The second legislature of Congress It begins in March and with it the Plenary sessions return, the scenario where constitutional accusations against former presidents will be discussed Martín Vizcarra and Francisco Sagastiand former Minister Salvador del Solar, Vicente Zeballos, Mirtha Vásquez, José Elice and Rubén Vargas.
With the exception of Vásquez, the charges against these former officials are in their final stretch. Just need that Permanent Commission of green light to its disqualifications so that then that decision is ratified in the Plenary of Congress And so they will be out of political life and will be unable to assume some public office.
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Congress, the attempt to displace possible contenders in the 2026 elections
Except the former president Martín Vizcarrathe other defendants are not making an electoral campaign. Even the ex -president Francisco Sagasti and the Expremier Salvador del Solar They have rejected to apply in the 2026 elections, but that has not stopped the hunt undertaken by Fujimorismo and its allies.
On February 19, the Permanent Commission will vote the final report that disables 10 years to former President Sagasti and the former interior ministers, José Elice and Rubén Vargas, for allegedly having passed to the retirement irregularly at high controls of the Police in November 2020 .
“That this Congress sanctions you is a decoration. In the way they behave, this is a witch hunt, ”Maniestó Elice to the Republic. The former minister will attend the Permanent Commission.
In the case of Vizcarra, last month, the Subcommission of constitutional accusations He approved a final report that recommends disabling it for 10 years and 5 years to its ex -ministers of the plot and Zeballos for the Dissolution of the 2019 Congress.
This would be the third disqualification facing Vizcarra. The previous two were for the cases Vaccunagate and Obrainsa. Vizcarra’s lawyer, Alejandro Salas, explained to this newspaper that these Congress decisions do not prevent his sponsoring political life. Vizcarra continues your campaign with a view to 2026 elections With his party Peru first.
With the plot, the accusation already prescribed, but Fujimorismo appealed to a leguleyada to try to disable it. His lawyer Luciano López informed that, so far, the subcommittee does not send the final report.
The former minister Mirtha Vásquez He is also in the sights. Exempresists Manuel Merino and César González accuse Vásquez of having irregularly increased salaries to nine workers, finger designations and breach of the plan against the coronavirus when she was president of the Congress.
The Subcommission of constitutional accusations He still did not inform Vásquez for when the audience was scheduled. “There is an initiative of people who want to put this issue on the agenda, because they are clearly attached accusations in order to eliminate those who consider potential political adversaries,” said the former minister.
The problem, he added, is that none of these former officials have a block of parliamentarians who face the coalition that this hunt has undertaken. “With the exception of the three of course they are Flor Pablo, Ruth Luque and its walls, you cannot count on a congressman (…). All other congressmen act according to their blocks, ”Vásquez lamented.
With that panorama, it is imminent that the disqualifications will be approved in the plenary.
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Víctor Zamora amparo action against Congress
The former health minister, Victor Zamorahe advanced to this newspaper that he will file a demand for amparo against Congress, because this institution disabled him from the public service, accusing him of the use of rapid evidence during the pandemic.
“The accusation of Congress increases by factual livelihood. The rapid evidence was not only used by me, but also by former Pilar Mazzetti, Abel Salinas, who was in the Government of Manuel Merino, and also by Óscar Ugarte, ”said Zamora.
Zamora is affiliated with the Forces Citizen Political Party, led by the rector of the UNI, Alfonso López Chaubut it does not plan to apply for Congress.
