PUCP: students seek reimbursement after accusations of wrongful accusations | Lima | Events

The Student Federation (FEPUC) of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) was pronounced on allegations of wrongful accusations made by the administration of said study house.

In a statement published in Facebookthey are asking for a full refund of the money charged to students who, as they say, are in thousands of soles. They demand that not only the irregular payments of the last two years be taken into account.

These amounts include half credit for delays in the payment of pensions. The figure varies between 100 and 500 soles among undergraduates, taking into account the different scales of payment. According to students, the problem lies in the fact that the university has not applied the rate of interest of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) which sets the maximum limit of these cases *.

"Demand a public apology from the sectoral team in front of the entire student community (students, graduates and their families) who have been charged in excess of thousands of soles in many cases and who have nevertheless been its ban since 2015, "said the statement from FEPUC.

Consequently, they requested that the session of the Council of the University, to be held on Wednesday, 12 December, examine the situation of undue fees and reimbursements, as an item of the agenda.

At the same time, they are demanding sanctions for those responsible for the accusations and the economic policy of the university that allowed them. In this regard, they also contacted Indecopi and Sunedu.

The case was revealed when, on Oct. 22, Eduardo Abusada, a graduate student, revealed on Facebook that PUCP had returned 1,000 S / 1 after recognizing that this money should not have been charged to him.

Trade She contacted the press of the PUCP, who said there would be no decision to take.

* Article 1244 of the Peruvian Civil Code states that the rate of legal interest is set by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru. In addition, Article 51 of the organic law of the BCR specifies that it is this entity that determines "the maximum rates of compensatory interest, moratorium and legal rates for transactions outside the financial system".