Heidi Juarez denies the APP exclusion and maintains her innocence: “I will take legal action to clear my name.”

congresswoman Heidi Juarez spoke through Twitter about the decision of the National Political Committee of the Alliance for Progress (APP) to expel her from the party after she was held responsible for the leak of audio recordings revealing the coordination between César Acuna; Lady Camoons, President of the Congress, and MPs from her faction.

In this regard, Juarez said that he was “unpleasantly surprised” by the decision APPENDIX since they had previously reported “nothing”.

“I am ungratefully surprised that this decision was made without even telling me anything in advance, let alone that I was given the opportunity to exercise my legal right to a defense, all the more so when I publicly indicated that I was subject to any investigation that, in my opinion, is relevant to the party,” the parliamentarian said in a statement.

Likewise, he “categorically denied” responsibility for the leaked audio recordings and questioned the skills that point to his authorship.

“According to the statement (from APPENDIX) is based on a technical analysis without specifying what kind of expertise was carried out, the methods used or the conclusions drawn, an analysis to which I did not have access,” he said.

In addition, the congresswoman for Piura indicated that her presence at the Government Palace on the day the audio recording was released was related to activities related to her parliamentary work and “was reported” to the representative of the bench of parliament. APPENDIX and “consulted” Richard Acuña, of whom he said he “didn’t have an answer”.

“I will take appropriate action to prove my innocence, I will also take appropriate legal action to clear my good name,” Juarez concluded in a statement.

Bench APP Protect Meetings

On the other hand, the bench APPENDIXIn a statement posted on social media today, he said meetings between political leaders and congressmen are “routine.”

“Seminars with the leaders of political parties are a common and proper thing for EACH and EACH of the parliamentary groups of the Congress of the Republic, where issues of national, regional and local public interest are discussed and positions are determined. and political strategies,” they noted.

As you know, in one of the leaked audio recordings, Cesar Acuña is heard demanding that the President of the Congress Lady Camones, prioritize a bill that will benefit his candidacy for the regional government of La Libertad. The incident took place during a party meeting in Lima, which was called by Acuña himself and which also included parliamentary advisers.

“We demand not to mislead the population with false and biased statements about the work of parliamentary procedures. One cannot be led to believe that someone can organize some positions for 130 congressmen or how to vote in different instances of parliament,” the APP booth emphasized.

In addition, I express my support to the leadership Lady Camones and declared that they “rejected” attacks on them by the executive branch.