祕魯司法系統因腐敗醜聞引發震盪

The head of Peru's National Council of Magistrates, which oversees judges and prosecutors, has resigned amid a corruption scandal that has rocked the country's judicial system.

Judicial chief Duberli Rodriguez announced on Twitter that he was tendering his resignation "due to the institutional crisis."

Two weeks ago, Peruvian media outlets published telephone ecordings involving an extensive network of judges, businessmen and local authorities describing back-room deals.

In one, Justice Minister Salvador Heresi was heard arranging a meeting with supreme Court judge Cesar Hinostroza Pariachi, who seemed to be offering to do favors in return for money.

In another, a judge can be heard asking whether he needs to reduce the sentence or set free a man accused of raping a child.

President Martin Vizcarra fired Heresi last week. Several judges and prosecutors have also been forced to resign since the audiotapes were made ublic.

Vizcarra has promised to be tough on corruption ever since taking office a few months ago.

He replaced former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski who was forced to resign after audiotapes emerged showing his political allies trying to buy votes in his favor on the eve of an impeachment decision.祕魯負責考覈和推薦法官的全國法官委員會的主席羅德里蓋茲辭職。披露出的一項腐敗醜聞在祕魯司法系統引發震盪。

祕魯最高法院主席羅德里蓋茲在推特上宣佈，由於“體制危機”，他已遞交了辭呈。

兩星期前，祕魯媒體公佈了大批法官、上任和地方政府官員做幕後交易的錄音。在一份錄音，祕魯司法部長海里西安排與最高法院法官帕里亞齊的會面。帕里亞齊法官聽起來像是要用提供好處換錢。

在另一份錄音中，一位法官問，是否要他給一名被控強姦兒童的男子減刑還是無罪釋放。

祕魯總統比斯卡拉上星期解除了海里西的司法部長職務。自從有關錄音被公佈於衆後，幾名法官和檢察官被迫辭職。

比斯卡拉幾個月前開始執政以來，承諾堅決打擊腐敗。

前任總統庫琴斯基因爲一段他的盟友在彈劾表決前夕試圖花錢買選票的錄音被公佈於衆而宣佈辭職。