New conversations broadcast by the research portal Epicentro TV show the excessive political appetite of today’s regional candidate of the Alliance for Progress (APP) Cesar Acuna Peraltawho asks the congressmen of his party to support the vacancy speech so that they do not link him to President Pedro Castillo during the final stage of the campaign.
“There should be a statement, a message so that Peruvians know that we are not shielding Castle. And those 34 days (of campaign) for me are key, key, key. They should not relate me to Castillo.” Acuña expresses in a section of the conversation recorded in a private meeting that he had on the night of Tuesday, August 30.
The APP owner emphasizes in the campaign carried out in La Libertad to return to the position of regional governor. In his opinion, if he loses in these elections, there would be a very negative impact on the party.
“If I don’t proceed, then bye APP. Look, the La Libertad region is lost, bye… APP”, expresses the postulant today.
Luis Valdez, National Executive Secretary of APPalso underlines the electoral situation. “Yes or yes, something has to be considered, all the political decisions of this last month, for the party, they have an electoral context, because you (César Acuña) are going north precisely to maintain the party where you were born”, he points out.
Let only Malaga fall
Raised the objective, Valdez launches a political strategy to avoid burning the party with the vacancy issue. For that end, develops the idea of using parliamentarian Edward Málaga, supporting the vacancy motion that he has announced.
“If we present it directly, the attack can come to us (…), particularly I think that a mattress that does have a good reputation, even for the networks and everything, is (Edward) Málaga”, proposes.
Who was also at the meeting is Jorge Gonzales, leader of the party and adviser to the presidency of Congress. He is heard expressing the following: “APP adheres to the Malaga vacancy motion. So, he puts up with us a bit, because it’s caviar.”
Cesar Acuña seeks to recover the position of regional governor of La Libertad, as part of the political future of his group. Photo: The Republic
And along the way, Congressman Alejandro Soto sentenced: “If it falls, Malaga falls, but we are no longer leading it.”
at another time, Acuña refers to Keiko Fujimori’s speech on the early elections. “It’s a political gesture, he knows there are no votes,” he says.
Ungrateful person
César Acuña’s plan to use the Congress to satisfy his electoral appetite could now have adverse results. Yesterday, the Alto Trujillo Defense Front declared him persona non grata, for having polluted the districting process.
And it is that, according to the audios, César Acuña intended to campaign with the creation of the Alto Trujillo district, for which he asked the president of Congress, Lady Camones, to speed up the approval of the norm.
possible license
For now, the spread of the talks has generated the impression that the president of Congress, Lady Camones, could act according to Acuña’s indications.
The APP party owner, by the way, He also urges Lady Camones to travel around the country so as not to leave Castillo alone. in the realm of political protagonism. “Do you agree, president?” Acuña asks Camones. “Yes, yes, yes”, accepts the parliamentarian.
The Integrity and Development caucus issued a statement demanding that Camones disclaim any type of interference by César Acuña. “Otherwise, we will promote his removal from office,” they warn.
Guillermo Bermejo (Democratic Peru) already referred to a motion of censure.
At the moment there is silence from APP. No one has come out to endorse Lady Camones. Under this scenario, the legislator would be evaluating requesting a license from the APP bench and has commented on it internally.
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