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Peru’s Congress Summons Justice Minister Over Changes to Presidential Pardon Panel

Lawmakers seek clarity on how members were picked and how pardon cases are screened in a process that shapes sensitive legal outcomes.

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La Comisión de Fiscalización recibirá al titular del Minjus el próximo lunes, a las 11 am.
La Subcomisión de Acusaciones Constitucionales, presidida por la legisladora Lady Camones.
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Overview

  • The Congressional Oversight Committee will question Justice Minister Luis Enrique Jiménez on Monday at 11 a.m. in the Martha Hildebrandt room about recent changes to the Presidential Pardons Commission.
  • The minister is set to explain the criteria used to name new commissioners, the suitability of those appointees, the rules used to review pardon and sentence‐cut requests, and the status of pending files.
  • The session follows a May 7 ministry statement that the commission found former president Pedro Castillo’s pardon request inadmissible under its documentation rules and rejected claims of a tailored reconfiguration.
  • Recent moves under review include the May 5 appointment of Lesli Roxana Gonzales Cabanillas after a resignation and the April 7 designation of Carlos Antonio Bazo Ramírez as the Presidential Office representative.
  • Congress approved the summons on May 8 at the request of legislator Ilich López, reflecting concern that pardon decisions be handled with clear, technical standards given the commission’s political and judicial impact.