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The juicy sums spent by the Congress of the Republic With the money of the State, they maintain it in the collimator of the interrogations of the population. The unveiling of the striking sums used to have the service of “buffetThe busy days gave way to the reveal of more perks such as plane tickets, high-end cell phones, beautiful carpets, state-of-the-art televisions and special rent in a car park.
Bill seeks to embed austerity measures in congressional spending
Initiative comes a week after revealing high food prices for parliamentarians
This situation has led various citizens to wonder about the amount of the total expenses of the members of congress for all these “luxuries” that they maintain, especially since it is common knowledge that they receive a remuneration of nearly 15,600 soles months for their parliamentary work, which is 15 times more than the minimum wage in Peru (1,025 soles).
-Exact amount spent: S/. 2,037,537.30
César Acuña questions the Congress buffet: “How is it possible that they have a menu of 80 soles”
The leader of Alianza para el Progreso has joined in the criticism of the high expenses that go to feed parliamentarians.
According to the Cuarto Poder program, which revealed the “buffet service” scandal, thanks to an amendment signed on December 12, 2022, the contract signed by Congress in February 2022 for the dining and catering concessionaire has been modified official and events protocol. The new deal cost more than two million soles.
The contract provides that parliamentarians can consume up to 190 soles for breakfast, lunch and dinner, for a single day. A simple multiplication would yield the result that feeding all members of Congress in one full day would be approximately 25,000 soles.
-Exact amount spent: S/. 414,000
Members of Congress are now against the S/80 buffet: who and what did they say?
The cost of food increased during the legislature and so a buffet of S/80 was covered, whereas previously the budget was around S/16 per plate
The newspaper El Comercio revealed that, during the efforts of Lady Camones (former president), Alianza para el Progreso (APP) and José Williams (current leader), of Avanza País, the Congress disbursed more than 414,000 soles for the concept of 32 trips for legislators of various backgrounds.
The amount, according to the institution’s transparency portal, only corresponds to four months: August, October, November and December of last year. If you add January and February 2023, the amount could reach half a million soles.
-Exact amount spent: /. 1’547,391.00
As La República reported, a total of 92 members of Congress requested an iPhone-branded cellphone at the start of their term, the same one that was paid for with state money. The beneficiaries are parliamentarians from Fuerza Popular, Perú Libre, Renovación Popular, Avanza País, Acción Popular, APP, Bloque Magisterial, Perú Bicentenario, Cambio Democrático, Podemos Peru, Somos Perú, Perú Democrático and some ungrouped members.
-Exact amount spent: S/. 2’551,720.00
According to a report by Panorama, Congress acquired -on November 25, 2022- 1,600 square meters of high-traffic 12 mm cut pile carpeting, 2.55 ml bronze plates and 100% acrylic Dralon for a amounting to 315 thousand soles and were used to decorate five rooms of the Legislative Palace. However, the Sunday program verified that the price turns out to be much lower in other stores and can reach up to 149,400 soles.
In addition, he revealed that in March 2022, a private parking lot was contracted on Abancay Avenue, which has a covered area with a capacity of at least 200 vehicles. A total of one million 620 thousand soles was disbursed for the said contract.
An additional 138,350 soles were also allocated, in April 2022, to the purchase of televisions. On October 17, 2022, at the request of Parliament, two LED screens were installed in the Raúl Porras Barrenechea room, for which they paid 478,352 soles.