Overview
- From January 2024 to July 2025, official documents list 424 events funded with public money totaling S/567,086 under the label of institutional activities.
- Reported uses include celebrations of lawmakers’ own laws, floral arrangements, personal honors and photo sessions, rather than core legislative work.
- Somos Perú’s Alex Paredes requested S/3,000 and other sums to mark anniversaries of his laws, while Perú Libre’s Waldemar Cerrón used nearly S/5,000 to honor artists such as Melcochita and Dayanita.
- Renovación Popular’s Noelia Herrera sought S/5,850 for a school photo session she told the director was personal, though paperwork shows the funds came from Congress.
- Regulations allow up to S/6,000 per year for events in addition to S/7,600 for logistical support and S/2,800 for representation, a structure experts like Diego Pomareda say fosters unjustified spending, with no audits or sanctions reported so far.