The effective entrepreneur and collaborator Zamir Villaverde declared, through his lawyer Julio Rodriguez DelgadoHe stated that he did not know any congressman of the republic. The businessman was summoned before the Ethics Commission of the Congress for the case of the parliamentarians of Popular Action, syndicated as ‘The Children’.
“He (Zamir Villaverde) is willing to collaborate with the investigation. But, to the extent that the investigation is linked to the issue of the case called ‘The Children’, he points out that they have no knowledge of these facts and he does not know any congressman, ”said Rodríguez Delgado.
Former presidential secretary Bruno Pacheco and lobbyist Karelim López were also summoned; however, they did not show up.
Karol Paredes, president of the Ethics Commission, announced that López Arredondo, who told the Supervisory Commission Raúl Doroteo, Juan Carlos Mori, Jorge Flores, Darwin Espinoza, Ilich López and Elvis Vergara, to be allegedly in cahoots with the governmentHe asked to refrain from testifying.
“Because it has the duty of secrecy imposed in its effective collaboration procedure by the Special Team of Prosecutors against Corruption of Power,” said Paredes Fonseca.
The former secretary of the Government Palace also requested not to testify before the working group due to the effective collaboration process.
After turning himself in to the Special Team led by prosecutor Marita Barreto, the former confidant of President Pedro Castillo told representatives of the Public Ministry that “The Children” are a total of 12 parliamentariansaccording to sources of the Republic.