Overview
- Aguinaga made physical contact with an advisor who approached the commission president while he was speaking, and the session audio records him saying “Me estás interrumpiendo, por favor.”
- The senator told CARETAS he did not hit the advisor and that he only took the advisor’s hand to stop the interruption, adding that the advisor later apologized to him.
- Congress’s official transmission later edited out the moment of contact from the video but left the audio intact, prompting public scrutiny over the record of the session.
- The exchange happened while the commission was reviewing its work plan and Aguinaga was urging clearer criteria to measure judicial delays and case backlogs.
- The episode has renewed attention on Aguinaga because of a separate March audio about EsSalud staffing that prompted a Fiscalía complaint, though no formal congressional sanction over the September incident has been reported.