The opposition Lady Camones, new president of the Congress of Peru

MADRID, 27 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

With 73 votes in favor and 52 against, the conservative Lady Camones has become the new president of the Congress of Peru after having prevailed in a second vote over the other three lists that had presented her candidacy.

In this way, Camones, from Alliance for Progress; She will replace María del Carmen Alva, from Acción Popular, until July 2023, when the annual period of sessions ends.

The first vice president of Congress will be Martha Moyano Delgado, from Fuerza Popular; the second Vice Presidency will be in charge of Digna Calle Lobatón, from Podemos Peru, and the third Vice Presidency will be Wilmar Elera, from Somos Perú, the RPP radio station reported.

"It is a great pride for me to bequeath the highest representation of our Congress of the Republic. I assume this responsibility, fully aware of the critical moment that our country is going through, both politically, as well as socially and economically," Camones said in her first speech as president of the Peruvian Congress, has collected 'La República'.

"This morning the news of the handover of an important former high-ranking government official has been confirmed, against whom there are serious and compromising accusations of corruption. In this context, this board of directors has been elected, and we cannot ignore our opinion on the matter," Camones stressed. alleging former advisor to the Presidency Bruno Pacheco.

The new president of the Peruvian Parliament has reaffirmed her "profound commitment" in the fight against corruption, "whoever falls", and has congratulated the Prosecutor's Office for the delivery of Pacheco, who is accused of corruption for participating in an alleged mafia within the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Peru.