The spokesman for Popular RenewalAlejandro Muñante ruled out that his bench had voted for the list headed by Eduardo Salhuana to form the Board of Directors of Congress in exchange for the Budget Committee.
The parliamentarian made this clarification after a leaked conversation between Esdras Medinaa member of his bench, and Richard Acuña, where he asked for this commission for Popular Renewal, given that he supported it.
Muñante clarified that, as a spokesperson, he is the only one who can discuss the appointment of commissions with other spokespersons and added that his party does not lend itself to “any collusion.”
“As a spokesperson for the @bancada_rp “I categorically deny any negotiation of support from our bench for commissions. I am the only one authorized to carry out the conversations with the other spokespersons for the designation of the commissions that correspond to us. RP does not lend itself to any collusion” he wrote on his social networks.
Esdras Medina asks Richard Acuña to “work together”
Following the election of Eduardo Salhuana as President of the Board of Directors, the El Foco portal published a photograph showing a conversation between the congressman of Renovación Popular Esdras Medina and Richard Acuña, former congressman of Alianza Para el Progreso.
In the WhatsApp messages, Medina asked César Acuña’s son that the Budget Commission be assigned to Popular Renewal, since he would have “supported” him by voting in favor of Eduardo Salhuana. Faced with this, Acuña does not accept the request and tells him that it is “complicated” for his party to have such a working group.
When questioned about this conversation, the parliamentarian denied having negotiated his vote and clarified that he always spoke with the spokesmen and leaders of other political forces.
“It must be made known that I am seeking a consensus to have a general understanding. (He is seeking a Commission) That is his assessment. Look, I have always supported issues at a national level and I have had coordination with all the parties and with all the presidents of the parties and also with all those who are leaders at a political level, because Congress is made up of politicians,” he said in an interview on RPP.
Esdras Medina requested the recording of the cameras of the Hemicycle
Following the broadcast of his conversation with Richard Acuña, Congressman Esdras Medina sent a letter to the Senior Officer of CongressOr, Giovani Forno requesting the recording of the cameras of the Congress Hemicycle, of the session of this Friday, July 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.
In the final part of his request he adds that the request is of an “urgent nature” since he will initiate the corresponding legal actions. It should be noted that the journalist from El Foco broadcast the conversation around 1.30 pm
“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., URGENTLY, in order to initiate the legal actions that the case merits,” reads the letter sent by the parliamentarian of Popular Renewal.
Letter from the parliamentarian of Popular Renewal.
