25 56.11) By a note of January 14, 1997, 40 members of Congress from the majority party sent a note to the Constitutional Court in which they requested that, in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 26,301 that regulate the Action seeking Compliance (Acción de Cumplimiento), it declare “the action brought by the Lima Bar Association challenging the constitutionality of Law No. 26,657 to be either founded or unfounded (supra 56.5), and expressly [... rule] on its constitutionality” without making “any ‘declaration’ on non-applicability as that would seriously imperil fundamental and political rights recognized in the Constitution. It would also constitute an abuse of power, since the Constitutional Court would be assuming powers that its own statute does not confer upon it”. They also said that the Constitutional Court should rule within the period of 30 working days established in article 34 of Law No. 26,435, which, they claimed had expired on January 10, 1997. This letter was rejected by the Constitutional Court, considering that it constituted an “extremely serious attack against the jurisdictional autonomy of [the] Court” and an act of pressure23; 56.12) On January 15, 1997, Justice Delia Revoredo Marsano denounced before members of Congress that jurisdictional and administrative documents had been removed from her office on January 12 and 13 that year, and also from the offices of Justices Luis Díaz Valverde, Manuel Aguirre Roca and Guillermo Rey Terry. Regarding the latter, she indicated that the draft judgment on case No. 002-96/I-TC, concerning the unconstitutionality of Law No. 26,657, had been removed. Lastly, she mentioned other actions that constituted acts of intimidation against members of the Constitutional Court24; 23 Cf. Notarized letter from members of congress of the majority party, dated January 14, 1997 addressed to the President of the Constitutional Court, Tome I, Annex 5; Article 200 paragraph 6) of the Peruvian Constitution, promulgated on December 29, 1993, Tome I, Annex 1; Articles 20 and 34 of the statute of the Constitutional Court, Law No. 26,435, promulgated on December 23, 1994, published on January 6, 1995, Tome I, Annex 2; Law No. 26,301 of April 18, 1994, published on May 3, 1994 in the official gazette, El Peruano; Document dated May 6, 1997 signed by congressman, Javier Alva Orlandini, member of the Investigation Committee, Tome I, Annex 18; transcript of the statement of Justice Manuel Aguirre Roca before the Investigation Committee responsible for clarifying the complaints concerning the Constitutional Court on March 31, 1997, Tome II, Annex 5; transcript of the statement of Justice Guillermo Rey Terry before the Investigation Committee responsible for clarifying the complaints concerning the Constitutional Court on April 4, 1997, Tome II, Annex 6; transcript of the statement of Congressman Torres y Torres Lara before the Investigation Committee responsible for clarifying the complaints concerning the Constitutional Court of April 14, 1997, Tome II, Annex 7; transcript of statements made before the Permanent Commission on May 23, 1997, Tome III, Annex 11; official communiqué of the Constitutional Court plenary dated January 15, 1997, in the appeal filed by Justice Manuel Aguirre Roca before the Congressional Permanent Commission on May 23, 1997, Tome III, Annex 12; and testimony of Delia Revoredo Marsano before the Inter-American Court, on November 22, 2000. 24 Cf. Official letter No. 351-CR-DL-M signed by the Third Vice President of the Congress of the Republic, Luz Salgado Rubianes de Paredes, and addressed to Martha Hildebrandt, dated March 4, 1997, Tome I, Annex 13; questioning of Justice Delia Revoredo Marsano before the Investigation Committee of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, Tome I, Annex 14; report of May 5, 1997, of the Investigation Committee of the Congress of the Republic responsible for clarifying the complaints concerning the Constitutional Court, Tome I, Annex 17; Document dated May 6, 1997, signed by congressman, Javier Alva Orlandini, member of the Investigation Committee, Tome I, Annex 18; transcript of the statement of Justice Manuel Aguirre Roca before the Investigation Committee responsible for clarifying the complaints concerning the Constitutional Court on March 31, 1997, Tome II, Annex 5; transcript of the statement of Justice Francisco Javier Acosta Sánchez before the Investigation Committee responsible for clarifying the complaints concerning the Constitutional Court of April 14, 1997, Tome II, Annex 7; transcript of the statement of Justice Ricardo Nugent before the Investigation Committee responsible for clarifying the