The Prosecutor's Office opens an investigation against President Castillo for alleged plagiarism of his university thesis

The capacity for shock and surprise in

has no limits.

The National Prosecutor's Office has announced this Thursday that it has decided to initiate an investigation against President

for the alleged crime of aggravated plagiarism, generic falsehood and improper collection to the detriment of the State.

His wife,

is also included in the investigation.

Both are rural teachers.

At the center of the prosecutors' target is the thesis presented by both more than a decade ago to obtain a master's degree in Education from the César Vallejo University.

According to the audiovisual report broadcast by the Panorama program last Sunday,

This Sunday space, of great influence in the country, used anti-plagiarism software to ensure that 26 pages were copied in full from other authors, both national and foreign.

In total,

In this case, the Attorney General's Office will not be in charge of investigating the president, since the alleged plagiarism was carried out when Castillo had not yet taken the oath of office.

It will be

Cajamarca, the one chosen to carry out a case that adds to other scandals involving the standard-bearer of the Marxist party Peru Libre, which includes relatives and close collaborators.

Both two nephews of the president and

former secretary of the Presidential Office, are fugitives from Justice and search and arrest warrants weigh on them for allegedly being involved in corruption cases.

The Presidency went one day ahead of the Prosecutor's Office to make known the official position of Castillo, who in the nine months he has led the country has not found a day of calm.

said the president, who describes the accusations as "malicious" and as part of a "destabilizing plan" in a "collusion of certain power groups and coup sectors."

The president excused himself by criticizing the journalists for "insisting on tarnishing my honor and undermining the legitimacy that the Peruvian people gave me."

current prime minister, came out in defense of his boss, at the same time he took the opportunity to criticize the journalists.

Castillo was able to resolve previous accusations of influence peddling thanks to the immunity he has as president, which he has until he leaves office.

He also emerged unscathed from the two

presented by the opposition in Parliament.

According to the latest Ipsos survey,

who has even publicly acknowledged that no one taught him how to be president.

The Congress, completely discredited, adds even less support than the president in almost all the polls.

This is confirmed by the latest study by the CPI consultancy, which yields a decisive figure: 86.2% of Peruvians demand general elections in which another president and a new Parliament are elected.

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