Gonzalo Alegria: Together for Peru bench demands his ‘immediate’ withdrawal from the electoral process

parliamentary assembly Together for Peru released a statement this Wednesday calling on the party leadership to immediately withdraw Gonzalo Alegria’s candidacy for mayor of Lima in connection with a complaint against him for psychological and sexual abuse. For parliamentarians, the persistence of an economist would be counterproductive in the electoral process.

In its text, the collegium clarified that it did not interfere in the selection of candidates for the 2022 municipal and regional elections. In addition, this case requires prompt intervention by the prosecutor’s office.

“We condemn reports of serious acts of violence: we therefore demand that Public service an exhaustive investigation to determine appropriate responsibilities and sanctions,” the press release reads. Together for Peru.

Congresswoman Ruth Luque, deputy spokeswoman for Cambio Democrático, to which Together for Peru (JPP) belongs, has already voiced her opposition to Lima’s mayoral candidate, Gonzalo Alegria. AT PTRthe legislator considered that the party should withdraw its application due to the seriousness of this accusation.

“The party, within the framework of its ongoing investigation, must make this decision (withdraw the candidate). This is a personal opinion, given that they have an ethics commission that will definitely start layoffs,” he said.

The Ombudsman asks for clarification on the complaint filed

The Office of the Ombudsman has asked the Public Prosecutor for information on the reasons for the complaint filed by the municipal candidate for Together for Peru, Gonzalo Alegria.

According to the organization, they went to the Orrantia police station to investigate a complaint against a candidate for the mayor of Lima and found that it had been forwarded to the prosecutor’s office.

“We went to the Orrantia PNP police station to investigate the complaint against Gonzalo Alegria. We were informed that she was referred to the prosecutor’s office in due time,” the organization said in a social media post.

Meanwhile, Gonzalo Alegria assured that “there is no” complaint to the San Isidro police station, allegedly filed by his own son, for psychological abuse and sexual abuse in 2021, according to the Nativa channel.

“I don’t have a single complaint against my management, and now they are making it up that I am a rapist. This is the greatest indecency (…) It’s one thing that my son is from Vox, the Spanish far right, who was sold by Maricarmen Alva (former President of the Congress) and another who can lie. My son has never lied against me and I doubt they can manipulate him into lying,” he said.