The transcript of an audio recording of an incriminating conversation between the former Minister of Transport and Communications Juan Silva Villegas and the businessman Zamir Villaverde Garciaaccording to Rosa Maria Palaciosis equivalent to the video of alex kuri Y Vladimir Montesinoswhich brought down the Government of Alberto Fujimori.
“Fujimori does not appear in the Kouri-Montesinos video, right? Well, Castillo doesn’t appear here either, but he is directly involved,” he pointed out.
The lawyer explained that the audio reveals with absolute transparency a corruption scheme installed in the Peruvian Statewhich not only covers the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC). in listening, Zamir Villaverde explains to John Silva how is the process of awarding works and, in addition, reveals the existence of bribes.
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Silva Villegas would have received US$ 100,000According to the transcript published by the Public ministryfor giving the Spanish company Boards and Bridges (Tapusa) the award of the construction of the Tarata III Bridge.
“The friends of Tapusa have sent here, they have sent me a present for you (the sound of a suitcase being opened is heard). (It’s) 100 grand for you. This is a small (present). They still do not charge anything (those of the winning consortium of the tender). But it is a present of a good sign”, Villaverde says.
“The question is what Congress is going to do and what the Council of Ministers is going to do. On March 1 Hannibal Torres he was already president of the Council of Ministers, on March 1 he resigned John Silva, left with mariachis, left his successor, a chotano like him, and he’s still sitting there. Is nothing going to happen? (…) The president is going to end up in jail and Juan Silva too”, advanced the host of “Unscripted”.
He also recalled that John Silva Y peter castle They have a fairly close and long-standing relationship. According to the lawyer, the President of the Republic sponsored Silva Villegasplaced him in front of the TCM and protected him until the last moment when the Congress decided to question him and, later, censor him. Fact that never happened because the official presented his letter of resignation on March 1st.
Palacios maintained that the great majority of the members of the ministerial cabinet shared functions with John Silva, so they are complicit or have more information. If they were not part of this corruption, he continued, the most suitable thing is that they present their resignation as soon as possible.
Until now, the Presidency of the Republic has not given any kind of pronouncement and the Parliament has not offered any position either.
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“Here’s your smoking gun, there’s nothing to discuss here. This is the payment of a bribe, a bribe to the minister and corroborates the story of karelim lopezwhich indicates that there is a criminal organization chaired by the President of the Republic, former Minister Juan Silva, Zamir Villaverde, Bruno Pacheco, the nephews and ‘The Children’ of Popular Action”, he emphasized.
However, the most worrying thing for the lawyer is the silence in public opinion.