‘Romance yes, baby no’: Mariano Gonzalez and Elvis Vergara star in violent congressional incident

Former Interior Minister Mariano Gonzalez was summoned this Thursday to Congressional Oversight Commission announce the resignation from the specified ministerial position President of the Republic. During the meeting, a skirmish broke out between him and the congressman. Elvis Vergara popular action.

The incident began with the fact that during his speech, parliamentarian Vergara asked the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Minister of the Interior) to be “less emotional” and clarify your comments about Parliament not “meets” his job despite the evidence in his claim that the president is obstructing justice.

“Before asking a question, I wanted to ask the gentleman to be less emotional. I know it’s very romanticbut a little less emotional (…) What kind of tests would you we don’t do our job as the Commission and as the Congress,” the parliamentarian asked.

With this in mind, the former minister replied: “romantic yes, childish no.”

Following this response, the legislator demanded that Gonzalez apologize and respect Congress. As you know, Vergara was accused as one of the congressmen, nicknamed “The Children” for alleged connections with the government.

“I have the utmost respect for the majesty of the Congress (…) But I answer in the same tone that I was asked. If I am asked respectfully, I answer respectfully. And I think that you try to disrespect me”, was Gonzalez’s response to this demand.

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During his speech to the Oversight Commission this morning, some parliamentarians interrogated that Gonzalez did not provide “conclusive evidence” for his claims against the executive despite Gonzalez asking Congress to “do its job” following his complaint.

“As a citizen, I have every right to ask my Congress (…) let him do his jobwith all the respect in the world. It’s not a secret for anyone, and without losing shape, (…) and this is a subjective assessment, because. I have no (…) evidence to present, but one gets the impression that there are a lot of “children”, he pointed out after questions from Congresswoman Marta Moyano of Fuerza Popular.

In this regard, MP Elias Martial Varas, The Peru Bicentennial Caucus accused Mariano González of “irresponsible behaviour”.

“The former minister is not here because we complained why he was removed so quickly. He’s here because he said the government is obstructing justice (…) He must act with greater emotional stability, We’re not here to work at random. You can take on many of these responsibilities. irrational and the bad words he uses,” Congressman Varas said.

This request was repeated by the congresswoman. Francis Paredes Arbitration block, which required evidence to “formally” present “constitutional impeachment” against the head of state.

In this regard, the former minister replied that the proof of his allegations is the “obstruction” of the formation of an intelligence group engaged in the search for relatives and politicians close to the head of state.

“When a minister is fired and this decision cannot be implemented it’s very clear (…) I do not bear the burden of proving that this decision was implemented today. the government has it. However, if the fact that the special services interfere with their work not enough evidenceI don’t know where we are,” Gonzalez replied.

Gonzalez also noted that he has no “lack of desire for a coup.”

“Whoever says it is not a right person (…) I am a progressive person, but basically a democrat (…) When you see actions against the democratic system, he cannot enter into arguments whether I am close or far ideologically. The democratic system must be protected above all else,” he said.