Susel Paredes: “The salary is the least for congressmen, money would be in the negotiated ones”

Susel Paredes referred to the current bad image of the Congress of the Republic, to which she belongs as a legislator of the Purple Party. He criticized the lack of consistency of some members of Parliament who voted to approve the presidential vacancy motion, but gave the confidence to Cabinet Aníbal Torres.

“That's not consistent. That's why we have 82% approval. I apologize to people for such actions. Because if I'm going to speak badly about the Government, I don't give it confidence,” said the legislator in the program Nothing is said about RPP. Journalist Jaime Chincha replied that perhaps congressmen are doing it to take care of their seats in the face of a possible closure of the Legislative.

However, Paredes thinks differently. He assured that something serious happens in the Legislative, and suddenly they take her to Ethics, for revealing it, “because you always put me in trouble every time I come here,” he told the presenter. He still commented: “The salary is the least for the congressmen, and the money would be in unproven negotiated. For example, if I present a law to prevent plastics from being used, and I say increase three more years [until it comes into force], that suits a business, that is not true. I put that as an example. But there would be real money,” he said.

In another example, he said that a university might need a law to be given a second or third chance at licensing. A university not necessarily in Lima, because it can be from regions. “Do you think that 15,000 suns is what makes them stay? No, then brother. He makes them stay because [they ask them] to give me a second chance, or to extend [the deadline] for me to be given a second chance. You think that's free? Free is just milk from your mother's tit, everything else is bought in one way or another. Who knows if they lead me to ethics...”, he said.

He reiterated that it is not because of the salary of a congressman of 15,000 soles, but that the money is in the lobby, because “they tell you by this law 100 thousand dollars, for this law 50 thousand dollars, do not vote for this, go on a trip, ask for leave without having enjoyed it. That's not a new invention. Montesinos gave money to some of the congressmen to go on a trip to Europe and Susy Díaz was given money to go to Tacna. Poor thing instead of going to Europe...”

So, for Paredes, it's not about collecting a fortnight, it's because of the power that comes from being a congressman, voting against, voting for, or making the votes not come. That's where the business of being a congressman is.

ABOUT CASTILLO'S SPEECH

Susel Paredes had earlier commented on Pedro Castillo's presentation at the Congress. “I must emphasize that in the president's speech he acknowledged his mistakes and failures. However, this self-criticism is not going to be if it does not make decisions and remove ministers who have serious problems of corruption or suitability, such as Health and Transport.”

In this regard, the legislator warned about her vote this Wednesday in the interpellation to ministers Hernán Condori and Angel Yldefonso (Justice and Human Rights) who will be questioned by the national representation to answer questions about their efforts.

“Tomorrow we will come to the interpellation, if the president does not take them out tonight, tomorrow we will hear their answers. I don't think they are satisfactory, so we are going to submit censure motions, of course,” he said.

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