Overview
- Janet Tello, president of Peru’s Poder Judicial, issued an institutional pronouncement rejecting claims that the judiciary is subordinated to political or economic interests and the statement was circulated through official court channels on Tuesday.
- Tello urged the Congreso to reject a substitute text that would amend Law 29277, the Law of the Judicial Career, and the Penal Code, noting the proposal includes measures to aggravate the crime of prevaricato and could chill judicial decision‑making.
- The president of the court reaffirmed institutional backing for judges facing threats, described the pending legislative proposals as having “clearly punitive” tones, and said no authority should interfere with cases in progress.
- In Buenos Aires, Supreme Court justice Ricardo Lorenzetti said the Vialidad conviction of Cristina Kirchner is legally closed and used the moment to highlight structural limits on judicial independence, pointing to the court’s unfilled seats and the judiciary’s lack of budgetary control.
- Tello’s statement draws on a longer run of appeals to international bodies and her career defending judicial autonomy, and the next concrete developments to watch are how Congress votes on the substitute bill and whether lawmakers modify the proposed prevaricato changes.