The plenary session of Congress questioned this Wednesday 7 the Minister of the Interior, Willy Huertawho answered 12 questions for an hour, regarding the abrupt changes in key police positions and the case of Colonel PNP Harvey Colchadocoordinator of the special team that supports the work of the prosecution, who was reported to the Inspectorate by President Pedro Castillo.
During the subsequent debate in the plenary session of Parliament, which lasted almost three hours, different benches called for his resignation and even warned of a motion of censure.
This last position was clearer from legislators of Avanza País. As indicated by legislative sources to El Comercio, this group will promote the respective document.
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“Mr. Huerta has to be censored for three reasons: attacking the PNP’s institutional framework; having beheaded the high-ranking police officers just three months following being appointed; intervene in tax investigations, which constitutes the crime of obstruction of justice. One more censorship in this sad and corrupt government of Pedro Castillo”, said Patricia Chirinos. She was joined by her bench colleague, Roselli Amuruz.
Elvis Vergara (Popular Action), José Cueto (Popular Renovation), Alejandro Aguinaga (Popular Force) and Juan Burgos (Podemos Peru) also mentioned a scenario of censorship once morest Huerta.
The minister was questioned regarding the abrupt changes in key positions in the National Police and Castillo’s complaint once morest Colonel Harvey Colchado, coordinator of the special team that supports the prosecution in investigations involving the government.
“There is no impediment or obstruction, nor have I received any order from the Executive to do otherwise,” said Huerta.
Likewise, he indicated that the changes in the high command of the PNP are due to the need to strengthen the fight once morest citizen insecurity.
“The changes in the high command of the PNP have nothing to do with the ongoing investigations,” he also asserted.
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The congressmen wait explanations regarding removal of the Commander General of the National Police, the Chief of Staff of the PNP and the Inspector General, in the midst of the complaint that the president filed once morest Colonel Harvey Colchado, who is investigating the presidential entourage.
Congress has already applied the figure of censorship in the cases of the Ministers of Culture, Betssy Chávez; Health, Hernán Condori; and Interior, Dimitri Senmache. When he was in the middle of the debate on the censorship of the now fugitive Juan Silva, he resigned from office.
On Monday, Parliament questioned the Minister of Transport, Geiner Alvarado, and there is already talk of a possible censorship. Meanwhile, the opposition presented a request to question the head of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Andrés Alencastre.
