Overview
- Espinoza asked judges to replace Fernando Rospigliosi’s nine-month suspended term with one year and eight months in prison, with higher damages and fines.
- Judge Norma Carbajal granted the procedural request and sent the file to the Supreme Court’s Permanent Criminal Chamber to decide on admission and a virtual hearing.
- Her filing also seeks to lift civil damages from 200,000 soles to 1 million and raise the fine from 100 to 201 day-fines.
- The appeal argues Rospigliosi does not meet Article 57 criteria for a suspended sentence because he acted willfully despite his education, means, and public role.
- The conviction rests on posts on X that labeled Espinoza an ally of terrorism and used slurs, the ruling is under appeal by both sides, and the court ordered Peru’s election authority notified due to Rospigliosi’s Senate candidacy.