China’s invitation for the president of Congress, Eduardo Salhuana, to travel to that country between January 5 and 10, accompanied by a delegation of four legislators and three workers, has unleashed a controversy in the Legislature.
Salhuana will leave the country amid the request for him to step down from office, made by congressmen from Popular Renewal, Popular Force, Honor and Democracy, Popular Action and Socialist Bloc. They seek, thus, to guarantee that there is no shielding of Salhuana’s party, Alliance for Progress (APP), in the investigations into the Prostitution Network case, because its main protagonist – the former head of Legal Counsel Jorge Torres Saravia – is close to that political group.
The advisor to the president of Congress, Eduardo Quezada, confirmed to Perú21 that Salhuana “will travel” to China and will be in that country between January 5 and 10 with all expenses paid.
GET READY SUITCASES. Salhuana will travel to China according to his advisor.
According to Quezada, the invitation was received by the head of Congress on November 13, when APEC Ciudadano was held.
When asked if there is an agreement from the Board of Directors for him to travel, Quezada indicated that “no” is necessary and assured that he has communicated his trip to Congress.
For her part, the vice president of the Legislature, Patricia Juárez, in communication with Perú21, explained that the Board of Directors has not authorized this trip because it only does so when the expenses are paid by Congress, and “this is not the case.”
APEPIST COMMITTEE
Three Parliament workers appear on the travel list. Two of them are the head of the Presidency’s cabinet, Saby Meza Malqui, and the head of the Center for Training Modalities, Jaqueline Lozano Millones. Both are APP activists, and each receives a generous salary of S/19,277.
Also in the same list of guests that this newspaper accessed are congressmen Auristela Obando Morgan, from Fuerza Popular, president of the Foreign Relations Commission; Luis Gustavo Cordero Jon Tay, from Somos Perú; and María Acuña and Lady Camones, from APP, who chair Constitutional Accusations and Budget, respectively. Perú21 was able to confirm that Camones gave up traveling, and that Obando will decide only this Thursday, January 2.
The delegation will be received by the National People’s Congress of China.
I KNEW THAT
On Monday, January 6, Renovación Popular will present the motion of censure against Salhuana for the Prostitution Network case. If he travels, that would be another reason for censorship, because he needs permission from the Board of Directors, congressman Esdras Medina told Perú21.
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