A year after the protests in November 2020, I am against the president. The Transparency Tribunal of Justice, Department of Human Manuel Merino Rights (Minjus), responded to a request for information from journalist Ernesto: Cabral and the Ministry of Internal Affairs ( Mininter) provides a police information report. The deadline today is March 17.
The reporter explained through a Twitter thread that he requested information from Mininter, who has the Peruvian Police (PNP). ) is included to provide knowledge of the report referred to by the Prosecutor's Office in the constitutional complaint against Merino. In this case, they refused.
“In accordance with the Transparency Act, during the November 2020 march, we asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs for an information report on DIGIMIN and DIRIN from the police. The company rejected this information because it was “secret.” Cabral said in a tweet.
I remember that the prosecutor's complaint is a key point in Merino's failure.” Notice of support for a case that takes a dominant position against the control forces of the public police There were deaths and injuries among the citizens who participated in the mobilization.”
According to an excerpt from this document shared by Cabral, the Public Prosecutor's Office stated that Manuel was told that Merino and others I knew were I knew about the “escalation risk” of violence. This is because he received information reports from law enforcement agencies such as the PNP. For this reason, he asked for information so that citizens can request information from public authorities in accordance with the Transparency Act.
Cabral then mentioned that when he received a negative response from the PNP, he appealed to the transparency court owned by Minjus. “My main argument is that the law states that “information related to human rights abuses is not considered confidential information.” Prosecutors are investigating enforcement on human rights violations. He said.
A few days later, the court ruled in favor and ordered the prosecutor's office to deliver the information report within 7 business days. Otherwise, the prosecutor's office will receive a complaint. The deadline for submitting this document is March 17.
However, on March 16, the General Intelligence Service of the Ministry of Education informed Cabral that he should wait for the opinion of the State Intelligence Service and pointed out that his request could “set a precedent that threatens the nature of information activities”. court”.
Constitutional complaints against Manuel Merino, Antero Flores Araoz and Gaston Rodriguez
On October 4, Joraida Avalos, a lawyer for Joraida Avalos, filed a five-day constitutional complaint against President Manuel Merino. Antero Flores Araoz, former Minister of Minister, Gaston Rodriguez, former Interior Minister, Inti Sotello, Brian Pintado, and 78 people died during the mobilization period in November 2020.
The tax office charged Merino and her former ministers for final intent on murder crimes, serious and minor injuries charges in the form of inappropriate omissions.
The complaint was filed with the Congress of the Republic, where the Attorney General's Office fulfills its constitutional obligations to protect the life and physical integrity of the participants mobilization. Merino, Flores Araoz and Rodriguez mentioned above.
It was also considered that they did not take measures to control the use of the police, which ended up being disproportionate. According to the prosecutor's office, this omission occurred despite official information about the intensification of these measures.
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