:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/GZMFCGJNKJDA7FKY2ONTUYDRZ4.jpg "Carlos Bruce: The Municipality of Surco has closed the restaurant where the Congress Gala will be held 1")
There Municipality of Surcounder the direction of the mayor Carlos Brucereported this Saturday to have closed the restaurant D’Pasowhere a gala would be held promoted by members of the Congress Council.
According to a statement from the municipality, the closure took place on January 30, but the day before it reopened with a precautionary measure granted by the Fourth Constitutional Court. He mechanism, however, “did not cover the lifting of the civil protection certificate requirement in order to operate”.
“Yesterday this place again broke the rules by operating without a certificate, while the legal action does not exempt it from this requirement, which is why our staff have proceeded to close it again,” the letter continues.
The municipality recorded in the text that the local intends “to abuse a judicial decision to extend its activity to the sale of alcohol, to make public shows, including with animals and without paying any type of rent to anyone”.
Amid the wave of criticism for million-dollar purchases and overpayments to feed members of Congress, the Speaker of Parliament, Jose Williamsextended an invitation to an event to be held at the now closed location for International Women’s Day.
Guests would enjoy a gala dinner and a stellar show with Peruvian Paso horses. According to the Legislative Assembly, the event was promoted by the second vice-presidency and “represents no expense to the institution”. However, it has not been specified which entity will assume the costs of restoration and artistic presentations.
The invitation went viral on social media, just as Williams announced that all those responsible for the Directorate General of Administration of Congress have made their position available due to questioning in recent weeks.
Likewise, it was announced that the directors of the areas of logistics, supply and human resources have submitted their resignations, as well as Jose Cevascosenior officer of Parliament.
On Friday, Congress admitted two motions to challenge the Minister of the Interior, Vicente Romerodue to the police response to anti-government protests, with emphasis on the intervention with armored vehicles on the campus of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM).
The motion of interpellation “on abusive and disproportionate acts of repression” in the police action presented by Peru Libre against the member of the Executive was approved in the plenary session of Congress by 47 votes for, 37 against and 11 abstentions.
Another motion calling for Romero to report on the January 21 National Police (PNP) intervention at the UNMSM, the oldest in America, won with 63 votes in favour, more than a third of the support of the parliamentarians present in the hemicycle.
In the document presented by the representatives of the left, it was considered that Romero had “absolutely disproportionate” measures against the citizens in the mobilizations.