Alfonso Bustamantepresident of the Confiepdescribed as a “absolute nonsense“the designation of Alejandro Narvaez as president of the board of directors of Petroperuin statements to RPP. Bustamante called on the Government to rectify this decision and, in that context, suggested that President Dina Boluarte would be subject to “a series of pressures” from a “golden staff” in Petroperú, which would have influenced the appointment. of Narvaez.
“It seems absolutely absurd to us that, if what you want to generate is trust, instead of putting in a trained, experienced technician, you put in a politician. I think it is a big setback, and what we want to do with it is call the attention of the president of the republic so that she can make a rectification,” said the president of the Confiep during his conversation with RPP.
“It occurs to me that the president has had a series of pressures, most of them, surely, from people of PetroperuÓscar Vera himself and there is a golden list in Petroperú that has strength, influence, and that they would like the status quo“They would like the State to end up capitalizing everything and continue putting in all the money and thus lower the company’s debt, like that, right?” he added.
On November 7, 2024, the General Meeting of Shareholders of Petroperú appointed Alejandro Narváez Liceras as the new president of the board of directors, a position he took on November 8 with the category of independent director. This appointment comes after a long delay by the Government in the renewal of the company’s senior management, which has generated uncertainty in the sector.
Two members of the Petroperú board resigned on the same day of their appointment
In addition to the designation of Alejandro Narvaezthe Executive appointed other members to the new board of directors of Petroperú, among them Robert James Mc Donald Zapff and Carlos Alberto Lezameta Escribns. However, both resigned from their positions on the same day of their appointment. In this context, the board of directors of Petroperú reported that Mc Donald Zapff presented his resignation “irrevocable” to be part of the entity.
Letter to the Superintendency of the Stock Market regarding the resignation of the new member of Petroperú. Photo: The Republic.
Dina Boluarte’s government appoints Alejandro Narváez as president of PetroPerú despite conviction
The General Meeting of Shareholders of Petroperú, headed by the Minister of Energy and Mines, Romulo Muchoappointed Alejandro Narváez as president of the company, after almost two months without a board of directors, formalizing the resignations of the previous members. Narváez, who already held this position between 2003 and 2005, has a judicial record, since in 1973 he was sentenced to six months in prison for an alleged rape, according to an investigation by “Epicentro.TV.”
