By a letter sent to the Chief Clerk of Parliament, the congressman of the Popular Renewal bench, Ezra Medina, requested that copies of the security camera footage found in the main chamber of the Legislative Assembly be provided. The objective is to identify those involved who took the snapshot that shows a chat with former parliamentarian of the Alliance for Progress, Richard Acuña Núñez.
In this sense, after the revelation of the photograph provided by the news media Focusthe legislator decided to carry out the aforementioned action, asking Giovanni Forno Florez the files from video surveillance cameras that may have recorded the people captured in said image.
“By this means I address you, to extend my greetings and blessings, in order to request that you kindly order whomever it may concern to provide me with a copy of the footage from the various security cameras of the Congress of the Republic chamber of the plenary session held today, July 26, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:50 p.m., as a matter of urgency, in order to initiate the legal actions that the case merits,” the document reads.
Medina says he will initiate legal proceedings after identifying the person who recorded the conversation with Richard Acuña. Photo: dissemination.
Medina described conversation with Richard Acuña as “a misinterpretation”
After it became known the image of the conversation with Richard Acuña, Congressman Esdras Medina spoke out through his social networks to reject the alleged “misinterpretations” regarding the chat with the former parliamentarian of Alianza para el Progreso and considered that these belong to a “political and private nature.”
He also considered that these actions seek to damage his image and the ‘search for consensus in the congressional operation’. He criticized that his ‘right to privacy’ was violated by capturing a photograph and reiterated that these events seek to harm to the leader of the Popular Renewal political party, Rafael López Aliaga.
“I reject the misinterpretations of private political conversations, which harm the search for consensus in the functioning of Congress. (…) The right to privacy has been violated by illegally capturing images from cell phones, with the sole purpose of damaging the political image of the president of our party and our bench,” reads the statement.
However, he mentioned that he takes responsibility for the chat he had with Acuna Nunez and apologized to his colleagues in his parliamentary group and to the former presidential candidate Lopez Aliaga for the alleged ‘misunderstanding’, and stressed that the publication of the news outlet ‘has been taken out of context’.
“I also take full responsibility for this communication and extend my apologies to the members of my party and to our leader, Rafael López Aliaga, for any misunderstanding that this communication, taken out of context, may have caused,” wrote Esdras Medina.
What did the conversation between Esdras Medina and Richard Acuña say?
Medina Minaya was captured by the El Foco portal in a chat that has been criticized by different sectors, after the new representatives of the Board of Directors were elected, which is currently chaired by Eduardo Salhuanacongressman of the bench of Alliance for Progress.
“Richard, good morning. I just supported them”, reads the first part of the message. “Let’s see if they reconsider Renovación (Popular) They can give you a quote and we work together,” he concludes. Medina Minaya making his vote known to César Acuña’s son.
For his part, Richard Acuña responds by thanking him for his support, but does not give a favorable response at the request of the congressman of Popular Renewal. “Friend, good day, there is a great friendship with you and a welcome for your work. But to grant a budget to Popular Renewal It will be complicated at the moment”.
Finally, in the photo shared by the portal you can read what would be the Last message from Esdras Medina to send to Acuña, in which he expresses his understanding of the refusal, but asks for reconsideration to have at least one Commission in this fourth legislative period. “Yes, I understand. We are reconsidering having one anyway,” reads the end of the chat.
Photograph was revealed after the elections for a new Board of Directors. Photo: El Foco.
