Vilmar Elera resigned as third Vice President of Congress after condemning the judiciary.

congressman Wilmar Elera He resigned as third vice-president of the Board of Directors of Parliament a few days after his election. Moments before this preliminary offer Power of attorney sentenced to six years in prison for aggravated conspiracy.

In a statement to Congress President Lady Camones, Elera explains that her resignation as Third Vice President of the Board of Directors came after it became known that Seventh Single Criminal Court A specialist in public corruption offenses sentenced him to six years in prison for aggravated conspiracy.

“The aforementioned act of resignation is a responsibility in the face of the public fact of the verdict of the judiciary, which affects my constitutional rights, with which I strongly disagree and do not accept, and in order to exercise my right to multiple instances, I will challenge in due time,” he said. he.

Expressing confidence that the second instance will consider the case and the evidence he hopes to present, the parliamentarian recalled that this case does not meet the final verdict, and even left open the possibility of applying to organizations such as the Supreme Court. justice and constitutional Court “in defense of my fundamental rights.”

On Tuesday it became known that Power of attorney sentenced Elera Garcia for events that date back to 2012 and related to her participation as an observer for the improvement and expansion of the Pacaipampa-Ayabaca-Piura drinking water and sewerage system.

This afternoon, a group of congressmen, including MP Ruth Luke, submitted a motion of no confidence Wilmar Elera for his unsuccessful statements on state television in which he attempted to justify an alleged rape complaint made by a parliamentary worker against a congressman Freddie Diaz.

Case and condemnation

According to Power of attorney, according to the contract signed on January 13, 2012, the work with the participation of Wilmar Eler was initially estimated at S/. 3 million and were to be executed within 180 calendar days, which never happened.

Work began on May 24, 2012 with a partial handover of the land plot and a technical file without the designer’s signature. However, on January 19 of the same year, the municipality of Ayabaka made a direct advance payment of 722,543.54 soles, which corresponded to 20% of the cost of the work, and on February 9 of the same year paid a payment of 722,543.54 soles. million 445 thousand for the concept of advance payment of materials, which is equivalent to 40% of the cost of work.

On the other hand, the judiciary pointed out that at the stage of execution, when the local engineer made inquiries about access to the treatment plant, pipeline to the oxidation pool and others, which were not justified, as they were not responsible for the technical file.

The progress of the work performed did not correspond to the prices presented by the contractor and approved by architectural supervision.

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The legislator said that economic interests are behind the project, approved at the insistence of the plenary session of the parliament. On the other hand, MP Alex Paredes of the ruling Magisterial Bloc justified his group’s support for the project’s persistence despite the government’s compliance with the law.