He Congress did not deliver to the Oversight Commission the images from the security cameras from the months of July and August in the framework of the investigation into the alleged prostitution ring in this institution. The response was that those videos were deleted.
The president of the Oversight Commission, Juan Burgos ( Podemos Peru)he asked the senior officer of Congress, Giovanni Fornothe videos from the security camera from the period between July 1 and August 31 of the Legislative Complex located on Avenida Abancay, in the Center of Lima.
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However, Major Officer Forno responded that Congress does not have these images and that, according to the head of the Security Office, Luis Fernando Reategui Lazarte“due to the low storage capacity of the equipment that the institutional video surveillance system has, (…) only information from the last twenty-five days is saved and previous files are deleted.”
“Therefore, it is not possible to meet the requested request with the reference document,” Forno concluded.
The congressman Juan Burgos sent another request this Friday to Senior Officer to obtain recordings from the cameras on the 6th and 7th floors of the Legislative Complex building from December 2 to 20.
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Forno and Reategui They are appointed officials in the period in which Alliance for Progress (APP) He presides over the Board of Directors of Congress.
Research underway
The Oversight Commission seeks unite the threads of the case of the alleged prostitution ring of Congress and the hiring of the lawyer Andrea Vidalwho worked in the Legal and Constitutional Office, when Torres was head there.
Vidal, according to a report on the Beto a Saber program, hired personnel to perform sexual work in Congress. Last week she died, days after being attacked by hitmen.
Torres rejects that statement.
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Versions that do not fit
The Oversight Commission He began his investigation by reviewing the hiring of the Congress. Last Thursday, Burgos asked Torres who appointed him as head of the Legal and Constitutional Office. The former official responded that this was the responsibility of the senior officer.
Torres was appointed head of the Legal and Constitutional Office during the period when the president of Congress was Alejandro Soto, from APP.
Giovanni Fornowhen consulted about the same in the commission, admitted that he appointed Torres to that position. However, when asked who provided him with Torres’ CV, He responded that he doesn’t remember.
Voices of censorship
The case has generated too much commotion in the opposition. According to congressman Carlos Zeballos (Vamos Peru), a group of his colleagues has been collecting signatures to present a censure against the president of Congress, Eduardo Salhuana (Alianza Para el Progreso).
Salhuana’s management removed Torres from office in the midst of this scandal. In addition, he formed an ad hoc commission to initiate an administrative process against Saravia. But the responses of his senior officer did not satisfy the opposition parliamentarians.
The vice presidents of the Board of Directors, Waldemar Cerrón (Perú Libre) and Alejandro Cavero (Avanza País) came out to defend Salhuana, alleging that requesting censure is premature.
