Congressional Vice President Lady Camones in a leaked audio recording: “People’s Action is a criminal gang.”

Lady Camones, APP Congresswoman and First Vice President of Parliament, has been drawn into controversy after an audio recording was made public in which she gives a strong qualification People’s action. In said entry, he called the political party that makes up the head of the Legislative Assembly, Maria del Carmen Alva, a “criminal gang”.

“People’s action is a criminal gang (…) in fact, I have one of the Ancash, my God, he is the one who runs everything and is the leader (they interrupt him), he is Darwin Espinoza,” one can hear how Camones says. in audio.

Darwin Espinozawhich is part of the bench people’s action, He is banned from leaving the country for nine months because he is involved in the Puente Tarata case. In addition, businesswoman Karelim Lopez called him a member of the “Children”, a group of parliamentarians who allegedly negotiated work with the current government.

Hours later, Lady Camones released a statement regretting her remarks, but clarified that her words were given in the private sphere. In addition, he stressed that he was working with members People’s Action.

“Today’s audio broadcast on the media web portal corresponds to the personal opinion at a strictly closed meeting held more than a month ago at the Alianza para el Progreso party, to which I belong,” he said, the parliamentarian said in a statement.

Camones stressed that she is very respectful of all political parties, including People’s Action. “He believed that the assembly of active populists and all parliamentary meetings deserve the highest respect, regardless of ideologies and political divisions.”

Yesterday, the parliamentarian announced on her official Twitter account that she has tested positive for COVID-19 and is resting because she has some symptoms despite being vaccinated. This caused him to cancel some of the events he was going to participate in outside of Lima.

Acción Popular asks Lady Camones to apologize

The People’s Action Bench demanded that the congresswoman Lady Camones apologize after his qualification, which he gave in the audio broadcast.

“People’s Action vehemently rejects the terms used by First Vice President of Congress Lady Camones in the audio media broadcast, and we demand a public apology. We hope that the Alianza Para el Progreso caucus will take appropriate action,” the statement said.