A testimony revealed by the Sunday newspaper Panorama shed more light on what would have happened on December 7, 2022, when the former president Pedro Castillo he decided to read the message to the Nation trembling, which would end in a failed coup. Eyes were always on the expremier Betsy Chavez and with this new statement it would be confirmed that he was aware of what was going to happen.
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According to the witness cited in the report, the former head of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) He assured him that he would draw up a supreme decree after hearing Castillo finish reading the message. With what was announced by the former president, at that time, he was going to dissolve congressestablish an emergency government and restructure the Public Ministry, the Judiciary, the Constitutional Court and the Constitutional Court.
“He tells me that they are going to restructure the State, that this is going to be soon, that they are going to make many changes, that it is not possible to continue governing with this political class. I ask her when and she tells me: ‘Right now I have to issue the supreme decree,'” the eyewitness told the prosecution.
According to the informant, the also congresswoman of the Republic repeated minutes later that she would publish a supreme decree. She also hugged former President Castillo for a few seconds as a sign of his support for the decision made. with the former Hannibal Torres the same thing would have happened.
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“First, Betsy Chavez she said: ‘Good president’ and then she and the president embraced for a span of five seconds. And then the president and Mr. Aníbal Torres hugged each other for a period of fifteen seconds, in a meaningful way, in a warm, supportive, friendly way, like when you hug someone who is going through a difficult situation,” he said.
During the following seconds, the witness maintained that she took the opportunity to ask Chávez “what’s next?” Given this, she replied that he “is going to advance the elections.” “I ask you, generals?” She indicated, but the minister chose to remain silent.
In addition, the witness provided new details of what happened that day. “I took a photo and Aníbal Torres saw me and wanted to kill me with his eyes. the minister Emiliano BobbioHe seemed dead, with a grave face. Minister Huerta is dark-haired and at that moment he was white, he was fainting. Betsy Chavez I was very calm,” he recalled.
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It should be noted that the ex-premier responded to the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations of Congress, that she was “totally unaware” of the content of the message. Chávez assured that he supposed that Castillo was going to rule on the third vacancy motion against him.
Continuing with what was exposed by Panorama, the TV Peru reporter sent to government palace He asked Chávez if the message to the nation could be recorded, but she replied that it necessarily had to be broadcast live.
Likewise, the then Minister of the Interior, Willy Orchard, assured that former President Castillo asked him to reinforce security in the house of his parents, his then adviser Aníbal Torres and Chávez. According to the outlet, other ministers were never included in the same project.
According to Huerta, he left the Government Palace and, therefore, Chávez called him on the phone up to three times, without obtaining a response. Later, Castillo did the same without results.
Patricia Benavides, head of the Public Ministry, denounced Chávez before Congress for the alleged crimes of rebellion and conspiracy last January. Aníbal Torres is being investigated for this same process.
