Karol Paredes, head of ethics, asked if Luis Cordero had been suspended for allegedly assaulting his former partner.

Congressman Luis Cordero John Tay (People’s Power) was saved yesterday, Thursday, from removal from office plenary session of the Congress for allegedly assaulting and threatening him former partner.

73 votes in favour, 30 against and 11 abstentions. national representation granted the MP’s request Hector Valer for the final report, which recommended that Cordero be suspended for 60 days, return to Ethics Commission.

Hours after the vote, ethics chief Karol Paredes questioned the plenum’s decision, especially as cases of violence against women escalated, including the death of Katherine Gomez, a young woman burned alive in the Plaza Dos. May.

“Because of everything we women go through, I had a different expectation that the answer would be different; but there was an overwhelming majority who said the case should come back again [a Ética]because the prosecutor’s document is not taken into account when we have nothing to do with the prosecutor’s office,” said legislator V News Extension.

“The problem is that when you go to the larger plenary level debates, that’s where you decide; but we’ve already done our job. It cannot be said that the Ethics Commission is hiding behind and that its proposal is soft. This is not the case either,” he added.

Congressman Paredes believes that most of his colleagues confuse space public service with an ethical dimension.

So legislator pointed out that Lamb he would have violated the Rules of Congress for allegedly using a third party to intimidate and offer payments to his former partner in order to prevent him from making statements about the family’s complaint he filed against legislator.

“You can see here that if somehow there was some kind of intimidation by third parties against your former partner [de Cordero Jon Tay]. it’s unethical […]. Unfortunately, it’s a matter of votes, and it’s not because the President [de la Comisión de Ética] He didn’t do his job well, it’s just that there is another interpretation. [de los parlamentarios]”, he pointed out.

“We confuse the space of public service with the ethical space. We have proposed sanctions against Mr. Cordero for behavior that is not ethical,” he added.

Finally, Karol Paredes (People’s Action) specified that his commission would “do its job” and would soon decide which way the legislator’s case would go. Luis Cordero John Tayaccused of links to Jorge Hernandez, alias “El Espanyol”, who may have integrated the counterintelligence network led by detained former President Pedro Castillo.

case of John Tay

As you know, Congressman Luis Cordero John Tay was convicted for allegedly hitting his ex-partner in the middle of the street on January 4, 2014. According to the Sunday newspaper Panorama, the event happened between the avenue Jorge Chavez and street Berlinin the Miraflores area of ​​Lima.

According to the police report cited by the journalistic investigation, the woman was “the victim of physical aggression, pulled her hair, threw her to the ground, kicked her body with her foot from an ex-sentimental partner. Luis Gustavo Cordero John Ty”.

“There were many cases when he attacked me, photos of which I have. Even when he ran for Congress in 2011, I accompanied him everywhere. I also had such a severe attack that I had bruises on my arms, and I had to say that I had an accident. Everyone knows this,” he said.