The congressman of Peru Libre, Elijah Varaspointed out that the complaint against him, according to which one of his nephews would carry out activities typical of an advisor without being hired, is the product of “misinformation” by a certain sector of the press.
In statements to the press from Chimbote, the legislator asserted that his nephew is “like his son” and that he has the right to receive him like other relatives. In addition, he reported being a victim of “monitoring.”
“Misinformation tries to stain the image of a person who has been doing his job, in politics nothing is a coincidence, on the 13th [de abril] I have been on the Commission of the Chinecas projectI leave the Commission and a silver trucker begins to follow me all morning, knowing that I have a press unit, that I should calmly make an appointment”, he referred.
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“That same day I installed something to fight against corruption, they came out to follow me,” he added. “I have nothing to hide, my nephew Jefferson is like my son and the congressman has all the freedom to be visited by his children or by his relatives”, said.
The complaint
According to a report from the Cuarto Poder program, Jefferson Varas Seguín, nephew of Congressman Varas, participated in parliamentary activities with his uncle, despite not being formally hired by the Legislature.
The investigation detailed that, on April 1, the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations published on its Facebook account a series of photos of the meeting between the head of the sector, Diana Miloslavich, and Congressman Elías Varas. Among the images you can see the presence of Jefferson Varas, as if he were another worker in Parliament.
In this sense, the registry of visits detailed that the relative of the legislator entered said meeting as if he were part of the official delegation of Congress.
Likewise, a document revealed that the parliamentarian and his nephew registered, on January 18, as members of Congress in a meeting in which they spoke with the Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation. Geiner Alvarado.
Elías Varas, when asked about this issue, did not intend to deny it and simply threatened to denounce the journalist.
“Don’t adjust me. That is not the way to investigate. I’m tired of this press, do research (…) I’m not interested, transcribe, then, because I denounce you and all the lying program you have “, express.
