The Permanent Commission is evaluating the final report against Betsy Chavez today: what is the former chief of staff accused of?

Betsy Chavez, congresswoman and former chairman of the Council of Ministers, found herself in a difficult situation because on Tuesday Standing Commission will evaluate the final report on the constitutional indictment against the legislator for the alleged crimes of sedition and conspiracy approved by the Subcommittee on Constitutional Charges. This is due to his intervention in the coup d’état he was trying to carry out. Pedro Castillo.

This measure includes not only the condemnation of the former head of the cabinet, but also former ministers Willy Huerta and Roberto Sanchez. In the report, they recommend that he be removed from office as a congressman while the public ministry investigates him.

The proposal for the final report was supported by the congressman of the People’s Action, Wilson Sotoas a delegate to the constitutional denunciation. The parliamentarian indicated that Chavez Chino met with Castillo in government palace December 6 and 7 last year and would not have been related to the former president’s defense strategy in the third job offer he faced.

Congressman Soto detailed in his report that Willy Huerta “did not withdraw or publish any public or private communication” against the coup immediately, but “even followed the orders and instructions” of Castillo when he had already given his speech to close the Congress.

If the report is approved by the said parliamentary commission, it will be submitted to plenary session of the Congress where it will ultimately be decided at the political level whether the government ministry will prosecute the former ministers of the last cabinet. Pedro Castillo for alleged crimes of mutiny and conspiracy.

Betsy Chavez would get double the salary

Deputy Betsy Chavez would receive double remuneration from the state as a congresswoman and as a minister, despite the fact that this is expressly prohibited by law. This was reported by the Panorama program.

According to the report, she assumed the position of the Ministry of Labor on October 6, 2021, during the first year of Castillo Terrones’ government. However, in the same month, she would have received not only her S$30,000 payment as Minister of State, but also a S$7,617 allowance for her work in Congress.

But this was not the only time that Chavez Chino received a double salary from the state. After passing through the Ministry of Labor, the parliamentarian accepted the portfolio of culture in August 2022 and also received S / 7 617 from Parliament in the same month.

Although the rule states that if a congressman is appointed as a minister of state, he must return the amount deposited for his parliamentary work, Betsy Chavez I would not have made this return so far.

Given this situation, Chávez received a total of S$15,234 from Congress when he no longer held parliamentary functions. A month after he accepted the labor and culture portfolios, respectively, he formally requested a license.