Peru President says no active plan to pardon ex‑president Pedro Castillo; commission member resigns
President José María Balcázar told reporters in Iquitos that his administration has not placed a pardon for former president Pedro Castillo on its agenda and would only examine the issue if a formal indulto request is submitted. Prime Minister Luis Arroyo echoed that no process is currently under consideration.
Castillo’s lawyer Walter Ayala said a new pardon request will be filed after an earlier petition was rejected by the presidential gratitude commission. In the legislature, congressman José Williams publicly rejected any pardon, warning it would increase political tension.
Lesli González Cabanillas, a lawyer from Chota – the same hometown as Castillo – resigned from the Presidential Grace Commission, citing media harassment and discrimination over her origin. Her departure reduces the commission to four members.