2023-05-01 11:34:19
The new Minister of Labor, Antonio Varela Bohórquez, was accused of plagiarizing his doctoral thesis published in 2020. According to the information issued by “Panorama”, the portfolio holder’s thesis went through the Turnitin anti-plagiarism program, which yielded a 54% similarity index.
As indicated by “Panorama”, Antonio Varela, who on April 23 was appointed by President Dina Boluarte, copied and pasted titles of his investigation.
Likewise, it was detected that he also plagiarized entire paragraphs without citing where the information came from, as well as complete uninterrupted pages from other authors in order to obtain the highest academic degree.
The thesis entitled “Collective labor bargaining in the public sector. Economic arbitration procedures and their guarantee at the beginning of Budgetary Balance”, was published in 2020. In this way, Valera obtained his doctoral degree at the San Martín de Porres University.
Among those affected is Pedro Grández Castro, former advisor to the Constitutional Court (TC), from whom Minister Valera copied 11 pages of his thesis, from page 93 to 104.
The Panorama investigation also states that Varela Bohórquez copied the late Fernando Elías Mantero, founder of the Elías Mantero Abogados law firm, from his partner.
Minister of Labor rejects plagiarism of his thesis
In this regard, the new Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion, Antonio Varela Bohórquez, rejected the claim of plagiarism of his doctoral thesis. Through a statement released on his social networks, he indicated that his research respected copyright.
“My thesis entitled ‘Collective labor bargaining in the public sector, economic arbitration procedures and its guarantee to the principle of budget balance’; It was reviewed with the turnitin anti-similarity program, which resulted in the thesis meeting the similarity parameters, which are mostly legal and jurisprudential references, ”he said.
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