Following the resignation of Iván Paredes due to his involvement in acts of bribery and breaches of duty, the Deputy Minister of Justice, Shadia Valdez, temporarily assumed the presidency of the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE).
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This assignment was made official through Supreme Resolution No. 032-2026-JUS, which establishes that he will only remain in the position until the new head of INPE is appointed; this in order not to interrupt institutional management. Nevertheless, Valdez will continue to fulfill her duties as vice ministerjust as it has been doing since last November 13, 2025.
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The lawyer and political scientist has been affiliated with three political parties, according to the Infogob portal, which is part of the Observatory for Governance of the National Elections Jury (JNE). From 2010 to 2012, he passed through the ranks of the Christian Popular Party (PPC). Then, between 2013 and 2017 he remained in Popular Renewal and, finally, from 2020 to 2025 it was in We can Peru.
Furthermore, in 2015, Valdez managed to become provincial councilor of Lima for National Solidarity (now Popular Renewal) and In 2021, he ran without much success for Congress for the party of the investigated José Luna.
But that’s not all. On November 12, 2025, she left her position as an advisor to Congress to become the vice minister of Justice by decision of the questioned president José Jerí.
Problems of his predecessor
Last Tuesday, January 20, the now former head of INPE, Iván Paredes, irrevocably resigned from his position, the same day that an escape attempt was recorded in the Piura prison. According to him, it was time to step aside. “Health problems prevent me from continuing to fulfill the assignment”he expressed.
However, according to a complaint from Cuarto Poder, He is accused of having coordinated the return of 80,000 soles requests to facilitate the release of a convicted former police officer. This fact has been denied by him.
The Sunday newspaper also revealed that Indecopi fined him more than 16,000 soles for irregularities in his practice as a lawyer. Among the complaints are not providing receipts, omitting an agreed criminal complaint and not returning $3,500 to a client in 2021.
A few weeks ago, Cuarto Poder also reported that Paredes approved contracts for young people without accredited studies or experience in the public sector after receiving them in his office.
