The Congressional Ethics Commission of the Republic will evaluate on Monday, April 25, the ex officio complaint against the congressman Guido Bellido (Perú Libre) after the dissemination of a Panorama report in which it is shown that he allegedly promoted the hiring of Daniel Abarca as an advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) in exchange for favors.
On the agenda of this parliamentary group, it was established that the session be held from 5:00 pm and one of the main points is the accusation against the former president of the Council of Ministers for “actions that would presumably violate parliamentary ethics“.
Last April 17, Panorama broadcast some alleged WhatsApp chats in which allegedly Bellido Ugarte would have helped Covers Soto to obtain a job within the mincetur.
These conversations detail how on July 23, 2021, when Bellido had already been sworn in as a congressman, Abarca wrote to him to congratulate him and later, on July 27, when he already knew that he was going to be the president of the Council of Ministers of the first cabinet Pedro Castillo, sends you his curriculum vitae to agree on your appointment at the Mincetur.
To finalize his appointment in this portfolio, Daniel Abarca would have offered Bellido an apartment in the district of San Miguel so that he can stay while he fulfilled his duties in the State. Said house would belong, according to Panorama, to Diego Aguinaga, a businessman who was looking to meet with the former prime minister.
Other complaints
In the same session of Ethics Commission The reconsideration of the vote that approved declaring the complaint against the third vice president of Congress well founded will also be evaluated, Patricia Chirinos (Avanza País), for whom they ordered a sanction for having insulted the President of the Republic, peter castle.
Likewise, the qualification reports of the complaints against the legislators Américo Gonza Castillo, Carlos Zeballos Madariaga, Waldemar Cerrón Rojas and Jaime Quito Sarmiento will be seen. The hearing of Luis Cordero Jon Tay will also be followed.
