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Soto, In the “Punto Final” project, let it be understood that Yeshira Peralta Salas “entered before”, he had a romantic relationship with the mother of his son. “Not then…” he added.

“It is said that I have employed my sister-in-law in my office, which is false, she is not my sister-in-law, Miss Yeshira Peralta Salas, [a ella] I hired her in 2021 and months later I had a son from my relationship with her sister but she is not my wife and she is not living with me. […] I had a fleeting relationship,” he said on the occasion.

Sources close to Alianza Para el Progreso indicated that the president of the Congress, in different meetings known as the Country Bloc, would have disclosed that he had met the mother of his son after hiring his sister in his office.

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In this way, Soto tried to distance himself from Lizeth Peralta Salas. However, photos obtained by El Comercio show that they have known each other since at least mid-2019.

For example, the former host of Cusco Channel CTC’s Sunday program “Ronda Política” attended the Cusco Bar Association ceremony on June 28 of that year, through which Peralta Salas obtained his license. With this document, he was allowed to exercise the right.

Sources close to the organization said the athlete’s registration has not been processed at the moment as he is recording debts towards his fees.

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He was involved in proselytizing activities with him

According to the pictures in this newspaper, Lizeth Peralta Salas took part in the activities and tours that Sotto Reyes ran for parliament in early 2021. On March 28, two weeks before the general elections, Abepista arrived in Chiguany, Canchis (Cusco) province.

Soto was accompanied by Peralta Salas, who coordinated and would later hold the jacket of Who’s the Father of Her Son.

There is another character who was until recently one of the closest collaborators of the current president of the Congress: Edgar Kamarra. A former “Ronda Politica” reporter helped the then candidate distribute match boxes to traders in the central market of the aforementioned district.

“[Estoy] As well as thanking the people for this welcome, the postponed and abandoned Chiguany is sure to continue to fight for the interests of Cuzco. I have been working in television for 20 years, I am an inspector and I am going to fight for this land,” Soto said in statements to CTC.

The channel made statements in its news programs supporting the candidacy of Soto, who was its main figure at the time.

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In early March of the same year, César Acuña, the APP presidential candidate, visited the provinces of Soto, Anta and La Convencion. First, the current regional governor of La Libertad made a mistake by calling on citizens to vote for “O,” the symbol of former president Ollanta Humala’s nationalist party, instead of “A.”

During that visit, Aguna promised to reach the Government Palace to complete the construction of the Antonio Lorena Hospital and the Sincero International Airport.

“We travel in a caravan [el Cusco] So that Cesar Aguna can connect with the people and capture needs that are not addressed by this government or others,” said the former TV presenter.

Earlier, Soto went to Iscuchaca Central Market in Anda, where he had breakfast.

At his side you can see Lizeth Peralta Salas, who advises the other members of the delegation.

On June 17, 2021, when Soto was already an elected congressman, Provided 20 oxygen concentrators As a donation to various districts of Cuzco. Peralta Salas was by his side in this act, according to a photo accessed by El Comercio.

A month and a half later he hired his sister in his office in Parliament.

Sources close to Soto said workers in his office removed all images of Lizeth Peralta Salas appearing in her campaign from the congresswoman’s social networks after complaints about her sister’s hiring.

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Lawyer Alejandro Rospigliosi, an expert in parliamentary law, pointed to nepotism on the part of Soto, who kept Yeshira Peralta Salas in his parliamentary office for almost a year after the birth of his son.

“In this situation there is already a second degree relationship, the day after the birth of the child, the congressman had to terminate the contract, but this young woman has been working continuously for almost a year. That is the question. He cannot say that they are nothing, because there was already a family bond,” he said. told El Comercio.

Subsection G of Section 4 of the Legislative Branch Code of Conduct states that a congressman may not “employ or retain a relative of the fourth degree or second degree of relationship” in his office.

Rospigliosi also said the pictures prove that Soto and Lizeth Peralta Salas had an intimate relationship since mid-2019.

He also said that the pictures will prove that the Congress leader has fed in untrue versions of the country block.

Nearly three weeks after three preliminary hearings on Soto at the Ethics Commission began, not a single report was ready to determine whether or not it would go to trial, the lawyer questioned. “I believe there is no pressure to move this issue slowly,” he said.

Antonio Maldonado, a former anti-corruption prosecutor, considered that the images obtained by this newspaper would end up being “very relevant,” in the sense of the Ethics Commission’s investigation, to “confirm the hypothesis” that the relationship between Soto and Peralta Salas was “not casual or temporary.”

Maldonado said the Attorney General’s Office may expand the preliminary investigation against the Congress leader for cutting the salaries of his workers to finance his ads on social networks to evaluate whether the hiring of Yeshira Salas Peralta was an act or not. relationship

“The public ministry’s focus should be on whether there is a pattern or not, not on isolated facts,” he concluded.

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The head of the Ethics Commission, Diego Bazan (Avanza País), estimated that reports would be available in three weeks to determine whether or not to open an investigation into Soto. He also said that the cases against the Congress leader are at the preliminary stage of investigation.

Trials against Soto began on August 31. That is, at the beginning of October, after five weeks, there will only be progress.