pablo Sánchez, the post-patrician prosecutor’s office made decisions: reinstate Barretto, add Delia Espinosa, the supreme prosecutor who had been prominent in the JNE, and reject Juan Carlos Villena, the nation’s brand new interim prosecutor. – Oh, new innovation – without care questions. At this time, it should be noted that the update of the head was caused by an internal complaint, and not in the cases of Blanca Nelita Colón, Carlos Ramos Heredia and Pedro Savary; by external pressure. Villena, now in full office, continues to undo the changes made by Benavides.

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2. Congress retaliates

Patricia is unsustainable, and her initial possibility of being reinstated as a lawyer is rejected because, J.N.J Full and sub-parties withdraw their suspension, or if the PJ gives them strong protection; She will face an MP who is completely hostile to her. However, I repeat, in the political logic of the Congressional majority, JNJ’s defense has not lost its meaning because Benavidez has. Alejandro Munante, one of the biggest promoters of the removal, told me bluntly in a live interview that he did not expect the former prosecutor to be reinstated.

The debate on whether or not it was appropriate to reject JNJ was less important than the debate on how and for how long on the benches of the so-called ‘country block’. Security allowed. The idea of ​​rolling back the November standard, which Congress was about to vote on on the impeachment resolution (and did not do so because BJ issued a preemptive measure, halting the process), was especially troubling in the face of today’s concerns. . They found an interpretation, elaborated from the JNJ’s own regulations, which referred to dismissal before magistrates who did not warn them of the reasons for the ban. In fact, this sanction can only be exercised in a disciplinary action in a plenary session of the JNJ. Also, in this case, the JNJ has already determined that there is no reason to restrain himself in case of conflicts of interest created in a previous conflict with the defendant, and if the sanctions leave the court without a quorum. Decide a case.

Even more reasonable, from the ‘anti-Junda’ point of view, is the application of Art 43 of the JNJ’s Organic Law, which requires a constitutional complaint to be submitted to Congress upon a presumption of guilt (if so, based on the Valkyrie action against Benowitz). However, this Article does not prohibit simultaneous investigation and precautionary measures. But these argued reasons were superfluous in the final battle. The majority adjourned the vote until Friday so that all the previous votes would serve as negotiating cards, especially the votes of the last member of the TC, which required 87 votes and elected Pedro Hernández. I am closing these lines without knowing the outcome.

3. Dina fades

The judicial congressional row has been a panacea for Tina Poluarte and Alberto Otterola. The focus of attention is on the Congress and the generally gray organizations JNJ and TC (operating internal conflict due to contradictions in the resolution that ordered Fujimori’s release); Relieves the government from the pressure created by insecurity crisis and economic recession. On December 22, the deadline for powers granted to the administration by Congress to legislate on defense, disaster risk management (the global Niño event) and social infrastructure expires; So they are in the trouble of having the last decrees of the year ready. If they include minor nuances of reform, it does not compensate for the counter-reformist mix of these three days of the plenary session of Congress.