The president of the Council of Ministers, Gustavo Adrianzenruled out this afternoon that there were changes in the ministerial cabinet. “There are not going to be changes and you can be sure, that is not going to happen, neither in the Ministry of the Interior nor in the Ministry of Justice nor in any other,” he responded bluntly at the press conference he gave at the end of the session of the Council of Ministers.
In this way, the premier corroborated what the President of the Republic said the day before, Dina Boluartealthough more explicitly.
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Last Tuesday, it is recalled, the president justified the continuity of the Minister of the Interior and other sector heads by alleging that “taking on a ministry is not a merely administrative job but much more complex.” “Ministers and officials must be given time so that they can show results,” he said.
Sources of Peru21However, they pointed out that, days ago, emissaries of the head of state had appeared before former chancellor Javier González-Olaechea to consult him about the possibility of him assuming the pre-meriate position. These versions even motivated a statement from the former Foreign Minister, who did not rule out the invitation.
Through a post in X he only said that due to the rumors he ruled out “taking a public position in the immediate future.”
Regarding his eventual departure from the Executive, the premier also indicated that he has “no reason” to believe that. “We have been with the president sharing the Council of Ministers until very late in the morning, I have received instructions from her and I have no reason to believe what you say. (…) I have not presented my resignation, the president has not presented it to me either. has asked. I deeply regret that these ill-intentioned comments are being created from a perverse sector, also using rumors without any foundation. The only reason I find for this perversity is the desire to destabilize the government,” he said.
Also present at this afternoon’s press conference was the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñezwho, defending his permanence in office, said that the results obtained by his portfolio and the National Police during the declaration of the state of emergency in 16 districts of Lima and Callao “are clear, absolutely forceful and speak for themselves.”
“We have more than 10,570 operations that have had results, we have dismantled 453 gangs and 7 criminal organizations, we have detained more than 4 thousand people with warrants, seized 532 firearms… If you think that is not positive then you do not have the correct figures, we continue working,” he responded to a journalist.
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