The Government of Dina Boluarte appointed Cecilia Barbieri as the new director program executive Qaliwarma. This provision published in the newspaper El Peruano was endorsed by the Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Julio Demartini, who a few days ago was shielded by Congress in relation to this feeding program.
Cecilia Barbieri Quino assumes the position left by Pedro Ripalda Ramirezwho presented his resignation on Thursday the 28th through a letter addressed to the Minister of Development, where he speaks out regarding these expired food irregularities revealed by a journalistic program.
Director of Qali Warma resigns after scandal of spoiled food and corruption of suppliers
Pedro Ripalda, who served as director of Qali Warma, He decided to resign from his position. In his letter sent to Minister Demartini he expressed his deep indignation at “the criminal practices of the company Frigoincawhich have affected the youngest population in Peru: children”.
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Journalistic investigations have revealed that the feeding program, intended to provide food to low-income schoolchildren, was distributing products in poor condition and not suitable for human consumption. Given this situation, the Prosecutor’s Office has been investigating the company Frigoinca, in charge of supplying the canned goods in question.
In a statement released through its social networks, Ripalda recognizes that “an unscrupulous and corrupt company”, in reference to Frigoinca, had manipulated the protocols established by the health authorities, both at the regional and national level, as well as those of the program that he directs.
In order to prevent his position from being “used” to question Qali Warma’s work, he chose to present his resignation to the Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Julio Demartini.
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Minister Demartini assures that Qali Warma products in poor condition are the fault of ‘bad businessmen’
Julio Demartini Montes, head of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (Midis)held certain officials and businessmen responsible for the delivery of spoiled food to students from various educational institutions. During his speech, He highlighted that these people would have abused the Qali Warma programdesigned to provide food to millions of children in Peru.
Given the accusations that link him to these incidents, Demartini stated that the culprits would be part of a corruption network that operates in Midis, as well as in the General Directorate of Environmental Health.l (DIGESA) and the Regional Health Directorates (DIRESA).
“What is happening right now is that we are in a battle, in a frontal fight against some mafias, and we have to call it that, because today I have come to denounce this. There are a series of groups here, I am not going to say all of them, but Obviously a program that manages more than 2 billion, unfortunately, just as it attracts good businessmen, it attracts bad businessmen, as well as officials,” declared Minister Demartini on Canal N.
Popular Force justifies shielding Minister Julio Demartini and now does not rule out voting in favor of a new censure
On November 26, the Plenary Session of Congress voted on a request for censure directed at Julio Demartini, Minister of Development and Social Inclusion (Midis). This official faces serious criticism due to his management of the Qali Warma program, after the incident in which numerous students from national educational institutions suffered poisoning from consuming spoiled food, which was not suitable for human consumption.
Despite the serious accusations, the censure proposal was rejected thanks to the support of the votes against the groups. Popular ForceAlliance for Progress, Podemos Perú and Somos Perú. During the debate, members of Fuerza Popular, such as Rosangella Barbarán, came out in defense of Minister Dermatini. However, Congressman Arturo Alegría, also from the same party, stated that they do not rule out the possibility of supporting censorship after evaluating the answers offered by the minister.
“It is important to emphasize that to seek a procedure, whatever it may be, a censure or interpellation, there is a procedure. Yesterday the entire bench voted en bloc in favor of the interpellation (…) we will make a decision after the interpellation and if There is a motion of censure after the minister’s presentation, as a bench we will make a decision,” Alegría explained.
