Jose Sevasco Resigns as Mayor of Congress

Chief congressional official Jose Chevasco, today, Thursday, he resigned after publishing various journalistic accounts of alleged excessive spending on goods and services in Parliament.

At a press conference, accompanied by the director of the Legislative Administrative Office, Pablo NoriegaChevasco Piedra indicated that his resignation was due to “reasons political character” and are not associated with “administrative” events.

“On the journalistic events of recent days, (…) my resignation from office, mainly for political reasons. In no case are they related to events of an administrative nature. with the resolution of the various presidents of Congress delegating administrative powers to the various general administrative offices that Congress had,” he said.

“Let Congress Renew Its Stability”

Jose Chevasco He pointed out that if his resignation helped “restore stability in Parliament”, he “had no problem” getting it through.

“I have always liked working in a stable environment, but if I see that this stability can change, I will leave the post without any problems. make a decision (…), because I believe that the best thing for the country is Congress be stable,” he said.

Chevasco Piedra emphasized the “political trust” that he says implies the position of mayor-official of the parliament.

“The position of chief officer is trustworthy. Political trust and trust of all kinds. Parliamentarians are free to express their opinion, and this is normal. demand the resignation of any government official in the country,” he stressed.

In addition, the outgoing senior officer pointed out very emphatically that the current administrative director, Pablo Noriega, did not receive any administrative authority from the President of the Congress. Jose Williams.

“Clarify that the President of Congress has never delegated administrative authority to the current Director General of Administration (…), who has been with us in Congress for a month and a half. This delegation of administrative authority (…) was given when he was the Director General of Administration, Mr. Juan Carlos Paz, who is a true professional (…) and did an excellent job. I am convinced that after investigations, whether by prosecutors or OCI, it will be possible to know that there were no bad procedures in Congress, ”he said.

“The investigation will not be hindered”

On the other side, Chevasco stone indicated that he would not interfere with any investigation carried out as a result of the aforementioned journalistic denunciations. This was emphasized by the Director of Administration, who explained the nature of the financial prudence that has been taking place since noon today at one of the venues of the Congress.

“Today we had employees of the prosecutor’s office who came to get acquainted with the information related to the card process. All the information they requested was provided (…) we are completely open to providing information so that they can check how the work is done in Congress, ”he said. Noriega Vince.

In addition, he pointed out that there was nothing wrong with buying 68 air tickets abroad, which would have entailed spending more than 312,000 sols.

“This process is controlled by the OKI without any supervision, and the amount is not 312 thousand. This is programming, not execution. There are not only cities, because it is impossible to know in advance which places students will go to. next year. Congressmen. We have a lot of work to do because we have to draw up a program for 2024, 2025 and 2026. It is impossible to indicate this information with exact countries and names,” he explained.

“It’s not that it’s paid in advance, it’s paid after the agreement of who traveled and all the formalities that exist in Congress to allow a congressman to travel,” he added.

Finally, the director of the Administrative Office said that “there is a reorganization, a modernization of the entire administrative part of the Congress.”