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Peru Standoff Over Top Prosecutors Escalates as Court Re-Notifies JNJ to Reinstate Espinoza and Congress Advances 10-Year Bans

The justice board has turned to the Constitutional Court, claiming judges overstepped by ordering her return.

Overview

  • The Ninth Constitutional Court in Lima re-served the JNJ with a ruling giving it two days to restore Delia Espinoza after correcting a misdelivered notice.
  • The JNJ filed a competence dispute before the Constitutional Court to annul Resolution No. 9 and reaffirm its exclusive disciplinary powers, alleging an extra petita ruling.
  • Congress’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations approved, by 9–2–2, a report recommending 10-year disqualification and criminal referrals for Espinoza, Juan Carlos Villena, Pablo Sánchez and Zoraida Ávalos for alleged abuse of authority, generic falsehood, prevarication and instigation of usurpation of functions.
  • The report now proceeds to the Permanent Commission and then the full Congress, where final disqualification would require a qualified majority of at least 66 votes.
  • Interim prosecutor general Tomás Gálvez said he will not relinquish the office without a formal JNJ order, as the Constitutional Court process moves forward with the judiciary granted 30 business days to respond before a public hearing.