President José Jerí, has formalized his willingness to go to the Public Ministry to answer for the off-schedule meetings that link him with Chinese businessmen.
Through an official document addressed to the acting Prosecutor of the Nation, Tomás Aladino Gálvez Villegas, the president expressed his willingness to provide statements and clarifications regarding recent journalistic reports.
The president’s decision occurs after the Attorney General’s Office opened a preliminary investigation against him for the alleged crime of illegal sponsorship. According to Peru21 sources, the tax provision was issued last Thursday, initially focusing on the secret meeting held on December 26 with the Chinese businessman Zhihua Yang in a chifa in San Borja.
“I reiterate my full willingness to collaborate with the actions ordered by the Public Ministry, within respect for due process,” the president said in the letter.
In a second document addressed to Congressman Elvis Vergara, head of the Oversight Commission, the president expressed his willingness to provide the statements and clarifications that the working group requests in relation to the meetings he had secretly with a Chinese businessman.
“This provision is formulated in strict respect for the principles of transparency, institutional collaboration and public responsibility, with the objective of contributing to the adequate clarification of the facts and the exercise of the control function that constitutionally corresponds to the Congress of the Republic,” mentions the president.
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