The Administrative Council of the Congress authorized the disbursement of 1.3 million soles to cover the travel of 53 parliamentarians

A new scandal overwhelms Congress of the Republic which, according to the latest surveys by IPSOS and the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP), has 6% approval at the national level. To the well-known buffet, top-of-the-range cell phones, purchases such as carpets and desks, in addition to trusted personnel, are added the very high expenses to cover the travel of parliamentarians.

according to the newspaper The Republicthe efforts of Maria del Carmen Alva (Popular Action) there Jose Williams (advanced country) The Board of Directors authorized the disbursement of approximately 1,294 million soles for the transfer of 53 members of Congress abroad. Tickets and daily allowances with money from Peruvian state coffers.

The beneficiaries of these luxuries come from different political outlets. Juan Carlos Lizarzaburu Fujimori legislator of people forcehead of list having received S / 144,583.67 to travel to countries like Spain, United States, Italy, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia and Chile. It should be added that he obtained his seat thanks to the constituency of Peruvians living abroad.

Indeed, Lizarzaburu was the promoter of a bill to amend Article 23 of the Standing Orders of Parliament so that members of the national representation can have a week of representation abroad.

The next beneficiary was María del Carmen Alva. Bench member Acción Popular managed to receive S/83,500. for your travels outside Peru. In addition, she has been very generous with her party colleagues, such as Elvis Vergara, Luis Aragon, Leslie Olivos and Susel Paredes– Those who had at their disposal S/69.233.16 for plane tickets and per diem in order to pay for their stay in Rome, Italy, between October 8 and 9, 2021.

The Ungrouped Congressman Edward Málaga also enjoyed S/77 909.23 for his travels. So, for example, to switch to United Kingdom in order to participate in the COP 26 in November 2021, he spent S/21,511.90.

The scientist, who joined the ranks of the purple party, returned to English territory in March last year. In this new case, they paid him S/12,072.55. Likewise, the Board of Directors authorized the allocation of S/13,767.47 in tickets and S/9,695.69 in travel expenses for him to travel to Portugal in his capacity as Vice-President of the Commission multi-stakeholder task force responsible for monitoring, coordinating and formulating proposals for the Mitigation of Effects of climate change.

Málaga stressed that his trips to COP 26 and 27as well as at top of the oceans has allowed Peru to have an international position on these types of issues and, moreover, to forge alliances with other nations in order to combat the use of fossil fuels and protect the deep seabed.

Another lawmaker who was able to access a sum of money to cover his travels is Ernest Bustamante, which received S/74,014.69. The biologist visited Rwanda in October last year. For his part, Alex Paredes, from the Magistral Bloc, also received a total of S/71,618.31.

In the midst of various complaints against the Congress -for large unnecessary expenses- the Comptroller General of the Republic will open an investigation in this regard with the cases known to date.

The tasks of collecting information from the comptroller function will be in charge of staff Management of political, institutional and economic control according to El Comercio.

“It has been agreed that the General Directorate of Administration of the Congress of the Republic will provide all the logistical and informational facilities required by the audit commission appointed by your office,” he said. Williams Zapata in a letter sent to Comptroller Nelson Shack.

In this context, in accordance with Law 300742 – which establishes the independence of institutional control bodies, except in the case of Congress – the Comptroller’s Office will investigate these contracts, although it will not report to the control, but in Parliament itself, according to the newspaper.