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Pedro Cateriano assured that César Acuña guaranteed him APP support but in the end the caucus voted in abstention

The outgoing chief of staff, Pedro Caterianorevealed that the leader of the Alliance for Progress (APP), César Acuña, guaranteed him the support of his bench, something that was not finally reflected in yesterday’s session, in which the bench voted in abstention.

“When I take office, and without my asking without any agreement, nor ‘I give you and you give me’; from him it is born to say ‘we are going to support you, do not worry’. Because I was inviting him to participate in the meeting that he had called in the Government Palace, “he said in News Expansion.

“He (Acuña) told me that ‘I am not going to attend, because I am in Trujillo, but the members of the parliamentary group of APP will attend.’ This is how the conversation happened and then, effectively, the APP members went to the meeting that took place in the Government Palace, “he added.

When asked about APP’s decision to vote en bloc in abstention, Cateriano limited himself to saying: “That should be asked of Mr. César Acuña”. “It is absolutely coordinated (the APP vote), in a disciplined way,” he said.

Cateriano Bellido revealed that he had a “cordial” relationship with Acuña, to the point that – he maintained – the former presidential candidate He called him to participate in this year’s legislative elections for his political party.

“I can say it now: on other occasions, he even invited me to join his party, to participate in the last parliamentary elections. Previously, he wanted me to cooperate as head of his Government Plan, “he said.

“On all occasions, naturally, I went to talk to him for a democratic gesture. I appreciated his good intentions and declined. Those meetings have been with witnesses, by the way“He added.

The Benavides factor

At another time, he reiterated that days before the vote of confidence held a meeting with the President of Congress, Manuel Merino (Popular Action), who warned him that the ratification of the Minister of Education, Martín Benavides, does not generate consensus in the parliamentary benches and that you could choose to be denied confidence, thing that finally happened.

“The meeting was between the two of us, therefore, there were no witnesses, and did not mention which banks were opposed (in the presence of Benavides). Certainly, what he told me is that there was no consensus within Congress to extend my confidence, because the presence of the Minister of Education in the Cabinet had caused that disagreement, “he remarked.


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