The President of Peru, Pedro Castilloappointed four new members of the Council of Ministers This Sunday May 22. The new ministers are Dimitri Senmache (Inside), Javier Arce (Agrarian Development and Irrigation), Alessandra Herrera (Energy and Mines) and John Barranzuela (Transport and Communications). The swearing-in took place at the Government Palace.
This decision was questioned by figures of Free Peruthe party for which the president was elected. Vladimir Cerron, leader of the leftist group, criticized the “extreme right-wing” in the mining sector that the election of Alessandra Herrera would pose. For his part, Congressman Guido Bellido He assured that it is a “serious mistake to leave the people aside” in this renewed cabinet.
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Alejandro Salas: “Today, asking for a vacancy is like asking for a coffee”
The culture minister, Alexander Salasconsidered one of the authorized voices of the Government, recounted how he established contact with peter castle for the first time and gave his opinion about the investigation that is being carried out on the president for being linked to characters such as Karelim Lopez and Bruno Pacheco.
According to the head of Culture, the institutionality of the presidential figure has always been respected; However, he assures that “today, asking for a vacancy is like asking for a coffee,” he said on the “Let’s talk clearly” program. He added that there are times of “contempt for democracy” because there have been five presidents in 5 years.
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APP criticized that the Council of Ministers has not been totally changed
The bench of Alliance for Progress (APP) regretted that the president peter castle has not decided to fully recompose the Minister councilstill led by Hannibal Torres. This parliamentary group demanded that the portfolios must be at the service of the country and not of a political party.
“APP bench regrets that the president does not fully renew Cabinet Torres Vasquez. We demand new ministers, clear policies and strategies in the face of the food crisis that is announcedgrowing citizen insecurity, solution to social conflicts, call for investments in mining projects and reorganization of the MTC,” APP said in a statement.
At the economic level, the country is waiting for a possible agricultural crisisfor which between 30% and 80% of the production in regions. Food shortages could be materialized by the fertilizer shortage in the world. On Friday, May 20, the president Castle Lumps passed the law allowing AFP contributors withdraw up to 18,400 soles from their pension funds.
The government also activated the epidemiological alert before the increase of COVID-19 cases of the variant omicron. According to the health authorities, the preventive measure is taken due to the increase in positives in the districts of Cercado de Lima, Santiago de Surco, Miraflores, San Isidro, La Molina, Magdalena del Mar, Jesús María, San Borja, San Miguel and San Juan de Lurigancho (SJL).
