Christian Aranda Vásquez, a lawmaker with Renovación Popular, has filed a formal ethics complaint against congressman Julián Pérez Mallqui of Juntos por el Perú, who represents Cusco. The complaint asks for Pérez Mallqui's suspension from office and a docking of pay for 120 legislative days.
The filing was submitted to Congress's Mesa de Partes and will be forwarded to the Ethics Commission once that body is formally installed, as it is not yet operating.
According to the document, the sanction is meant to punish ethical violations and safeguard women's right to a life free of violence. The complaint states the events took place on July 30, 2026, just four days after Pérez Mallqui took office, when he went to the home of his former partner and former defense lawyer, Laura Bonilla Valerio, in the San Miguel district.
The filing describes what it calls constant telephone harassment beginning at 5:58 a.m. When he received no response, the document states, he entered the home without authorization, taking advantage of the absence of the victim's father. The complaint says video surveillance footage and the victim's testimony back up these claims.
The document also notes that Pérez Mallqui's candidate resume, filed with Peru's National Elections Jury, listed prior convictions for negligent injury, false declaration and domestic violence.
Juntos por el Perú requests suspension
Ernesto Zunini, a Juntos por el Perú lawmaker, said a sanction process against Pérez Mallqui was already underway. He told reporters that the party had immediately requested the opening of a disciplinary process with suspension measures.
Zunini acknowledged that the party's initial public comments had been made hastily, before it had complete documentation, noting there were at least two police reports and differing accounts of what happened. He said it may have been an error to rush an initial comment based on limited information, but that after learning more, the party requested the disciplinary process be opened.
Asked whether Juntos por el Perú would support Renovación Popular's push for a 120-day suspension, Zunini said he favored the maximum sanction if the facts are confirmed. He said the party would defer to what the investigations determine, and would back the harshest penalty the rules allow if a case of violence is proven, since the party condemns all forms of psychological violence.
Zunini said he had spoken with Pérez Mallqui, who is defending his innocence, and said Pérez Mallqui would need to explain his version of events to the relevant authorities and the parliament's Ethics Committee. He added that Juntos por el Perú would not endorse any act of physical, psychological or other violence, saying the party had been firm on that point from the start.
