The President of the Parliamentary Ethics Commission, Carol WallsHe asked Freddy Diaz to provide them with the list of the nine legislators with whom he was drinking liquor in the Congress facilities the day the alleged sexual violation for which he is being investigated occurred.
This Thursday, one day after Díaz Monago was suspended for 120 days without pay on the recommendation of the Ethics Commission, Paredes sent a letter to the congressman mentioning what his legal defense has revealed: that on the day of the events He was drinking alcohol with nine previously unidentified lawmakers.
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“I request you to provide the list of parliamentarians appointed by your technical defense as a matter of urgency”the document reads.
Previously, in statements to Successful, Karol Paredes had anticipated that the technical team of his working group was evaluating taking action in the face of this information.
“As part of the technical team we are evaluating the issue because we do not have information about what is being indicated in all the media and, furthermore, as we had a reserved session yesterday, we cannot comment. What I can say is that there are two ways, we can evaluate the case and take it ex officio or you can make a complaint at the party table “accurate.
To this is added the official letter sent by the Podemos Peru congresswoman, Digna Calle, urging Paredes to initiate an ex officio investigation against the nine legislators who spoke that day with Freddy Díaz.
“We cannot be complicit in these events that further denigrate the image of the Congress of the Republic”he wrote in his document.
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Freddy Díaz avoids giving names
After testifying before the Public Ministry this Thursday, Freddy Díaz avoided giving the names of the other parliamentarians who were drinking alcoholic beverages with him the day the events for which he was sanctioned occurred.
“Yesterday I was in Congress to respond as Freddy Díaz for the acts I committed, to assume responsibility. What corresponds to other parliamentarians, does not correspond to me, I am not the one to sanction”he told the press.
“[¿Dar los nombres no aclararía los hechos?] It will be the corresponding area or the corresponding commission that will make this evaluation and assessment. I am not the one to do it. I am here to assume my responsibility. Beyond the numbers, that day we have been in a situation that was not appropriate”, he added.
