Overview

• A media investigation reports more than S/5.7 million spent on viáticos and transport for 3,759 comisionados between January 2024 and July 2025.
• Comisionados can receive up to S/1,600 for five days while each legislator gets S/2,800, pushing monthly disbursements for representation to about S/6,000 per office.
• Documentation shows payments even when activities were in central Lima or held via Zoom, with up to 30% of expenses allowed by sworn declaration.
• Named cases include relatives of congresswoman Lucinda Vásquez receiving S/3,200 (Edward Rengifo Pezo) and S/1,280 (Jimmy Pinchi Pezo), and two aides to Rosangella Barbarán getting S/1,280 each for a week largely in Congress or online.
• Parliamentary law expert Diego Pomareda calls the practice duplicative and unjustified in Lima, while Congressman Flavio Cruz acknowledges weak controls and urges regulatory adjustments with no formal reforms announced.