Isabelle Cortez: Maria del Carmen Alva ‘told me not to sit on her bench’

Parliamentarian of the Democratic Initiative “Change Together” from Peru, Elizabeth Cortez, told the details of the aggression to which he was subjected to by Congresswoman Maria del Carmen Alva. Speaking to the press, he said that when he reassured the congressman Wilson SotoAlva barked at him to “get out of there”, “don’t put me on his bench”.

“My colleague wilson he felt a bit depressed, that’s what I noticed. Other congressmen from other benches also sympathized with him. I told him, “Calm down.” [Alva] He told me to get out of there. He told me not to sit on his bench,” he said.

According to Cortez, Congresswoman Alva He has an impulsive attitude. “She does not accept that someone expresses her opinion, something is happening to her,” he said.

The cameras filmed a discussion between members of the Congress of the People’s Action faction. Congressmen Darwin Espinoza and Wilson Soto exchanged loud statements in the hall. According to Espinoza’s version of the press, he demanded that Soto say in an interview that, since he was under investigation, he could not chair the congressional committee. “I told him not to touch me,” he told the press.

While this was taking place between Espinosa and Soto, parliamentarian Maria del Carmen Alva got down from her seat to approach them. At that moment, parliamentarian Isabel Cortez was next to Wilson Soto. There was an exchange of words between Alva and Cortez, and then Alva pulled Cortez. Fujimori congressman Ernesto Bustamante approached the group to calm Alva, who left untimely.

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