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Peru: 27 lawmakers hire campaign donors as congressional staff
La República (Peru)LO·PE·38 minutes ago
Fuerza Popular congressman Pier Figari attends a second conciliation hearing in the Cócteles case, seeking to reconcile a demand of S/2 million against prosecutors and judges. The first meeting on September 3 was boycotted by state prosecutors and three of four magistrates, signaling procedural friction. This development matters as it tests judicial accountability and political immunity in Peru's ongoing corruption-related litigation.