The Minister of Culture, Alejandro Salas, accused Congressman Jorge Morante (Popular Force) of lying to the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, at the end of his message to the Nation in Parliament this Thursday, July 28.
In a dialogue with Canal N, he regretted this act – which he described as “sultry”– and said that “whether they like it or not”was a President of the Republic who was giving a message to the country by mandate of the Political Constitution.
“I was placed in a chair in the hemicycle and I had to stand up and move to another place because a congressman began to lie to the president. I don’t identify him, they tell me that he has the last name Morante, I don’t know what bench he is from ”he expressed.
“That is not done, as a witness I had an Andean parliamentarian. I am not a person who invents. I don’t know where he’s from and I don’t care. I had to stand up, take my chair and walk away.”added the head of the Mincul.
In response, Congressman Jorge Morante spoke out on Twitter to reject the accusations – which he described as “false”– from the Minister of Culture after the speech given by the president for National Holidays.
“I regret that the Minister of Culture uses a means of communication to raise falsehoods against me to try to discredit a valid protest”he wrote on the social network.
Castillo ended his speech in Congress amid shouts and calls for resignation from opposition lawmakers. The departure of the head of state was hampered by the uproar caused by the verbal confrontation between parliamentarians from different benches.
The head of state said in the final stretch of his speech that two “orders” to Parliament, whereupon opposition legislators they began to demand his resignation from the post.
The incident occurred before he finished delivering his message to the Nation. “That the Congress of the Republic work on the proposed bills which I present in this act and having the country as a witness, I deliver it with great respect through the Board of Directors”was the last thing he managed to say before the screaming began.
Along these lines, he urged the national representation to leave differences behind in order to work together. “This is the time to talk and understand each other, above our differences, political, ideological and religious positions, our prejudices, sympathies or antagonisms”he remarked.
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