The former chief of staff and Pedro Castillo's lawyer suggest that the deposed former Peruvian president who was placed in pre-trial detention "
may have been incited
" to dissolve Parliament under the effect of psychotropic drugs: "
he does not don't remember
" of his television ad, said one of them on Friday, December 9.
"
I ask him 'why did you read' (the decree dissolving parliament) and he replies that he doesn't remember it
," former chief of staff Guidio Bellido told reporters after visited Pedro Castillo in the police barracks in Lima where the former president is in pre-trial detention for at least 7 days.
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The prosecution has opened an investigation against him for "
rebellion
" and "
conspiracy
".
There are "
indications that the president was forced to read the dissolution message, and whoever wrote the text did so to argue for the vacancy"
of power, Guido Bellido also said on Twitter .
“
We demand to determine who were the architects of this fall
”.
"Toxicological test"
While Parliament was to debate a third impeachment procedure against President Castillo since he came to power in July 2021, the one who was still at the head of the country made a solemn declaration on television, wearing the Presidential sash, announcing the dissolution of Parliament and the establishment of a state of emergency in the country.
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According to Guido Bellido "
the psychological state of P. Castillo when he read the message to the nation is proof that he did not have all his faculties
".
He calls for the realization of a "
toxicological test urgently
" and to "
release Prof.
Pedro Castillo
", accompanying his message on Twitter with a photo alongside the ex-president with the message: "
Fuerza presidente the people will free you
".
This theory that Pedro Castillo acted under the influence has already been developed by one of his lawyers, Me Guillermo Olivera.
“
What I know is that when the former president read this message written by other people, a few minutes before, he was given a drink, supposedly water, and after drinking the water, he felt dizzy
,” Me Olivera told reporters outside his client’s place of detention.
“
Everyone saw that he was reading in a shaky way, and I suspect he was sedated
,” he said.
Thursday at dawn, the police had carried out searches in the presidency and in certain ministries, in search of elements in the investigation opened against Pedro Castillo, in particular recordings of surveillance cameras.
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