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Sandra Rodríguez Vargas and Eduardo Quezada—according to “Cuarto Poder”—coordinated the attack from the apepista office against Luis Aragon (Popular Action), Guido Bellito (Perú Bicentenario) and Katy Ugarte (Solidarity and Dialogue).

For example, on November 23, 2021, Quezada Yepes urged Soto’s workers to “note” Aragon’s absence at a session of the Transportation and Communications Commission. Bellito, and notes that Ugarte “pulled his teaching exam seven times.”

As a result of this new controversy, the so-called country bloc within the benches began to reconsider the level of support for Soto.

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Congresswoman Adriana Tudela (Avanza Boyce) said the procedures carried out by Abepista’s office were “not very transparent” and demanded “clarification”.

“We have decided not to support the audit [contra el presidente del Congreso]New facts have emerged and we must evaluate them [de nuevo] A bench,” he said in statements to reporters.

From Peru Libre, MP Flavio Cruz announced that the Pencil Bench would hold a meeting this Tuesday night and announced that he would ask that the new complaints against Soto be addressed.

“I request that this issue be discussed in the meeting. You have to look at the pros and cons [de continuar con este apoyo]It should be analyzed at several levels. Two weeks ago our position was different, the situation [del presidente del Parlamento] Today it seems so complicated that we need to undertake a more serious analysis.

Adriana Tudela, congresswoman of Avanza País

It should be remembered that a few days ago, the general secretary of Peru Libre, Vladimir Cerón, described the journalistic denunciations against Soto as “Carcamontan”. He also said that these were a “smoke screen” to hide the “loot of the country”.

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Positions found in Fujimoriism

Arturo Alegría, spokesman for Fuerza Popular, said his group “has not changed our opinion” regarding support for the congressional leader. He said the APP MP was not part of the chatter revealed by the “fourth power” and it had to decide whether its employees had abused their trust or not.

“He [Soto] They evaluate and investigate and make decisions, creating fake accounts can be questionable […] It is not certain that he did this directly. He has already submitted to the processes and he has to answer every inquiry“, he contacted El Comercio.

In contrast, Congressman Alejandro Aguinaga (Popular Force) described the new complaint against Soto as “deplorable.”

“This is certainly unfortunate because being [al frente] The first authority of the state requires a beautiful behavior […] Now that trolls are out, social networks should inform our activities, not create cruelty or hostility”, he asserted in a statement to reporters.

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Aguinaga, chairman of the Congressional Foreign Relations Committee, said the head of the legislative branch should hold a new press conference where he responds in an orderly fashion to every controversy he faces.

“He should not get caught up in the answers, but meet them [con la prensa] And explain topic by topic and clarify it clearly”, he added.

The Fujimori MP said he should “set aside” his two top advisers if he didn’t know anything.

He said he cannot put his hand on fire for anyone.

Sources close to Fuerza Popular’s leadership have indicated that the party’s leader, Keiko Fujimori, is concerned about the continued complaints against Soto and that a formulaic evaluation period may be entered into to deal with the current crisis. They declined to specify whether this meant Abepista’s departure from the board of directors.

Congressmen from Alianza Para el Progreso have chosen to remain silent on Soto’s delicate situation.

APP sources told El Comercio that there is internal discomfort on the part of both legislators and La Libertad’s regional governor and the party’s leader, Cesar Aguna.

Acuna’s irritation was that he felt the bench had not given enough support to Soto in the midst of the crisis.

This newspaper tried to contact representatives of Somos Peru, but they did not return our calls.

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For his part, Renovación Popular’s spokesman, Jorge Montoya, confirmed that Soto is “absolutely unfit to continue” in the leadership of the Congress, and urged the parties of Bloque País not to shirk their responsibility and remove him from the board. of Directors. He also said that he supports the no-confidence motion against the impeachment.

In her turn, Gladys Echaíz, congresswoman of Renovación Popular, described the situation of the parliament president as “shameful” and “intolerable”.

“We have to make a decision, and every day there are new stories, and then when they talk about ethical issues, inappropriate behavior, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ thereof, it will affect the company, there is a presumption of innocence, he noted. Cambio Democrático-Juntos por el Perú declared his support for the censure movement.

Podemos Peru’s alternate spokesman, Carlos Zeballos, said the Soto workers involved in attacks on other parliamentarians “must be separated. We cannot have people like this who commit acts against the honor of congressmen,” he added in a statement to reporters.

“Personally, I told Soto to resign and step aside, we are in such a disreputable organization that it is necessary to do accelerated work, especially on defense. We are evaluated to support the audit”, he shrugs.

From the Popular Action bench, Congressman Wilson Soto Palacios said it is not right for a parliamentarian to devote himself to attacking other legislators on social media.

“Congressmen cannot be branded or mistreated in any way,” he said, later hinting that they would take a joint stand on the no-confidence motion in the next few hours.

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Cambio Democrático-Juntos por el Perú’s alternative spokeswoman, Ruth Luke, called on Soto to reject the actions of his workers “which include his main adviser.”

“If they are the isolated actions of these poor servants, none of them should be working in Congress,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

Luke is mentioned in chats revealed by “Quarto Poder”, with “Blake” pointed at her.