One of the most expensive trips – over 25 thousand soles – was made by Waldemar Cerrón (Perú Libre), first vice president of the Congress. He did not travel alone: his advisor Natalia Jiménez flew with him. Together, Congress spent more than 50 thousand soles in one week in Europe. Neither responded to this media’s questions. But there is a curious fact: Cerrón, as a member of the Board of Directors, had to approve his own trip.
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Seven days before the second round, María del Carmen Alva (Popular Action) left for Serbia. That mission cost the State a total of S/ 16,215. Also listed is a trip to Azerbaijan made by congressman Ernesto Bustamante (Popular Force). His flight was from May 16 to 23 and represented the highest individual expense of the month: S/ 31,171.
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Contacted by El Comercio, he indicated that he traveled on special assignment from the president of Congress, Fernando Rospigliosi. But he is not the only congressman who holds Rospigliosi responsible for his trip. Patricia Juárez (Popular Force), whose records show she traveled to Canada from May 19 to 22, assures that she traveled at the special request of the president of Congress.
However, when consulted by this Newspaper, Rospigliosi states that he never asks “that they travel on his behalf,” since congressmen travel to events to which they are invited.
Heidy Juárez (National Loyalty) and Ilich López (Popular Action) also went to Canada, representing a joint expenditure of S/ 46,104.85.
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This Newspaper contacted the three mentioned legislators, however, only Patricia Juárez responded indicating that she traveled to Parlaméricas.
On May 14, three other legislators made a congressional trip to Brazil. They are parliamentarians Elvis Vergara (Popular Action), Eduardo Salhuana (APP) and José Jerí (Somos Perú). The trio made the Lima-Brazil-Lima route. The total cost of the three flights exceeded S/ 20,000. Legislators Jorge Flores Ancachi (APP) and Elizabeth Taipe (Perú Libre) embarked to Mexico, with missions costing S/ 9,346 and S/ 8,079 respectively. They were joined by Ana Zegarra (Somos Perú) who traveled from May 28 to 30 with a total cost of S/ 10,476.
Trips to the United States were not isolated cases. Between May 23 and June 1, congressmen Juan Carlos Lizarzaburu (APP), Arturo Zeballos (Popular Renewal) and Magally Santisteban (Popular Force), along with advisor Patrick Allemant, made trips to the North American country that, together, cost the State more than S/ 51 thousand.
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