Congress approves final report recommending that Martin Vizcarra be charged with alleged violations during the pandemic.

with 102Vothers in favor and 8 abstentions, plenary session of the Congress approved final report recommending constitutional indictment of former President Martin Vizcarra and former ministers Marie Antoinette Alva And Elizabeth Chinostrosa for alleged liability in acts of corruption related to the pandemic COVID-19 during a state of emergency.

Report of the Control Commission chaired by Hector Ventura (People’s Force) indicated that the charge was brought for allegedly committing a crime against government bodies in the acquisition of 1 million 400 thousand rapid tests.

As a result of the vote, the case will be referred to the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations (SAC), where, if found guilty, a maximum sanction of disqualification for up to 10 years from public office can be imposed. It will also be transferred to the National Prosecutor’s Office.

Hector Ventura during the plenary session

Similarly, in today’s plenary meeting, Héctor Ventura indicated that his working group acted on the basis of its powers and functions given by the plenary meeting, in addition to conducting investigative actions and previous investigative actions.

“Let it be clear that we are not advancing opinions and resolutions accusing criminal acts or constitutional issues, but we are conducting an investigation based on the final report that is sent to Subcommittee on Constitutional Charges And public serviceso that they continue criminal investigations if there is responsibility,” he said.

As regards the report, he argued that the scope and complexity of the investigation along the lines of investigation concerned various high-ranking officials of the state apparatus due to alleged violations committed in the field of public procurement and others.

“This Investigation has conducted an exhaustive investigation with a vision based on recent constitutional, administrative, criminal procedure casuistry on the facts of the alleged commission of corruption crimes and constitutional offenses by officials and employees of the state apparatus,” he said.

What is the conclusion of the report?

In January of this year, when the report was approved by the Oversight Commission, Hector Ventura indicated that among the conclusions of the final report is that in March 2020 the then President Martin Vizcarra, former Minister of Health Elisabeth Chinostrosa; and former Economy Minister Maria Antonieta Alva met with various representatives of the health sector and private companies to “arrange for the receipt of serological tests” in defiance of current health policy, which recognized the use of molecular tests to detect the virus. COVID-19.

“It has been confirmed that the Peru Compras Public Purchasing Center exceptionally during the 2020 fiscal year at the request of the National Institutes of Health benefited irregularly from the award of direct purchase item No. 001-2020 to Nipro Medical Corporation. Peru Branch and Multimedical Supplies SAC for the purchase of one million 400 thousand serological tests, these are express tests,” he said.

He added that it had been confirmed that former President Martín Vizcarra and former ministers were aware that serological tests were “not up to the required standards” to diagnose the virus with certainty. COVID-19.