Patricia Chirinos announced motion for interpellation against Minister of Labor Betssy Chavez

The thousands of passengers stranded by the strike of air traffic controllers on Holy Thursday are having repercussions. Although the Minister of Labour and Employment Promotion, Betssy Chavez, said that her sector did not authorize the strike, but that it is a “constitutional right” , Congresswoman Patricia Chirinos of Avanza Pais has now submitted a proposal for an interpellation motion against the head of the MTPE.

“Betssy Chavez's irresponsibility in the air traffic controllers' strike left thousands of tourists stranded, generating millions of losses for the country. Faced with this and other mismanagement in the MTPE, I have filed a motion for interpellation against the Minister of Labour,” the legislator wrote on her Twitter account, which is still collecting signatures.

The document explains that about the Minister of Labour “there are various questions as to her suitability and impartiality for the position. In this regard, they highlight her lack of intellectual honesty in carrying out her thesis to opt for the title of lawyer, her links with persons involved in the crime of trafficking in land and money laundering, as well as other questions that call into question her transparency in holding such a high-profile position.”

The interpelatory statement also contains questions about the increase in the minimum living wage, formalized by Supreme Decree No. 003-2022-TR, and the authorization to the strike of air traffic controllers that left economic losses amounting to S/ 40 million, according to Carlos Canales, president of the National Chamber of Tourism in Peru (Canatur).

INTERPELLATORY SHEET

The interpelatory statement to Minister Betssy Chavez consists of 18 questions, which are as follows:

- Are the questions in which 49% of their theses are accused of plagiarism to qualify for the professional title of lawyer at the Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University in Tacna, a thesis called: “Prison Treatment and the Influence on Recidivism and Habituality of Prisoners of the Pocollay Prison” true?

- Do you accept that there are 95 pages of your thesis to obtain the professional title of lawyer, which would have been plagiarized without citing the source from which they came?

- What prisoners did you meet with in 2016 at Challapalca Prison - Tacna?

- In what period of time did you work in the library of the Challapalca Prison? What functions did you perform during the year (s) that you worked in the library of the Challapalca Prison - Tacna?

- You said that you met not only with Mr. Rodolfo Orellana, but with other prisoners, who would be the others?

- Were you the lawyer of the prisoner Rodolfo Orellana Rengifo? In what period of time have you practiced as a lawyer for the same?

- What is your relationship with Mr. Rodolfo Orellana Rengifo?

- For what purpose did you visit Ester Carolina Furland (partner of the defendant Orellana) in the Chorrillos Prison?

- According to the version of citizen Milton Reynoso, you would have been related to Rodolfo Orellana, you would have even visited the Maximum Security Prison in Challapalca to be able to see him.

- What would you respond to the statement that you would be working to recover the property of the prisoner Orellana Rengifo in Tarata and in various parts of Tacna?

- Was Supreme Decree No. 003-2022-TR consulted with trade union and business associations, or was it consulted in the National Labour Council?

- Explain what other ministers were aware of the publication of this rule?

- Do you explain whether the proposal of Supreme Decree No. 003-2022-TR was dealt with within the Council of Ministers?

- Explain the results of the evaluation regarding the impact that Supreme Decree No. 003-2022-TR would have on the business and economic activities of companies, SMEs and other sectors

- Do you think it was appropriate to increase the Minimum Living Wage in the midst of an economic and social crisis, considering that the main sector affected by the measure is the formal sector of the country?

- As the person responsible for the work portfolio, did you report or coordinate with the Ministers of Transport and Foreign Trade the problems of air traffic controllers?

- You, as holder of the work portfolio, did you inform or coordinate with the heads of the transport and foreign trade sector the consequences of General Directorial Resolution 046-2022 MTPE/2/14 of 01.04.2022 dated 01.04.2022?

- As head of the labor sector, did you evaluate the labor problems that will be generated by the fall in tourist activity during Easter (in which the mobilization of more than 1 million national tourists was estimated)?

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