Juan Silva’s lawyer says the former minister will turn himself in “at most in the first days of September” when the expert opinion ends

Lawyer Luis Alfredo Yalanadvocate for fugitive former transport minister Juan Silva Villegasconfirmed that the former minister is awaiting the results of a financial examination – already commissioned by the National Prosecutor’s Office – of Puente Tarata’s symbolic work to surrender to justice in the investigation that follows Public service.

In an interview with RPP Noticias, a lawyer John Silva commented that on 27 July last year during a visit prosecutor’s officeDeputy Chief Prosecutor Marco Waman informed him that they had agreed to conduct a pending expert opinion, to which they had given a period of 20 calendar days, so that two experts could conduct a full analysis.

“Two months should have passed with the arrival of the new prosecutor of the Nation, who, with objective criteria, organized the examination. That’s why my client hasn’t turned to the law for so long, and it’s not that he wants to run or hide. The minister clearly indicated to me: a positive conclusion of the examination or a negative one, he is right,” he said.

“We are sure that the three members of the committee have never met to qualify proposals and reward good professionals. The act states that all three met, but Mr. (Edgar) Vargas Mas never attended because he worked remotely and does not formalize his assistance at the facilities of the Ministry of Transport,” he added.

Noting that, together with the former minister John Silva They are confident “that this expert opinion will be entirely in their favor”, the lawyer insisted that the former minister confirmed that he would surrender to justice, regardless of the outcome of this analysis. On the date of this estimated delivery, he indicated that it would be “within this month”.

“I expect that it is (delivery) that the conclusion of the experts will end during this month, because remember that on July 27 they notified us, but I think that the experts were notified in the first days of this month. , and due to the workload of the tasks that the specialists have, I expect that they should complete this month,” he said.

“(It will be delivered) when the expert opinion is completed. If this month, or no later than the first days of September, the expert opinion ends and my client gives up and becomes legal. We have indicated that he has countless elements of a guilty verdict and will cooperate with justice,” he added.

Juan Silva’s lawyer requested an expert opinion

For several weeks, Luis Alfredo Yalan, Juan Silva’s lawyer, has indicated that the former minister hopes that prosecutor’s office provide an expert opinion on the tender for the Puente Tarata III project, one of the cases in which she is involved, and then provide it to the authorities.

Yalan said that Silvia He did not know that the aforementioned tender, which bears his signature, was falsified by members of the selection committee for the award of work.

In addition, he ruled out the existence of an irregular agreement between Silvia and researched Zamir Villaverde give preference to a private company with a job, since the meeting, where both talked about handing over money, judging by the audio recording broadcast in the media, took place on the date after the provision of prof.

The lawyer stated that in connection with the above, his client faces the figure of an “impossible crime”, since even if there is intent to commit it, it has not been committed, since “the tender is invalid.” […] born dead.”

“We remind you that from October 13 to October 22, 2021, the famous tender […] and the meeting with Mr. Zamir was on November 4, after. That’s why I asked on November 4 what collusion they were going to talk about if the tender was born dead in October,” he said.

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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.