The prefect of Arequipa, Jeremy Torres, together to the sub-prefects from the 8 provinces of Arequipa joined forces and They flatly rejected the legislative proposal, which proposes the elimination of their positions, as well as designated political authorities in charge of the Ministry of Interior.
It should be remembered that the Congresswoman Nilza Merly Chacón Trujillo, member of the Fuerza Popular parliamentary group, presented the aforementioned Bill No. 2882/2022-CR the purpose of which is to eliminate the previously mentioned positions and attribute the functions to other instances of the Ministry of the Interior.
In this sense, Yeremy Torres pointed out that since the beginning of the government of President peter castle, the political party led by Keiko Fujimori he sought to destabilize all the actions of the political entities that worked for society and gave the creation of this legislative proposal as an example.
“There has been a persecution against the president from the beginning and in this case the representation of the authorities of each district is being attacked,” Torres said.
For the prefect of Arequipa, this law would affect attention to citizens and assured that, if the Policeman assumes the position, they would not carry out the same work that was carried out this year.
“We flatly reject, not because of the position, what causes us concern is who will carry out this work. There has been talk that the Police could take over, but I don’t think they are enough to carry out the inspection, much less provide guarantees for public order, “said the prefect of Arequipa.
It should be noted that in the province of Arequipa there are 31 subprefects who receive a salary of 3,500 soles. Likewise, in the region they provided more than 700 personal guarantees.
Against Jaquehua
Prefect Yeremy Torres sent a notarial letter against him former leader of Teachers’ Party, Juan Jaquehua, for having accused him of receiving requests for money made to the sub-prefects by the regional secretary of the Magisterial Party, Rosa Light Perez. “If you don’t rectify it within 48 hours, I will sue you for aggravated defamation,” the official said.
