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Peruvian president testifies in corruption probes

(6 Sep 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Lima – 5 September 2022 1. Motorcade of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo arriving at Attorney General's Office 2. Castillo climbing stairs 3. Various of Castillo supporters chanting outside of attorney's office 4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Rodrigo Amaya, Castillo supporter: "Today, this corrupt Attorney General's Office wants to legally make a coup d'etat, but the people won't allow it today." 5. Various of supporters cheering 6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Isabel Perez, protesting against Castillo: "We want the destitution (of President Castillo) so everything is easier, and all his organization pays with jail." 7. Perez shouting through megaphone and scuffling with other demonstrators 8. Castillo being escorted by police 9. Motorcade leaving 10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pedro Castillo, Peruvian President: "We did not come to harm Peru, we did not come to repeat the previous history of 200 years of republican life. It corresponds to this government to face the accusations. We will go wherever we are required." 11. Cameras and reporters 12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pedro Castillo, Peruvian President: "We've denied, vehemently denied and rejected these accusations, but we request that all the investigations be made. Once all these investigations are gathered, we will keep collaborating with justice, but there (at the Attorney General's Office) we are not only demonstrating our innocence, but rejecting these accusations of which we are accused." 13. Castillo walking away 14. Various of supporters outside presidential residence STORYLINE: Peruvian President Pedro Castillo on Monday testified at the Attorney General's Office in three of six corruption investigations against him. Supporters and dejecters gathered for hours outside the offices, where some scuffled amongst each other. "We've denied, vehemently denied and rejected these accusations, but we request that all the investigations be made," Castillo said. Five of the probes against Castillo are linked to what prosecutors describe as a criminal network led by the president, involving influence peddling and other crimes. A sixth investigation accuses him and his wife of plagiarizing their master’s degree theses a decade ago. The probes are in their initial stages and no formal charges have been filed. The preliminary investigations by prosecutors against Castillo are a first for a sitting president in Peru, as is the preventative detention of his sister-in-law stemming from money laundering allegations. Peru’s constitution does not specifically say whether a sitting president can be investigated for crimes, and in the last two decades, attorneys general had proposed initiating initial investigations of three acting presidents. One against then-president Martín Vizcarra was opened in October 2020, but the attorney general immediately froze it until the end of the presidential term. Now, however, there is a new attorney general, Patricia Benavides, who has promised to go “after the investigation of any criminal act, whether it be by the most powerful or any ordinary citizen.” =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...