peter castle He was elected as president of Peru on July 28, 2021. In the nine months of his government, he has faced two vacancy attempts promoted by the Congress of the republic. The first did not go to debate, but the second was voted on before the Plenary and only obtained 55 votes of the 87 necessary to vacate the head of state.
Given the economic, social and political crisis facing the Peru the Premier Hannibal Torres denied, during a press conference, a version that had been circulating about an alleged resignation of him and six other ministers of Condition. He assured that he has not resigned and that he is satisfied with the agreements that he has been taking in the meetings of the Council of Ministers. “I have not submitted my resignation,” he stated.
On the other hand, the Peruvian Organization of Consumers and Users (Opecu) warned that the La Pampilla Refinery (Relapasa) of the group Repsol located in Ventanilla, would have increased the prices of some fuels, despite initially reducing them as part of the exoneration of the selective consumption tax.
At the social level, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) extended the Schedule of the Extraordinary Permanence Regime for vehicles destined for taxi service in Lima and Callao. The vehicles that provide taxi service in Lima and Callao whose manufacturing models correspond to the years 2005 and 2006; that is, with more than 15 years old, they may continue to circulate until December 31 of this year.
