The Congress Oversight Commission summoned for this Wednesday, May 25, the former Minister of Transport and Communications, Juan Silva, who was accused by the effective collaborator karelim lopez to integrate a criminal network that distributed public works and contracts.
López told that commission that Silva was President Pedro Castillo’s operator at the MTC and that he directed projects in coordination with the president’s nephews, Fray Vásquez and Gian Marco Castillo, and businessman Zamir Villaverde.
In addition to this, the former minister and friend of Castillo will have to answer for the hiring of relatives of the head of state, such as the appointment of Flor Gómez Olano in the direction of Human Talent of the ministry revealed by Peru21. Gómez Olano is the president’s sister-in-law, and she is also a teacher.
Another of the issues about which he will be consulted is about the visits to the ministry by Yober Sánchez Delgado, nephew of Fermín Silva, owner of the La Luz clinic. This newspaper reported that after the visits that Sánchez made to the ministerial office of the then minister, his companions obtained contracts with the State.
Parliamentary sources indicated that it is of special interest for Auditing to learn about Yober Sánchez’s assistance, considering that he is not a public official.
Alfredo Yalan, lawyer for the former head of the MTC, told this newspaper that his client “will answer all the questions” that the congressmen ask. Consulted regarding the hiring of Flor Gómez and Sánchez’s visits, Yalan indicated that his client “will answer before Parliament.”
Juan Silva is currently being investigated by the National Prosecutor, Pablo Sánchez, who initiated proceedings after receiving reports from the anti-corruption prosecutor Karla Zecenarro and the money laundering prosecutor Luz Taquire.