Minister Juan Silva on Karelim López: "I don't know that lady who has come out to impute those things"

The Minister of Transport and Communications, Juan Silva, assured that he does not know the businesswoman karelim lopez and denied being part of a mafia in the sector supposedly integrated, among other people, by President Pedro Castillo.

In statements to ‘Cuarto Poder’, he indicated that these accusations give him “a bit of a laugh” and referred that the works that are awarded are carried out through the executing units.

“In the first place, those things that they talk about are a little laughable because we are definitely not in that type of business, and that is clear. All the works that are awarded are through the executing units, where the ministers have no influence and we do not have the right to get involved there because they are autonomous units that have their evaluation committee and they execute “he expressed.

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“In addition, my office in all the works that have been awarded has been put under concurrent control and further control has also been requested in most of the works. In a situation we do not hesitate to make the complaint ourselves because in reality I am not committed there. I do not know that lady who has come out to speak, to impute those things “he added.

Silva Villegas He also stated that he does not owe anyone any favors and that all the professionals designated in the MTC were approved after evaluation, without political overtones.

“I am going to make it clear that we do not owe anyone a favor, neither political nor economic at all. All the professionals who are put on are prior evaluation, also without political tint “he underlined.

“In this case, I am very blunt and I am going to ask the person who thinks that to investigate, not to speak for the sake of talking because definitely things must be done with a little more caution and respecting the institutional framework”he added.

Finally, the head of the MTC warned that if his Deputy Minister of Transportation, Víctor Raúl Alejos Siguas, appointed to replace Fabiola María Caballero Sifuentes, is involved in a consortium involved in alleged irregular hiring, he will not hesitate to “take it out tomorrow”.

“Definitely until this moment I did not know, but if he is engaged in any type of relationship that there is, I will not hesitate to get him out tomorrow”sentenced.