Peru’s Congress passed a motion of no confidence in its president, Lady Camones, on Monday with 61 votes, after which she was declared vacant of the office she has held since July 26 for the period 2022-2023.
The motion, which 23 MPs from left-wing parties supported, was passed with 47 votes against and five abstentions and came after audio recordings emerged in which the MP appeared to be speaking to her party leader about a law he wants she approves. .
According to a journalistic investigation by “Epicentro TV”, the leader of the party she represents, César Acuña, instructed her and other members of the Alianza para el Progreso bank to speed up a law to create the district of Alto Trujillo in La Libertad (North. ) The region.
This is to favor his candidacy for governor of that department in the regional and municipal elections to be held in this South American state on October 2.
According to the document approved today by the deputies, the “personal and direct” conversation expressly shows how she “explains to him the work she is doing in this branch of government and reveals the strategy she follows to favor Mr. César Acuña. “
In this sense, they claim that Camones committed the alleged crimes of usurpation of office, illegal sponsorship and influence.
The text adds that the leaked audios are “sufficient evidence” for the configuration of the crimes described above, especially because she “admitted” to the press that this conversation “actually happened, but that it was recorded “illegally “.
After the content of the audio became known, the Peruvian government considered that Camones, as well as all members of the parliamentary body, should resign and asked the Public Prosecutor’s Office to open an investigation.
Peruvian Prime Minister Aníbal Torres called on members of Congress to “solve this problem” that arose in the Board of Directors and asked Trujillo’s electoral jury to “separate candidate Acuña.”
For its part, the Special Electoral Jury (JEE) of Central Lima ordered the collection of information on the audios to assess whether the former president of the Legislature violated the principle of electoral neutrality.
In this regard, she gave Camones one calendar day to present her defense on the material in question “under threat of innocence”.
After Lady Camones’ dismissal, First Vice President of the Legislature, Martha Moyano, a member of the pro-Fujimori party, has taken her place and will remain in office until new elections for the executive office are held.
