Andrea Vidal Case: They summon the head of HR again to tie up loose ends

The investigation is just beginning. After almost two weeks of having given her demonstration, the head of Human Resources of Congress and activist of the Alliance for Progress (APP), Haidy Figueroa, has been summoned to testify, for the second time, in the Oversight Commission for the case. Andrea Vidal.

The invitations for the president of Congress, Eduardo Salhuana, and his predecessor in office, Alejandro Soto, to give their statements to the Oversight Commission will be rescheduled for January 15 and 16. Soto confirmed that he will go, but announced that his testimony will be a wash of hands.

Figueroa’s new call—the first was on December 26—is made to clarify the contradictions about how the main person involved in this case, the former head of the Parliamentary Legal Office Jorge Luis Torres Saravia, was hired.

The senior official of the Legislature, Giovanni Forno, when he gave his testimony in the aforementioned commission, on the same date that Figueroa did, said that he did not remember who recommended him and handed over Torres Saravia’s curriculum vitae for hiring him in that position in September 2023.

The former president of Congress reappears and says that he did not meet the former worker killed by 70 bullets and that he did not hire Jorge Torres Saravia, even though he was appointed to that position during his administration.

But, he later pointed out that the second time Torres was hired, in 2024, he did so at the request of the General Director of Administration, Carlos País, who is very close to APP.

For this reason, País has also been called to testify for that day, the president of the Oversight Commission, Juan Burgos, told Perú21.

Presentation by Jorge Torres Saravia, the head of HR and the senior officer in the Congressional Oversight Commission.

Andrea Vidal was cruelly murdered by hitmen with more than 40 bullets on her body. One of the hypotheses of the investigation is the existence of an alleged prostitution network within Congress and the participation in it that the former head of the Legal Advisory Office of the legislative entity Jorge Torres Saravia would have had.

It is not ruled out that there may be APP shielding in this case because Torres Saravia is close to César Acuña’s party.

SALHUANA AND SOTO

On the other hand, the trip to China of the head of the Legislature, Eduardo Salhuana, will not prevent him from being summoned to give his statement in this case. According to Burgos, Salhuana and his predecessor in that position, Alejandro Soto, will be summoned to give their testimony between the 15th and 16th of this month.

President of the Oversight Commission announces the summons of the head of HR and the president of Congress.

Alejandro Soto, for his part, has confirmed to Perú21 that he will testify, although he announced that he will not accept any responsibility.

Soto told this media on Friday that he did not order Torres Saravia to be hired and that he did not know Andrea Vidal.

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