Peruvian judge denies request to suspend fiscal accusation against former presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez

Lima's Seventh Constitutional Court rejected a request for a precautionary measure that would have halted the fiscal accusation against Roberto Sánchez, the former presidential candidate of Juntos por el Perú. Judge Malbina Saldaña ruled that the arguments presented did not provide sufficient grounds to suspend the accusation while a habeas corpus petition is pending. The court noted that the case’s constitutional issues must be resolved before any suspension can be considered, and that the evidence was deemed insufficient to justify an immediate halt of the legal proceedings.

The decision maintains the standing fiscal charge, which carries a potential prison term of five years and four months, and underscores that any further arguments will be evaluated in the substantive judgment of the case.