Congressman Enrique Wong after leaving Podemos Peru: “There are certain violations”

congressman Henry Wong attributed some abuse to his recent decision to permanently withdraw from the caucus and party We can Peru, of which he was one of the founders and general secretary. In a letter to a representative We can PeruJose Luna, indicated that his decision was made “for reasons of conscience.”

“(He felt) Some disagreement at the bench level, but more at the party level. As general secretary, we try to organize, however, as soon as the elections are over, people interfere, who sometimes think that the party is hereditary, there is no democracy, and then they just ignore these candidates,” he said.

The deputy said that he maintains good relations with Jose Luna GalvezFounder We can Peru; however, he pointed out that his work as general secretary of the party was “not respected”. When asked about these allegations, Wong addressed these questions to a former congressman. Jose Luna Moralesson of the chairman of the party.

“Partly we might consider that yes (they were disloyal). Little attention was paid to their general secretary (of the party). Everyone deserves respect,” he said after deploring the “generational” impact on Jose Luna Galvezparty president, clearly referring to the participation of his son Luna Morales in the party.

at another time Henry Wong regretted that these problems inside We can Peruin addition to “mismanagement” on the part of the Executive Committee, led to the fact that in the last election the party had fewer congressmen than the Alliance for Progress, despite the fact that both political organizations received the same number of votes.

“I believe that there are certain violations that prevent the party from gaining the strength it should have. I fear that (that this will happen, how) parties such as the PPK (Peruanos por el Kambio – Pedro Pablo Kuczynski), which (participate) in the election campaign, and they disappear. This is a big atomization of parties,” he said.

Congressmen form the “Honesty and Development” bench

Enrique Wong also admitted that he was involved in the creation of a new gathering called “Integrity and Development”; However, he regretted that the Podemos Peru, his previous political group, did not respond in time to his resignation letter. Despite this, he said he had other “invitations”.

Recently it became known that there will be another bench in the Congress of the Republic in the semi-cycle after Hector Acuña, Enrique Alva, Carlos Ceballos, Sucel Paredes and Flor Pablo decided to unite to announce the creation of the parliamentary group “Honesty and Development”.

“From the democratic center, we will work on the basic regional demands and reforms that Peru and its citizens need,” the group’s official Twitter account says.

Sucel Paredes and Flor Pablo decided to form a bench with Hector Acunawho left the Alliance for the sake of progress. However, Edward Malaga Trillo did not join the group and remains outside the group, as does legislator Carlos Anderson. Thus, the members of the Purple Party go their separate ways.

In a document sent to the President of Congress, Lady Camonesthe parliamentarians asked him to register this new bench under the name “Parliamentary Group for Integrity and Development”.

In addition, they said that the legislator would be the press secretary. flower floor and Carlos Ceballos and Carlos Rojas will serve as alternate representatives. The last two were congressmen from the People’s Action organization, but decided to leave their meeting.

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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.