Édgar Alarcón

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alarcón and the second or maternal family name is Tejada.
Édgar Alarcón
Alarcón in 2013
Member of Congress
In office
16 March 2020 – 16 April 2021
ConstituencyArequipa
Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru
In office
9 June 2016 – 4 July 2017
Preceded byFuad Elías Khoury Zarzar
Succeeded byNelson Shack
Personal details
Born
Édgar Arnold Alarcón Tejada

(1961-05-09)9 May 1961
Arequipa, Peru
Died14 May 2024(2024-05-14) (aged 63)
Ayacucho, Peru
Political partyUnion for Peru
Alma materNational University of Saint Augustine
WebsiteOfficial website

Édgar Arnold Alarcón Tejada (9 May 1961 – 14 May 2024) was a Peruvian accountant and politician who served as Comptroller General of the Republic of Peru from 9 June 2016 to 4 July 2017. He was a Congressman representing Arequipa from 16 March 2020 until he was removed from office in April 2021. Alarcón belonged to the Union for Peru.

Early life and education

Son of Diego Alarcón Carpio and Nancy Tejada Escobedo, he studied at the San Martín de Socabaya (Arequipa) and Manuel Muñoz Najar Schools, in the same town. Later, he would study accounting at the National University of Saint Augustine, obtaining a bachelor's degree and later a Professional Degree in the same university house, although it was confirmed that his degree was fraudulent.[1]

Career

On 9 June 2016, he was appointed Comptroller General of the Republic,[2][3] despite this he was removed from his position on 4 July 2017.[4]

On 9 October 2019, Alarcón was presented as the main Governor Advisor in the Regional Government of Arequipa headed by Élmer Cáceres Llica.[5] On 6 November, he resigned from that position, denouncing acts of corruption within the Regional Entity.[6]

Political career

During the 2020 Peruvian parliamentary election, he was elected a congressman by the Union for Peru on behalf of Arequipa, an office which he took up on 16 March of the same year.[7] Likewise, on 21 April, he was elected president of the Congressional Oversight Commission within the framework of the state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.[8]

Alarcón was in favor of Vizcarra's vacancy during the two processes, the second of which ended up removing the former president from power. The congressman supported the motion being one of the 105 parliamentarians who voted in favor of the vacancy of President Martín Vizcarra.[9]

In April 2021, he was suspended from his duties as a Congressman of the Republic for the duration of the criminal proceedings against him for alleged acts of corruption when he was Comptroller General of the Republic.[10]

Death

Alarcón died on 14 May 2024, at the age of 63, after a bus crashed in Ayacucho. Twelve other people also died in the crash, and fourteen were injured.[11]

Controversies

Alarcón was questioned for having named ex-congressman Juan José Díaz Dios as parliamentary coordinator of the Comptroller's Office.[12]

When an alleged irregular purchase of computers by the Board of Directors of Congress was revealed, Alarcón ruled out any responsibility of Luz Salgado and José Cevasco, the latter responsible for the disputed acquisition, and was criticized for the phrase: "So much noise for five Millions!".[13][14]

Alarcón was also accused of having recorded the conversations he had with some ministers of the ministerial cabinet such as Fernando Zavala (Prime Minister), Alfredo Thorne (former Minister of Economy) and Martín Vizcarra (former Minister of Transport).[15]

On 3 July 2017, the Permanent Commission of the Congress of the Republic through Legislative Resolution No. 015-2016-2017-CR, in its first article, it was established: "The removal of Mr. Édgar Arnold Alarcón Tejada from the position of Comptroller General of the Republic, for which he was designated by Legislative Resolution No. 003-2015-2016 dated 9 June 2016... "and the vacancy of the Comptroller position was declared.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Edgar Alarcón: la cuestionada hoja de vida del fiscalizador" (in Spanish). La Estación. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Resolución Legislativa N° 003-2015-2016-CR" (in Spanish). El Peruano. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Édgar Alarcón, designado como contralor general de la República". El Comercio (in Spanish). Lima. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Contralor Edgar Alarcón se defendió de acusaciones ante el Congreso y se realiza el debate" (in Spanish). Perú21. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Édgar Alarcón fue presentado como nuevo asesor del gobierno regional de Arequipa". canaln.pe (in Spanish). 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Excontralor Alarcón renuncia a cargo de asesor del Gobierno Regional de Arequipa" (in Spanish). Gestión. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Arequipa ya cuenta con sus seis virtuales congresistas" (in Spanish). Arequipa: Andina. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Congreso elige al excontralor Édgar Alarcón como presidente de la Comisión de Fiscalización" (in Spanish). RPP Noticias. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Los 105 congresistas que votaron a favor de la vacancia de Vizcarra" (in Spanish). Canal N. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Edgar Alarcón fue suspendido como congresista y será procesado por presunto enriquecimiento ilícito". El Comercio (in Spanish). 17 April 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  11. ^ Casimiro, Diego (14 May 2024). "Edgar Alarcón, excongresista y excontralor, falleció en accidente de bus en Ayacucho". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Juan Díaz Dios fue designado coordinador de la Contraloría en el Congreso" (in Spanish). La República. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  13. ^ Bazán, Sigrid (24 May 2017). ""Tanto ruido por cinco milloncitos"" (in Spanish). La República. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  14. ^ Ramírez, Miguel (17 January 2017). "Édgar Alarcón: la historia detrás del polémico Contralor General de la República". trome.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  15. ^ "¿Quién es Edgar Alarcón, el hombre de los audios?" (in Spanish). América Noticias. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Resolución Legislativa del Congreso N° 015-2016-2017-CR" (in Spanish). El Peruano. 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.