On December 27, the Permanent Commission of Congress approved the opinion that restores the private financing of legal entities to the political parties for the use of the financing they receive from the State.
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In article 29, paragraph 3, of the replacement text, it is read that the state subsidy, which comes from the money that all Peruvians contribute to the treasury, will also serve to pay the salaries of the lawyers who defend the leaders of the political parties, some of them involved in criminal proceedings.
In this regard, electoral specialist José Naupari assured this newspaper that “it is not recommended that direct public financing be used to pay for the legal sponsorship of the directors of political parties, attempting to wrongly equate them with public officials.”
He added that the wording used in the standard is quite open, because it not only uses the term sponsorship, but also (legal) advice “and with respect to the subjects, it also includes terms or people such as ‘spokespersons’ and ‘representatives’.”
He also said that it is contradictory that on the one hand Congress approves a law to exclude political parties from the consequences of the crimes committed by their directors and on the other hand they want the same party to cover the legal defense.
For his part, Martín Cabrera, an expert in parliamentary issues, spoke with Perú21 about the issue and stated that “it should be applied with clear filters to avoid the misuse of resources and guarantee that they do not deviate from the original purpose, which is to strengthen the parties.” (…) it is essential to ensure transparency and accountability.”
He gave an example with the management of these amounts in countries like Chile and the United States, where there is an improved regulation system or this type of financing simply does not exist, precisely due to past cases of corruption.
“For this reason, I consider it crucial that entities such as the Comptroller General of the Republic and the Crime Prevention Prosecutor’s Office now activate supervision mechanisms to verify compliance with the law,” Cabrera said.
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