Congress initiates sanction measures against a legislator who, according to the worker, even tried to denounce her to pressure her to sign her resignation.
The consequences began regarding the decision made by the legislator Katy Ugarte to lay off one of the workers from his office, who was six months pregnant. Following the complaint released on Monday, January 16, in which the legislator was accused of having fired Melissa Gómez —who was working as an assistant in his office while pregnant—, the Ethics Commission of the Congress will start with the corresponding procedures for issue a sanction against the former Minister of Women of Pedro Castillo.
As is known, the worker denounced having suffered harassment by Congresswoman Ugarte’s main adviser, and even asserted that the former head of the MIMP had requested her resignation while being aware of the state of pregnancy in which she was.
Therefore, the agenda of the Ethics Commission has included the ex officio complaint against the legislator, which will be seen as the first order of business in the session scheduled for this Monday, January 30, starting at 5 in the afternoon. The session will be held semi-face-to-face.
The commission’s agenda indicates: “Ex officio complaint against Congresswoman Jhakelin Katy Ugarte Mamani for having fired a trusted worker who was pregnant.”
Katy Ugarte would have evaluated denouncing a worker to force her to resign
In statements for RPP, Melissa Gómez pointed out that, the same day she received the news of her dismissal, Congresswoman Katy Ugarte’s adviser, Roger Torres Pando, contacted her in order to pressure her to sign the dismissal.
In the conversation, the worker recalled that Torres told her: “The congresswoman is very upset. She even wants to go to the police station to denounce you.” For this reason, the worker had to return to congress to sign the termination letter that same day at night.
