Overview
- Edward Rengifo Pezo acknowledged trimming Congresswoman Lucinda Vásquez’s toenails inside her congressional office at the Santos Atahualpa building during working hours in November 2024.
- He described the help as a compassionate, voluntary response to her advanced cancer and mobility difficulties, saying it was a brief assist before she sought medical attention nearby.
- A photo and short video of the moment circulated widely this week, which Rengifo says were recorded without his consent and presented out of context.
- Legislative sources say the Congressional Ethics Commission will consider opening a preliminary investigation into potential misuse of personnel or facilities at its next session.
- Vásquez criticized the media coverage and did not address her health status, while two other staffers named in reports denied being ordered to perform domestic tasks or said such actions were outside work hours.