Congress suspends Enrique Wong for 120 days, but saves Cordero, Flores and Vergara

Congressman not part of the group (former Podemos Peru) Enrique Wong was suspended for 120 days in plenary session. Congress this Thursday, after a majority approved an Ethics Commission report recommending action against an MP for involvement in an alleged influence peddling case

The report was approved by 65 votes to 28 with 24 abstentions after about two and a half hours of debate.

Enrique Wong A complaint was filed against him for allegedly interfering with the appointment of his parliamentary adviser, Manuel Talavera Valdivia, to the board of the National Port Company (Enapu).

Decision against Wong as opposed to voting in cases of parliamentarians Luis Gustavo Cordero John Ty (People’s strength) Jorge Flores Ancachi (People’s Action) Elvis Vergara (People’s Action), for which a 120-day ban was also requested, with the exception of Cordero John Tay, for whom a 60-day sanction was requested.

After the suspension Wong He demanded a revision, but the plenum rejected it with only 62 votes in favor of the 66 needed for passage. Toward the end of the plenary session, the parliamentarian again demanded a revision, which could be processed in the coming days. Wongobviously hurt by his removal, was supported by several congressmen who came to his seat at the end of the plenary session.

John Tay Lamb case

Formerly full Congress approved by a majority of votes the previous question so that the final report against the parliamentarian Luis Gustavo Cordero John Ty back to the Ethics Commission.

The document of the working group proposed to remove the legislator for a period of 60 days and, in addition, to record assets for the same period.

According to the ethics report, Lamb he would break the rules by allegedly using a third party to intimidate and offer payments to his former partner in order to prevent him from making a statement in a journalistic publication about a domestic violence complaint he filed today against an MP.

Sanctions against Flores Ankaki and Elvis Vergara rejected

The plenary also rejected the imposition of a 120-day suspension from work of the People’s Action congressmen. Jorge Flores Ancachi (People’s Action) and Elvis Vergaraidentified as members of a group called “Los Niños”.

When Ankasi Flowersthe draft legislative decision, which recommended sanctions, as well as accounting for their assets for the same period, received 60 votes against.

Meanwhile, by 60 votes against, 51 in favour, and 4 abstentions, the national representation rejected the final report, which found the complaint against Vergara Mendoza to be well founded.

According to the reports of the Congressional Commission, both would violate parliamentary ethics by being accused by Karelim Lopez and other effective collaborators of being members of Los Niños, which would be part of a criminal organization, thereby discrediting the image Congress.

It is noted that parliamentarians would receive irregular benefits through the provision of jobs by the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) and jobs in exchange for supporting the interests of the government of Pedro Castillo with their vote.

The findings also indicate that the prosecutor’s office requested an extension of the preliminary investigation against congressmen and others on suspicion of committing a crime by a criminal organization, facts that are also included in the constitutional complaint against the former president.

Popular Force presents revision

After the plenary session, the Fuerza Popular bench submitted a request to reconsider the votes that rejected the removal of congressmen. Elvis Vergara And Jorge Flores in the Children case.

The document, addressed to Congress President José Williams, is signed by Deputy Orange Bench Representative Arturo Alegria.