Although he had more than a month to plan his defense, the mayor of Chupaca, Marco Mendoza, argued, during the extraordinary session where his vacancy was seen, which did not grant him the right to defense. To this pretext were added those of three aldermen close to him who said they did not know the case in detail. The session was frustrated and the case was referred to the Legal Affairs Commission. The mayor broke out in a cold sweat.
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In January of this year, a group of aldermen filed a vacancy request against the mayor for hiring the mother of his daughter in the commune. The case, revealed by Correo, became public and general knowledge. Despite this, council members Jesús Castillo, Marco García and Edwin Canchanya said they were not aware of the case. In other words, they did not comply with their oversight work in so many months since the scandal exploded.
Mayor Mendoza, who for the session that took place on Friday, handed over the direction of the plenary to the first alderman Teodoro Galván, took advantage of this and said that he was not being given the right to defense because he did not have a lawyer. This despite the fact that it was he himself who called the session.
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The case, finally, was referred to the aforementioned commission, which must rule in 15 days. However, the matter for which they were summoned was not dealt with directly. Mayor Mendoza has an ongoing tax investigation for alleged collusion for the work of 20 million.
