Peru’s justice minister resigns to avoid impeachment

Justice minister Gustavo Adrianzen resigned and fired a corruption prosecutor critical of the government two days before his impeachment vote in Congress.

Peru’s opposition parties looked to impeach Adrianzen for his disciplining of corruption prosecutor Julia Principe. Adrianzen maintained that Principe had violated protocol in speaking to the press without permission, referring to media interviews in which she said there was more than enough evidence to investigate first lady Nadine Heredia for money laundering.

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Before Adrianzen resigned, Principe was dismissed from her position via a decree published in Peru’s official state newspaper, El Peruano, and signed by Humala, Adrianzen, Cabinet chief Pedro Cateriano and interior minister Jose Luis Perez.

The firing of Principe unleashed a fresh round of political fireworks from opposition politicians who say the government is overreaching in protecting Heredia, who is both the first lady and president of the Peruvian Nationalist Party.



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