20 thousand dollars found in the bathroom of Peru's president's secretary
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Last Friday, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Peru carried out diligence in the Government Palace as part of an investigation into alleged influence-peddling by the presidential secretary Bruno Pacheco, a man of confidence of the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo.??
The investigation sought to determine if Pacheco influenced the National Superintendence of Customs and Administration (Sunat) to obtain benefits for some companies, as well as to investigate his link with irregular promotions in the Armed Forces, as denounced by former general commanders.??
The surprise was greater when US $20 thousand in cash was found in the bathroom of his private office at the Government Palace in Lima.?
When asked about the origin of the money, Pacheco said that the amount was the product of his savings and his salary of US$ 6,200 gross per month, which he has been earning for a little more than three months.?
The official resigned the same Friday from the post, putting more pressure on the growing demand for presidential impeachment by opposition legislators.?
The money found in the bathroom the ex-secretary used could add to more investigations against him, including for illicit enrichment and money laundering, according to experts.?
President Castillo has not commented on the facts, while the opposition is still trying to gather 26 votes among legislators to present a request for a presidential vacancy for "moral incapacity". But the road to impeachment is long. Another 52 votes would be needed for it to be admitted in the parliamentary debate and then 87 votes to be approved.?
In this respect, Castillo challenged the congressmen who promote his removal to ask for his exit in the streets and in the squares where he addresses the population, "and not inside four walls".?
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