Boluarte He specified that he will make three changes in the Ministerial Cabinet, and that he will seek that this team has a more political profile.
“I set up a technical office to solve the needs that are there, pending, as quickly as possible. This is a transitional government, we need to act fast. Nevertheless, […] it will be reformed for one that is a little more political”he pointed out in dialogue with “Fourth power”.
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Along with the new prime minister, the resigned heads of Culture, Jair Pérez Brañez, will be replaced; and Education, Patricia Correa Arangoitia.
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Boluarte He ruled out, in dialogue with “Punto final”, that the next prime minister is the sociologist Jorge Nieto, but he avoided confirming whether it would be Alberto Otárola, the current head of Defense.
The head of state only said that the successor to Pedro Angulo will be a politician “who looks sensitively at the needs of the people.”
Last Saturday he met with former congressman Richard Arce at the Government Palace.
Arce told El Comercio that the situation in the country was evaluated at the meeting and he was given “opinions, proposals [y] alternatives” once morest the wave of protests registered in various regions.
The former congressman added that Boluarte has not offered him to assume the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, but he specified: “They have told me that I can assume political responsibility. He has been [en] these days”.
Asked if Boluarte herself told him, he replied: “My conversation is with the president. I also talk with ministers to see strategies to build bridges of dialogue [ante las protestas sociales]But my contribution is not intentional.
Finally, he pointed out that he was an observer at the meeting held by the president with elected provincial and district mayors last weekend at the Government Palace.
Political asylum
On the other hand, Boluarte revealed that Mexico has granted political asylum to the family of the former president. Pedro Castillo.
As he told “Panorama” last night, the foreign minister, Ana Cecilia Gervasi, recently gave him the news.
The asylum would be for the former first lady Lilia Paredes and her children. “What I told the chancellor is to proceed in accordance with the law, everything that is within the legal framework,” said Boluarte.
Lilia Paredes faces an investigation for the alleged crime of criminal organization.
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According to the fiscal thesis, the wife of Pedro Castillo would have coordinated tenders for works in the district of Anguía (Cajamarca).
Meanwhile, Castillo, who is serving 18 months in pretrial detention, tried to take refuge in the Mexican Embassy in Lima on December 7, following not receiving support from the Armed Forces for his announcement of the dissolution of Congress, reorganization of the justice system and implementation of a government of exception.
IACHR in the country
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) reported that it will carry out a technical visit to the country from tomorrow until Thursday at the invitation of the Peruvian State, to learn regarding the events that arose as a result of the constitutional vacancy of Castillo.
The procedure will be the prelude to a working visit that members of the IACHR will carry out next January.
The commission expressed concern regarding the exponential escalation of violence in the protests. In addition, he asked all the actors involved to find a way out of the crisis through democratic channels.
Meanwhile, former presidents of Spain and Latin American countries recognized Boluarte as president of Peru by constitutional succession.
In a statement, the ex-presidents indicated that the assumption of Boluarte is the formal continuity of the constitutional order.
The statement was signed by José María Aznar (Spain), Felipe Calderón, Vicente Fox (Mexico), Iván Duque, Álvaro Uribe, Andrés Pastrana (Colombia), Sebastián Piñera, Eduardo Frei (Chile), among other former heads of state that make up the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA Group).
The former presidents urged political actors to make efforts for unity to return to the path of stable democracy.
Meanwhile, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, asked Peru’s political actors to multiply their efforts to make “the necessary reforms” with the aim of safeguarding the country’s democratic stability.
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Boluarte acknowledged that he met with congressman Edward Málaga before he presents a vacancy motion once morest Castillo. “I told him that we had to bet on governance”he commented.
She also assured that the head of Congress, José Williams, has the predisposition to insist on the advancement of the general elections, and that she will also press for that purpose.
On the other hand, the Government annulled the use of the logo and the phrase “Always with the people”, implemented in the management of Castillo.
