:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/DQVITHHGRVFQTD6I7OVMHHP5UA.png "Magaly Ruiz fires top adviser accused of cutting former congressman’s salary")
Three days after a former worker of the Congress of the Republic denounces that the main adviser to the legislator Magaly Ruiz Rodriguez He asked for part of his salary. The parliamentarian decided to stop Johnny Fabian Romero Nimayour trusted employee, Wednesday March 8th.
Through her social networks, the legislator announced her decision after several questions. Likewise, he shared the official letter where the disposition and separation of one of the most trusted people he had in his office is determined.
“Yesterday the main adviser in my office was fired. I take this decision in order to contribute to the clarification of the facts so that they do not call into question the independence and the impartiality of the investigations”, he wrote on his Twitter.
According to the document, it was verified that Romero Nima started working on July 27, 2021 and that the reason for his dismissal was “a trust warrant”. Complainant Carlos Marina Puscán, who works as an assistant at the Child Protection Commission, accused him of charging him a certain amount of money after receiving his salary to support vulnerable children with certain illnesses.
However, he later realized that this would have been directed against the parliamentarian, according to the complainant. It was about S1500/month that he had to provide through an “envelope”, but at least once it would have been by bank transfer.
“The money was delivered in a sealed envelope in cash and behind closed doors. Councilor Jhonny Romero called us on his personal cell phone and said, ‘come, bring the envelope.’ That’s what he always told us,” Marina said in Punto Final.
Through a press release, the Alianza para el Progreso party asked the parliamentarian to provide the means of investigation. For his part, the leader of the political organization, Caesar Acunareported that it had been decided to separate the legislator from all the commissions due to the drop in salaries.
Parliamentarian Ruiz took leave of the party and mentioned that Marina Puscán was only looking to get her job back. In this sense, she asked that she provide proof that she knew nothing of what she was accused of, despite the fact that the young communicator presented a WhatsApp chat.
From now on, the complaint that has been presented to Congress will be examined by the Ethics Commission, if approved, it must enter the plenary session, where it could be decided to challenge or in accordance with the conclusions of the report requested.
In this working group, to which the legislator also belonged, it was announced that she would be replaced by the parliamentarian who entered after the dismissal of Freddy Díaz, Nelcy Heidinger. A new crisis observed in the APP party.
For its part, the National Prosecutor’s Office has opened a preliminary investigation against Deputy Ruiz for the alleged crime against public administration. In this sense, he must be summoned to provide his means of defense and the required documents.
“(…) has decided to include in the investigation Johnny Romero Nima, senior adviser to the Parliamentary Organization of the Office of Congress, as an alleged accomplice in the same crime”, they wrote on their Twitter account.