The Women’s Department denied that Congress had not removed Luis Cordero from office for allegedly assaulting his former partner.

The plenary session of the Congress approved by a majority of votes the preliminary question, so that the final report against Congressman Luis Cordero John Tay (People’s Force) was returned for consideration. Ethics Commission.

73 votes in favour, 30 against and 11 abstentions. parliament granted the MP’s request Hector Valer (We are Peru) so that the said report, which recommended the suspension of Cordero for 60 days, is returned to the commission under the chairmanship of Karol Paredes (People’s Action).

They reject the decision

With this in mind, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MIMP) issued a statement rejecting the Legislative Assembly’s decision not to remove the MP for allegedly assaulting and threatening his ex-partner.

“State authorities must be firm in the fight against violence against women. We reject the decision of Congress. not remove Cordero MP John Tay from office, and we call on Parliament to carefully evaluate this case and issue a demonstrative sanction,” the MIMP said in a statement.

For its part, the ombudsman’s office demanded that violence against women be sanctioned “at all levels”.

“Violence against women should be punished at all levels of the state, especially if the accused is a public official. Congress should carefully consider the case of MP Luis Cordero John Tay to ethically justify such behavior,” he said.

As you know, at the end of 2021, in a report by the newspaper Sunday Panorama testified that a parliamentarian would have attacked his former partner in the middle of a public road in 2014. In addition to threatening her and broadcasting an intimate video without her consent.

It should also be emphasized that Ethics Commission submitted a final report against Cordero John Tay on June 2, 2022, but it was only included on the plenary agenda yesterday, March 30, almost 10 months after it was formulated.