He Congress of the Republic has justified the failure to deliver the videos from the surveillance cameras, considered key in the investigations of the case Jorge Torres Saraviaalleging an alleged overwriting of the film data due to age reasons. In a statement released through its social networks, the Legislative Branch distances itself from the accusations of lack of collaboration in the case and the deliberate elimination of the recordings, ensuring that this procedure is established in previous directives.
“The system of Congress stores video recording information for a period of 25 days, as stipulated in Directive 030-2023. (…) After this period, the system operates automatically, proceeding to overwrite the oldest data to guarantee daily recording. (…) This automatic process implies that the oldest data is deleted only to make way for the new recordings; There is no manual intervention or modification in the system,” the statement reads.
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The statement comes in response to the request made by the congressman Juan Burgos ( Podemos Peru ), president of the Oversight Commissionto the senior officer of Congress, Giovanni Fornowho was required to deliver the videos from the security cameras corresponding to the period between July 1 and August 31 in the Legislative Complex located on Abancay Avenue, in the Center of Lima.
In line with what was stated in the statement, Forno responded to Burgos pointing out that the images cannot be delivered because they have already been deleted: “Due to the low storage capacity of the equipment that the institutional video surveillance system has, (… ) only information from the last twenty-five days is saved, and previous files are deleted (…) Therefore, it is not possible to meet the request required in the reference document,” indicated the senior congressional official.
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Jorge Torres Saravia: Oversight Commission continues investigating the case involving congressional officials
The Oversight Commission continues investigating the alleged existence of a prostitution network in Congress, linked to the lawyer Andrea Vidalwho worked in the Legal and Constitutional Office under the leadership of Saravia Towerswho would be the alleged leader of said organization. According to information, Vidal would have hired people for sexual activities within Congress, but recently died after being attacked by hitmen. Saravia Towers denies these accusations.
“I express my discomfort, discomfort and annoyance for everything that has been said and for all the accusations that are being made against me, without any proof. For the way in which my honor and my professional career of more than 15 years have been tarnished, in which I have worked in various institutions in the north of the country and here in Lima (…) In relation to the issue of a possible prostitution and pimping network in the Congress of the Republic, I totally reject it. type of linkage workers who have provided services to officials and congressmen, much less that these services have been used to obtain votes in favor of certain bills,” he said.
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Saravia Towers I also give my opinion on the investigations that link him to the murder of Andrea Vidal: “(…) As for the implications in the murder of Andrea Vidal Gómez, I also totally reject it. (…) It is absurd that facts are attributed to me that still exist. are under investigation,” was the defendant’s defense against the Oversight Commission.
On the other hand, statements about his appointment as head of said office have raised questions; Giovanni Fornothe senior congressional official, admitted having appointed him, although he claimed not to remember who gave him his resume.
The case has generated political tensions. The opposition, led by congressmen such as Carlos Zeballos ( Podemos Peru), promotes a censure against the president of Congress, Eduardo Salhuanadue to his militancy with the Alliance for Progress (APP), a party to which he would be related Saravia Towers after having been an advisor to Luis Valdezgeneral secretary of said political organization. However, the vice presidents of the Board of Directors, Alejandro Cavero (Avance Country) and Waldemar Cerron (Perú Libre), defend Salhuana and they consider the request for censure hasty.
