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“person (Nicanor Polwarte), the relative they mentioned doesn’t work for the government, he can get anyone he wants,” she said angrily. In Boluarte When he was consulted about his brother’s recent meetings with Nixon Hoyos Gallardo, the mayor of Nanjog (Cajamarca) who received a budget of almost S/20 million among other people.
The President, who is under scrutiny for his administration’s blunders, denied that his brother had done anything illegal, especially during meetings held on his birthday.
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The president called it “courageous” that a media outlet wanted to compare his brother’s situation to Pedro Castillo’s Sarratea case. He defended him saying it was a birthday meeting.
However, it is not just a meeting on a special day, the press reports show visits on various days and by various people, and not just to his house; But elsewhere.
Also, as experts explained to this newspaper, the meetings could be a scene of alleged illegal transactions, which should be clarified.
This Monday afternoon, the anti-corruption prosecutors’ group decided to open an investigation against the president’s brother Wigberto Nicanor Boluarte Zegarra and Nixon Hoyos Gallardo against the crimes of bad collusion and influence to the detriment of the state.
Also included are Noriel, Jorge and Antonio Chingay Salazar, Víctor Hugo Torres Merino, Héctor Ugarte Nina, Michael Carlos Aranda Ladera and those responsible.
The anti-corruption prosecutor’s office had already started investigations after asking the Ministry of Economy for information about the billionaire’s payment to the Cajamarca city council by a friend of the president’s brother.
“I request you to urgently provide this attorney’s office with documented information on the legal regulations formalizing the transfer of the budget to the Nangok District Municipality and the technical reports supporting the budget approval.“, lawyer Yudith Villegas Espinoza requested last Monday.
Meetings
As will be seen later, meetings between Boluarte’s brother and officials or third parties in exchange for an alleged benefit are not new.
According to the fourth power scheme, the President would not have met his brother alone Mayor Nixon Hoyos GallardoIts district received more than S/20 million, but with other people who benefited in her sister’s government or during her tenure as Minister of Development and Social Inclusion—Midis.
to your home Edwin Ugarte Nina attends regularly, Tina Poluarte earns S/58 thousand since the beginning of the government Through agreements with the National Action Platforms Program for Social Inclusion and the Peruvian Sports Institute.
Earlier, when he held a ministerial position in the government of President Pedro Castillo, he received S/32 thousand for contracts with Midis, a friend of the Bolvard brothers.
Another regular visitor to Nicanor’s house in San Borja, Another old acquaintance of the brothers, Víctor Hugo Torres Merino, earned S/47 thousand through contracts with Midis during the administration of the current president.
The journalist also reported that the two aforementioned friends and Nicanor Boluarte were traveling in the vehicle with Plate AJG-326.
According to the vehicle registry, it belongs to Michael Carlos Aranda Latera, who contracted with the state for the sum of S/76,500 for six service orders during the Tina Poluarte government.
The contract firm was responsible for checking files and preparing technical legal documents for the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General’s Office, collecting contract information for the Attorney General’s Office, providing electricity services, to Cajamarca-company headquarters. According to the National Register of Suppliers, the regional public electricity service Del Norte.
Nicanor Boluarte held meetings with them Noriel Singe Salazar and his brothers. On February 7 this year, Singe Salazar was commissioned by Tina Polwart and Interior Minister Vicente Romero, who was the regional governor of Cajamarca.
Last September, he was arrested for assaulting police after being detained after causing a car crash in Cajamarca.
Corporacion Tongod EIRL, a family business that had Noriel Singay as a partner and representative until January of this year, was awarded on November 2 the “Vehicle Transportation Service of the CA-103 Highway Development Project (Santa Cruz de Succhubamba) Tongod District. )-Romero Circa- La Laguna – Tongod – Catilluk-Emp Pe-06 (El Empalme)-Cajamarca- Job Balance”.
Award for work initiated on October 17 within the framework of Emergency Decree 032-2023, which authorized public agencies to enter into contracts aimed at preventing the occurrence of El Niño, whereby S. /399,203.75.
Another complaint
However, this is not the first halo of suspicion raised by the President’s brother. On August 23, the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office filed a complaint against Nicanor Polwart, requesting the initiation of preliminary proceedings for the alleged crime against public administration, inappropriate negotiation or improper use of position, improper acceptance of position and lying, ideology.
According to a document obtained by El Comercio, in September 2022, Vicberto Nicanor Pollarde Zegarra would have benefited from undue interest in his appointment as a consultant to the office of mayor of the municipality of Pueblo Libre.
Based on a report by the Comptroller of the Republic alleging irregularities in the conduct of the President’s brother, as reported by this newspaper, he was barred from doing so for entering into a contract with the said municipality.
Also included in the complaint were Pueblo Libre Mayor Stephen Yuri Haas del Carpio, and Carl Paul Montrose Poblet, who served as the district’s municipal manager.
The public ministry is yet to comment
The anti-corruption prosecutor’s office has so far received no response from the public ministry on its request to open an investigation against Nicanor Bolwart and others, despite the complaint being filed several months ago, sources said.
Also, after examining the comptroller’s report, the Attorney General’s Office indicated that Montrose Poblet, one of the interrogators, recognized that the hiring of Nicanor Boluarte arose from previous meetings between him, Poblet and the mayor, since the president’s brother participated in the municipality. Management Transfer Committee.
Also, after reviewing the documents, it was determined that Poluarte Zegarra falsely stated in her sworn statement that she was not barred from holding public office, even though her sister Tina Poluarte was the Vice President of the Republic at the time.
“Wigberto Nicanor Boluarte Zegarra would have been untruthful by presenting this affidavit in the recruitment process, stating that he had no prohibition to enter into a contract with the State, even though he was fully aware of said prohibition and his relationship with Tina Ersilia Boluarte Zegarra, Vice President of the Republic.”
Office of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor
In this way, the President’s brother, Legislative Decree No. regulating the special regime for the management contract of services. 1057 of Ordinance Article 4 and Law No. 1057 relating to contracting with the State. 30225 violates Article 11 which determines that immediate family members, spouses and relatives up to the second degree of relationship are prevented from contracting with government agencies.
Therefore, the Attorney General’s Office noted that the professional lawyer did not fulfill the legal requirements for accepting the position, was not willful in submitting the affidavit, and benefited from undue interest on the part of the authorities who appointed them. with wrong information.
“Furthermore, his malicious conduct would have been revealed by holding previous meetings with the Mayor and Municipal Manager of the Pueblo Libre District Municipality, with the aim of coordinating his appointment,” the Attorney General’s Office said.
Anti-corruption lawyer Yudith Villegas requested the opening of an investigation against Espinosa, Polwart Zegarra and others.
In his plea, he asked that the statements of those concerned should be taken and the communications (calls, text messages, etc.) of the accused should be declassified.
“Mr. Prosecutor, I request you to initiate the requested preliminary investigation and proceed with the investigation,” demanded the lawyer.
More questions
In June of this year, El Comercio reported that Nicanor Boluarte was preparing the platforms for the establishment of his political party, Ciudadanos por el Perú, with the support of governors, vice-governors and development and social inclusion officials.
His sister, then Vice President, will also attend one of the meetings in November 2022.
The “Panorama” project, in June, He also described the power Nicanor Polwart wielded in his sister’s government.Martin Silvio Carbajal Zegarra, a former official of the Council of Ministers, and Victor Hugo Torres Merino, a frequent visitor to the Peruvian Sports Institute, to achieve rapport.
In April 2023, El Foco Portal He said he had access to phone records from November 26, 2021, involving Nicanor Poluarte and Maritza Sanchez. (former private secretary of Dina Boluarte).
In the conversation, the President’s brother would tell Sanchez that after the visit of Minister Juan Cadillo, his daughter-in-law “Vicky” Minedu had terminated the contract, so he asked the then-friend of the Vice President to transfer his daughter-in-law.
According to the visitation record, during the government of Pedro Castillo, Nicanor Boluarte went to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism headed by Roberto Sánchez Palomino.
According to Tsunedu, Nicanor Boluiarte is a lawyer from the University of San Martin de Porres.
In 2016, Ollanda was appointed Deputy Minister for Employment Promotion and Labor Training during the Humala government.
According to various media, the president’s brother, Daniel Mouret, would have nominated him for the post of justice minister, as both worked with Humala in the Ministry of Labour.
“(His role in the state) in my opinion, the front (…) What we have to see now are the coincidences between Nicanor’s friends and the general directors who entered the ministry at that time (Midis and other ministries),” said Sánchez.
According to Sunarp, he has no companies or real estate in his name in Lima or Apurímac.
