The Congressional Ethics Commission, chaired by the legislator Karol Paredes (Popular Action), avoided investigating the case of the nine congressmen accused of drinking liquor in Parliament facilitiesalong with Freddy Díaz Mónago, who has already been sanctioned with disqualification for 10 years.
On September 8, 2022, Karol Paredes sent a letter to Freddy Diaz Monagorequesting the relationship of the nine parliamentarians indicated by his legal defense in the sense that they drank with him, at the headquarters of Congress, on July 26. Everything seemed to indicate that the acciopopulista would open an investigation. But it was not like that.
Freddy Díaz responded on September 12, limiting himself to declaring that the issue was subject to fiscal investigation.. Although he does not give names, in the document he refers to the photograph released by his colleague Magaly Ruiz and adds that in said image there are parliamentarians who appear in his technical defense.
That is, it gave a route to investigate. However, after this trade, the Ethics Commission he didn’t do any extra due diligence and it all came to nothing.
In a letter sent yesterday to the author of this report, Karol Paredes comments the following: “Since no information was obtained that specifies what was circulated in the media (…), the commission under my charge did not propose any complaint”.
Karol Paredes adopted this decision without further action, such as requesting a statement from the aforementioned legislators or requesting information from the security area, or inquiring how drinks entered.
Congressmen pointed out for allegedly drinking With Diaz Monago They were all from the Alliance for Progress (APP): Eduardo Salhuana, Elva Julón, María Acuña, Cheryl Trigozo, Manuel García, Rosio Torres, Alejandro Soto, Magaly Ruiz and Heidy Juárez, the latter has already resigned from the group.
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Karol Paredes (AP) reports that the commission under his charge did not propose a complaint. He also did not carry out other errands. Photo: diffusion
