62 percent of the Peruvian population considers that the president, Pedro Castillo, is hindering the work of the Public Prosecutor's Office because he is guilty of the crimes under investigation, according to a survey by the Ipsos polling company.
According to the study, elaborated for the newspaper 'El Comercio', the majority of the surveyed population believes that the president is guilty of the crimes of obstruction of justice, personal cover-up, or corruption for the illicit promotion of members of the Armed Forces, among others.
The last survey, carried out in August, showed that 54 percent of Peruvians saw the president as guilty, which has increased by eight percent of the citizens in just one month. Meanwhile, 27 percent of Peruvians believe that Castillo is collaborating with the Public Prosecutor's Office.
On the other hand, 46 percent of those polled believe that the main responsible for the political crisis facing the South American country is the Government, while 44 percent believe that it is the fault of the Congress of the Republic, a body that this Monday will elect its next president after the dismissal of Lady Camones for a conversation, leaked to the media, in which the leader of Alianza para el Progreso, César Acuña, asked him to benefit the formation of which both are members.
In this sense, 55 percent of Peruvians consider that the motion of censure approved against Camones was justified, while 26 percent believe that there were no reasons to dismiss the president of Congress. Nearly half of the respondents believe it is necessary that Camones' successor be an opposition candidate, while 38 percent prefer that he/she be a government sympathizer.