Congressmen of the bench We are Perugathered at the Unión Club to celebrate the victory of List 1, led by the parliamentarian José Jerí. He is accompanied Fernando Rospigliosi Capurro (Popular Force), Waldemar Cerrón Rojas (Peru Libre) and Ilich López Ureña (Popular Action).
In the exclusive photos obtained by the Republic it can be seen that the celebration consisted of a lunch and a toast, where several parliamentarians provided words of encouragement for the new legislative period 2025-2026, without taking into account the tax investigations that They have been developing against Jerí.
The meeting of Somos Peru was attended by the president of the party, Patricia Li Sotelo and her sister, as well as the spokeswoman Ana Zegarra and congressmen such as Alex Paredes, Hector Valer, Alfredo Azurín, Paul Gutiérrez (together for Peru), among others.
Election of José Jerí as president of Congress despite investigations
José Jerí was chosen as the new president of Congress for Legislative period 2025-2026, after obtaining 79 votes in favor of his list. The congressman has three fiscal investigations: alleged sexual violation, illicit enrichment and disobedience to authority.
In addition, a recent investigation of ‘Panorama’ exposed that the parliamentarian would have received payments of more than S/150,000 in favor of Somos Peru in order to ensure the approval of funds from the Budget Commission.
The complaint was made by a businesswoman of the construction sector, who indicated that she gave bribes to the congressman José Jerí and the late parliamentarian Hitler Saavedra, using an intermediary. According to his testimony, after the death of Saavedra, legislator Ana Zegarra – who held her seat – would have maintained the alleged corruption network in coordination with Jerí, current president of Congress.
