María del Carmen Alva denounces threats to abandon the presidency of Congress

The president of Congress of the republic, Maria del Carmen Alvareported being a victim of threats through WhatsApp messages sent to the cell phone used by one of her daughters.

Before the start of the plenary session, he explained that this threat requests his resignation from the presidency of Parliament and includes information about his address. He also indicated that he had already been receiving threats prior to the dissemination of telephone conversations that he had in the private sphere.

“I regret to inform you that today I received a cowardly threat through the WhatsApp application to a cell phone used by one of my daughters., which comes from a number with a code from another country, I want to denounce this fact and communicate it to the national representation and the press. We cannot allow this to have space.” he asserted.

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“In recent days I have been the victim of manipulated audio and I had already been receiving threats about its dissemination, threats that not only came from outside the legislature but also recorded from within Congress. Now they are no longer manipulated audios, it is a threat that asks for my resignation, mentioning the place where I live”, he added.

After giving this information, legislators from different parties expressed their solidarity with Alva Prieto, who is part of the Popular Action caucus, and denied that he had been the victim of threats.

Alva’s complaint comes when the current legislature is about to end, extended until July 8. In addition, it is planned that a new Board of Directors will be elected for the next legislative period.

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