“I asked him why he read” the proclamation dissolving Parliament “and he replied that he did not remember,” said his former chief of staff, Guidio Belido, after visiting him at the police station where he is being held temporarily.
Pedro Castillo’s former chief of staff and lawyer claimed today that Peru’s ousted and jailed ex-president was “instigated” by some to dissolve the country’s Parliament while under the influence of drugs. “He doesn’t remember” his televised sermon, one of the two assured.
“I asked him why he read” the proclamation dissolving Parliament “and he replied that he did not remember,” said his former chief of staff, Guidio Belido, after visiting him at the police station where he is being held temporarily. Prosecutors have launched an investigation against him for “stance” and “conspiracy”.
“There are indications that the president was forced to read this message and that whoever drafted the text did so to take advantage of the power vacuum,” Bellido tweeted. “We demand that it be determined who were the architects of this downfall,” he added.
As the parliament was about to begin, for the third time, the process of impeaching President Castillo, he appeared on television, announced that he was dissolving the parliament and declared a state of emergency. According to Belido, “Castillo’s psychological state when he read the message to the nation is proof that he was not mentally well.” He asked for an urgent toxicology test and for the release of “Professor Pedro Castillo”, accompanying the message with a photo of him next to the former president and the caption: “Courage president, the people will set you free”.
The theory that Castillo was under the influence of drugs had already been formulated by his lawyer, Guillermo Olivera.
“What I know is that when the former president read this message written by others, a few minutes earlier, he was given a supposed water to drink and after drinking the water he lost his mind,” Olivera told reporters. “Everyone saw that he was reading shakily and I guess he was under the influence of some sedative,” he added.
In the early hours of Thursday, the police searched the presidency and some ministries, looking for evidence of the investigation against Castillo and in particular footage from surveillance cameras.
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