The current prime minister Betsy Chavez was captured closely together with Abel “Tony” Sotelo, despite the fact that the official has denied having any relationship with the young businessman. Chávez Chino is questioned having allegedly favored the Sotelo family, by positioning the father, brother, and sister of his alleged partner in entities attached to the Ministry of Labor.
In the video, you can see the owner of the PCM celebrating his birthday in June of this year next to Abel Sotelo, an event in which congressman Roberto Kamiche can also be seen, who is caught next to Chávez’s alleged partner.
After the revelation of the case, the Sunday newspaper Cuarto Poder questioned the also congresswoman about her situation, to which Chávez Chino replied: “I am single”, showing her hand without a ring, the same one she wore this Friday during the swearing in of the post of Prime Minister in front of President Pedro Castillo.
Betsy Chavez. Photo: composition La República / Presidency
A preliminary investigation by the National Prosecutor’s Office is already weighing on the new head of the PCM for the alleged crimes of incompatible negotiation and aggravated influence peddling. This after it became known that Abel Sotelo’s father, Antonio Sotelo, had accessed a high position in Confopri.
But the Sotelo father would not have been the only beneficiary of the alleged relationship between Chávez and the young businessman. Tony Sotelo’s brothers, Marco Antonio and Flor de María Sotelo also found work in the Prime Minister’s congressional office.
In the case of Marco Antonio Sotelo, he would have made use of this link to obtain two Essalud contracts in Tacna, while Flor de María agreed to the position of assistant in the office of the congresswoman and prime minister two days after graduating .
