The government of Dina Boluarte approved the Extinction of the special legacy project. During the press conference of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Defense, Walter Astudillo, confirmed the decision that will be published by Supreme Decree and in which he also provides for the transfer of his functions and resources to the Peruvian Institute of Sports (IPD).
The special legacy project was attached to the PCM and was created after the Pan American Games and Parapan Americans Lima 2019 with the aim of maintaining the quality standards of sports venues. However, Astudillo justified the measure claiming a “duplicity of services, objectives and purpose” between the legacy and the IPD.
However, the Government’s decision has generated doubts about the Capacity of the IPD to maintain sports management standards. Especially because – a panorama reports back – he revealed that officials of said institution They would have prioritized concerts on sporting events, according to an audio where alleged senior officials discuss the award of dates despite previous commitments.
In addition, the Public Ministry through its social networks confirmed that it initiated a preliminary investigation for the crime against the public administration of the State against some IPD officials after the dissemination of the journalistic complaint.
Criticism about the special legacy project
From Congress, 8 parliamentarians From various banks they expressed concern after the Executive’s decision on the special legacy project. Through a trade sent to the Presidency of the Council of Ministersthe legislators highlighted the importance had the legacy project to develop the next sporting events based in the country.
“The special legacy project is a specialized sports infrastructure management model that has been recognized as an example to follow internationally, which has been a key factor for obtaining the Bolivarian Games of the Bicentennial, the Bolivarian Games of 2025 and The Pan American Games. Concern for extinction of the project, “reads the document.
Meanwhile, Carlos Neuhaus, former president of the Organizing Committee of the 2019 Lima Pan American Games, described as ignorance that the PCM ministers do not know the date of creation of legacy and pointed out some contracts that were made suspiciously in the institution.
“I am surprised by the tremendous ignorance in saying that legacy was created in 2015. (…) The project was created in January 2020 and has always been an appetizing bite for those who wanted to take advantage of some things. (…) when they replace New person who now directs the IPD, the issue of legacy began to have problems because some were made a little suspicious hiring. And the legacy target was to keep it decontaminated from the problems of the IPD, “Neuhaus said on Channel N.
Regarding this issue, Víctor Torres Merino, friend of the childhood of Dina and Nicanor Boluarte, confessed to the Prosecutor’s Office (as an aspirant to an effective collaborator in the case the Waykis in the Shadow) that, in parallel with the designations of Prefects and sub -prefects for the creation of the Citizens Party for Peru (CPP) of Nicanor Boluarte, irregular hiring would have been given within the Peruvian Sports Institute (IPD) and Qali Warma.
Will Peru still host the Bolivarian Games 2025?
The Bolivarian Sports Organization (Odebo) ratified Peru as the headquarters of the Lima-Ayacucho 2025 Bolivarian Games. The organizers of the event, which is scheduled to be held from November 22 to December 7 of that year, reported that it did not receive any official communication in this regard by the Peruvian government or sports organizations on a possible cancellation.
In the statement issued, they expressed that they trust the Peruvian Institute of Sports (IPD) and the Peruvian Olympic Committee to guarantee the organization of the tournament. The event will have the participation of around 4,000 athletes and 1,600 officers in 41 sports and 57 disciplines, distributed in 43 sports scenarios of Lima and Ayacucho, from different countries of the region such as Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela and Peru , in addition to guests such as El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Paraguay.
