The congressman Guido Bellido has been accused of using public resources to carry out proselytizing acts of his political party.
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According to the Sunday Panorama report, the legislator would have purchased air tickets to Ayacucho from August 8 to 10, 2024, to meet with organizations as a parliamentarian. The plane tickets cost S/ 1,129.
However, Bellido, who was also premier in the government of Pedro Castilloparticipated as a keynote speaker at the Pueblo Consciente event, the political party he leads.
In the report, Bellido is seen alongside supporters wearing the distinctive polo shirt of the political organization. There is also a gigantography with the image of Bellido and the party symbol.
The meeting would have taken place on August 10, when the legislator should have been engaged in legislative and not proselytizing activities. However, Bellido assured the Sunday newspaper that he was only present at party activities in Puno, Cajamarca and Cusco, but failed to mention his recent trip to Ayacucho.
“In Ayacucho, I don’t remember,” he said. However, once he was shown evidence that he did participate in the event, he regained his memory. “Oh yes! “That was in Ayacucho, in passing.”
Although Bellido is a congressman from the Cusco region, the legislator acknowledged that he went to Ayacucho for his congressional work and tried to minimize the fact that he participated in party activities thanks to money from the Congress of the Republic.
“That was a greeting, it is always good to go listen to all the sectors what they say. I have not gone to that meeting. That has been a passing thing. I have gone to a congressional function. They have invited me, but “It was a matter of time. I was passing by, they asked me to greet them and I went to greet them. What’s the problem there? Is that a crime? I must have been there for 15 or 20 minutes,” he said.
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