‘Montoya, swallow with your money’: citizens demonstrate with branches of alfalfa in front of the deputy’s house

A group of demonstrators reached the neighborhood of San Isidro and went outside the house of the legislator of the People’s Renovation, Jorge Montoyato make his displeasure felt by the unfortunate statements he made about the “buffet service” on busy days in the Congress of the Republic.

with bouquets of alfalfaand using loudspeakers and loudspeakers, dozens of citizens threw themselves into the parliamentary all sorts of qualifiers, where “parasite” was the lowest caliber. Protesters also carried Peruvian flags with them.

The group did not go directly to the legislator’s home, but first made a sowing in front of the headquarters of the National Confederation of Private Business Establishments (Confiep). They then moved to Montoya’s housewho was taking part in a plenary session at the time.

Outside the house congressman A large number of police officers were observed, who arrived to form a protective fence and prevent the demonstrators from committing any violent action. The group of Protestants It was made up of at least 40 people.

During the Congressional session, Montoya lamented: “Mr. President (Jose Williams), only to report that at this moment a group of vandals is in front of my house, shouting, insulting and disturbing the public order”.

In response, Williams sympathized: “Since the Congress of the Republic We urge citizens to maintain order and not violate family privacy. This is not the first time this has happened, previously the same thing happened to another member of Congress and in other places houses were even set on fire and windows smashed. The authorities will be notified.”

After knowing the journalistic report of Cuarto Poder, where it was revealed that in December 2022, the Parliament approved an addendum in order to increase the cost of food for each legislator from 15 to 80 soles in order to have the “buffet serviceMontoya was very critical of the press.

“What I observed is a bad intention in reporting. Firstly they don’t care about ordering premium meat and chicken, what do they want you to order? Third? I ask the person and the channel who made the report, what are you eating? third class food surely,” he said.

“For them to ask this question and be surprised, I imagine they must be on that side. (…) When you want to do something with bad intentions, you can see it and this report is with bad intentions. This is not a journalistic investigation to uncover fraud or embezzlement. (…) They will want us to eat alfalfa surely,” he added.

The deputy of Fuerza Popular, Patricia Juarezdenounced that his bench colleague, Nilza Chaconsuffered an attack on his home in Chimbote, where his mother and daughter were.

“She was in a decentralized session in the San Martín area and the attack was in Chimbote, so she was very alarmed by this situation. We sympathize. She received in front of her house, where her family is, she received a molotov bomb in the wee hours of the morning. There was damage and a threat of fire,” Juárez explained.

He added that due to the attack, the lawmaker’s mother, an elderly woman, decompensated and had to be assisted by medical personnel to stabilize her.