Pedro Castillo was sentenced by the supreme court for trying to disband Congress and rule by decree in 2022
Peru’s supreme court on Thursday sentenced the former leftwing president Pedro Castillo to 11 years, five months and 15 days in prison for trying to disband Congress and rule by decree in December 2022.
Labelled Peru’s first poor president, the former rural schoolteacher, who had never held elected office before winning the presidency, was impeached by Congress and jailed on the same day after his attempted power grab.
He had repeatedly clashed with an opposition-dominated Congress during his 16 months in power.
The verdict in his case comes a day after another leftwing ex-president, Martín Vizcarra, was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for bribe-taking while serving as a regional governor.
