Of the 130 active members of Congress, 16 have problems with the law. They are suspected of having committed a series of crimes in the exercise of public function, in the positions they held before coming to Parliament.
This is what reveals information from the files of the Attorney Specialized in Crimes of Corruption of Officialsto whom the Freedom Center He has had access, as published on his social networks.
In some cases, these are investigations in the initial phase of preliminary investigation, but in others they are on the verge or in the development of public judgment.
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There are widely known cases such as that of Podemos Peru congressman José Luna Gálvez in relation to the activities of the network ‘The White Necks of the Port‘ at deactivated National Council of the Judiciary, with the aim of achieving the electoral subscription of his party.
But there are also other lesser known ones. We have the case of the congressman from Alianza para el Progreso Luis Raul Picon Quedowho could register in the “Guinness records”.
According to the documentation provided by the Anticorruption Attorney, would face 24 ongoing legal proceedings. His name is repeated in all the paintings released by the Liber Center.
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Congressman Picón has 15 investigations in the preliminary stage, for alleged acts of corruption in the Regional Government of Huánuco and the Provincial Municipality of Pachitea.
Three other investigations in the intermediate stage, which supposes control of the accusation for crimes of aggravated collusion and negotiation incompatible with the charge. Plus three other processes in the trial stage and another three more formalized.
That is, it would be a congressman with extensive experience in criminal investigations. In one of the cases, the Attorney General’s Office is asking him to pay a civil compensation of more than one million soles.
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Luis Picón Quedo is a doctor and was regional governor of Huánuco from 2011-2014, before deputy governor from 2007-2010, which would partly explain the large number of investigations underway. It is common that, the higher the public office, the more number of complaints and criminal investigations.
The fiscal Ingrid Milla Gargurevichof the Third Criminal Prosecutor’s Office of Huánuco, has requested a six-year prison sentence for Picón Quedo for the crime of usurpation of functions.
According to the Comptroller, Luis Picón took power and issued 98 environmental certificates for public investment projects, which was the exclusive competence of the Ministries of Agriculture, Transport and Communications, Health, Housing and Contraction and Sanitation.
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According to public information, he is also being investigated for drug trafficking and money laundering. Proceedings in which the anti-corruption prosecutors do not intervene, therefore, the number of investigations against Luis Picón could be greater.
of your party Alliance for Progress There are two other congressmen under scrutiny by the Public Ministry: Magaly Ruiz Rodríguez, in her capacity as former manager of the Municipality of La Esperanza; Eduardo Salhuana Cavides and Idelso Manuel Garcia Correa.
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From the ruling party, Peru Libre, two congressmen: Waldemar Cerrón Rojas and Óscar Zea Choquechambi face legal proceedings. Cerrón for his time in the regional government of Huancayo and Zea for the municipality of Huancane.
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Same, two congressmen of the opposition People’s Force: Jorge Morante Figari in the Regional Government of Loreto and Nilza Chacón Trujillo They are the subject of investigations by the Prosecutor’s Office.
The more transparency, the more democracy
Patricia Hoyos, director of the Liber Center
Liber Center is a project of ipys oriented to promote transparency and respect for the citizen’s right to access information held by public institutions. We believe that a timely informed citizenry can exercise proper supervision over the public function and, consequently, reduce spaces for political secrecy and corruption.
Transparency is a fundamental piece in a democratic society, therefore, under the Law of Transparency and Access to Public Information, we are applying the procedures to access relevant and current information, as has been the case of congressmen investigated for corruption.
However, we note certain difficulties in the process, and our citizen commitment is to be vigilant that officials comply with respecting the principles of publicity and transparency, which are obligations established in the Constitution and in the law. We must spare no effort to combat the so-called culture of political secrecy
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