Peruvian lawmakers Raúl Camargo Porta and Víctor Piñán Mamani have reported the disappearance of official equipment and personal items from their congressional offices in Lima. Both politicians represent the OBRAS parliamentary group and filed formal complaints regarding separate losses inside the legislative complex.
The missing property includes an official mobile phone, a charging unit, power outlet adapters, an electrical extension cord, and personal items taken from private workspaces. Both incidents occurred inside the New Building of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, located at the corner of Abancay and Junín avenues.
Missing official phone and charger
Raúl Camargo Porta addressed a formal document to Hugo Rovira, the senior official of the Chamber of Deputies, requesting the replacement of his official devices. Camargo Porta stated that he locked his office at the end of the workday on July 31 before leaving the building.
Upon returning to his office, the lawmaker noticed that his institutional mobile phone and charger were missing from a shelf where they had been stored in their original boxes. He submitted photographs as proof and noted that office staff confirmed the equipment was inside the room prior to his departure.
Security concerns during maintenance work
Víctor Piñán Mamani, who serves as spokesman for the OBRAS deputies, reported a separate sequence of missing items following maintenance work. He explained that his parliamentary office was delivered on July 31 in a precarious state without basic electrical connections for computers.
Staff members used their own funds to buy power adapters and an extension cord to operate office machinery. On August 3, staff arrived to find the office completely open and discovered that the extension cord and adapters had been taken.
A second loss occurred after contractor personnel entered the premises to install electrical connectivity in the meeting room. On August 4, the chief advisor for the office stored a box of personal vitamins inside a desk drawer before leaving around 8 p.m., locking the private main room while leaving the entrance open for contractors.
Staff discovered the following morning that the vitamin box was missing. Piñán Mamani stated that the losses highlight a serious lack of access control for external workers, weak security protocols, and inadequate supervision of maintenance contractors.
Parliamentary building context
The Congress of the Republic of Peru operates as the country's unicameral legislative body in central Lima. Its legislative complex on Abancay Avenue houses administrative suites and workspace for elected representatives and parliamentary staff.
