In the episode the congressman of the Marxist Peru Libre party and former prime minister Guido Bellido and the Fujimori parliamentarian Ernesto Bustamante intervened.
Two Peruvian congressmen challenged each other to a duel in Parliament on Wednesday during a tense verbal incident carried out by both in a telematic session of the Parliamentary Tourism Commission.
The episode was led by the congressman from the Marxist Peru Libre party and former prime minister Guido Bellido and the Fujimori parliamentarian Ernesto Bustamante, president of the Congress Foreign Relations committee.
The incident began when the parliamentary tourism commission debated a bill on a “tourist fee” for the Cusco region, from which Bellido is a native, who called Bustamante “senorito” during his speech.
This provoked the immediate and furious protest of the Fujimori congressman, who considered it a mockery on the part of the left-wing parliamentarian.
Then, Bellido agreed to withdraw the mention of “young man” while explaining that he had made it because, during his speech, the right-wing legislator had addressed him directly, “which is not correct”, since by protocol he should have addressed only to the president of the commission.
However, the former prime minister reproached Bustamante for the manners and shouting made during his protest because “many congressmen still believe that here anyone can be yelled at and nothing happens.”
“Let’s put the bravado aside,” added Bellido, which reignited the protests of Bustamante, who shouted against the leftist and demanded the president of the commission to put order in the session.
“What is this bravado? Mr. Bellido seems to have gotten up on his left foot. Looks like he hasn’t had any coffee. It is not acceptable ”, replied Bustamante.
Far from lowering the tension, the moment came when Bellido proposed to Bustamante to beat with blows to solve any controversy, in the purest style of “takanacuy”, an annual fight between estranged neighbors originating precisely from the Cusco province of Chumbivilcas, which usually be held at Christmas.
“If you have a personal problem with me, I’ll wait for you in Congress,” snapped Bellido, known for being a very confrontational and not very diplomatic politician.
“What happens to Mr. Bellido? Now is he challenging me to go fight him? Anytime, buddy, but now we are in session. Save the forms, “Bustamante replied before the session was suspended for five minutes to calm both parliamentarians.
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