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ter, the pro ce dural ac tiv ity of the in ter ested party, and the be hav ior of the
ju di cial au thor i ties. Upon such exam, the Con sti tu tional Tri bu nal con -
cluded that the twelve-year de lay in the pro ceed ings was due to the ju di -
cial au thor i ties, not to the ap pel lants. Like wise, it high lighted the prej u -
dice of the due pro cess and its con nec tion with the right to per sonal
lib erty, which was re stricted as a con se quence of the or der for ap pear -
ance passed in the crim i nal trial still pend ing. There fore, the Con sti tu -
tional Tri bu nal or dered the com pe tent judge to re solve the crim i nal trial
in the short est time pos si ble and to pro ceed to re ject the re quest to with -
draw the con gress man’s par lia men tary im mu nity.
In the sen tence ren dered, the Con sti tu tional Tri bu nal of Peru made ref er -
ence to the de ci sions of the Inter-Amer i can Court in the cases of Suárez
Rosero v. Ec ua dor; Hilaire, Constantine, Benjamin et al. v. Trin i dad and
To bago; and, Ge nie Lacayo v. Nic a ra gua.
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