The former president of the Council of Ministers, Alberto Otarolaassured that the Minister of Justice, Eduardo Aranaadvises the President Dina Boluarte and described him as “the shadow premier.” Such a statement had already been revealed in August of this year in audios attributed to the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñez.
“(…) The Minister of Justice, let him not act crazy, let him not whistle towards the sky. I believe that he is the shadow premier at this moment,” said the former Chief of Staff, during an interview. in Willax.
Influenced or not, the truth is that the accusation made by Otárola had already been exposed in the audios of an alleged conversation between PNP captain Junior Izquierdo, better known as ‘Culebra, and the head of the Mininter. In them, the police officer is heard asking Santiváñez if it was the Minister of Education, Morgan Quero, who was advising the head of state. The leader of the Interior responds: “No, Arana is a conch… He advises her.”
Arana Ysa does seem to fulfill the role of “premier”
In practice, public statements of Arana Ysa They seem to confirm what was pointed out by Santiváñez and Otárola. The reason? Every time the head of Justice responds to the press, he dedicates himself to supporting the government of Boluarte Zegarra.
For example, when the Rolex case attracted public attention, Arana asked to stop “speculating” about the investigation because the Public Ministry was already carrying out the investigations. “I believe that we should no longer speculate about whether there is one thing or another. Let’s let the president give explanations to the Public Ministry,” he told Canal N. In addition, he approved the presidential silence on this issue, because he insisted that the Prosecutor’s Office was the first entity to whom the dignitary should give a response. “I think it’s okay that I don’t give statements,” he said.
His validation towards the Government also covered the presidential vacancy motions presented. In this regard, he said that it is only “an expectation”, something “that is not real” and that, because it is a regular resource, it should be dealt with in Congress. “Any type of request is in the realm of speculation,” he said.
With the same certainty, he minimized the low approval of the Boluarte Government and assured that the Executive ignores the surveys and dedicates itself to working for the country.
Of course, Arana Ysa also defended the Government on the alleged cover-up for fugitive Vladimir Cerrón. To achieve his objective, he belittled the investigative work of the press. “Citizens should be a little concerned about the work done by the media, which, on the one hand, sometimes tries to reduce the presence of this man (…) and, on the other hand, for example, through a report, they praise him and put him as a kind of hero of democracy,” he said.
And he once again called the accusations mere “speculation.” “From the Executive, what we see is a fugitive from justice and, as such, the only thing that corresponds is that the PNP will soon capture him. That is the response of the Executive, the rest is only speculation and are statements from someone who uses the microphones that the press gives him to politicize all his facts and try to justify his criminal actions,” he expressed.
Arana Ysa would integrate a “criminal network” from the Government, according to Alberto Otárola
Meanwhile, Alberto OtarolaDuring the aforementioned interview in Willax, he not only accused Arana of being the “shadow premier”, but also assured that he is part of a “criminal organization” that operates from the Government. In this regard, he said that it was this group that spread that he had said that the head of state obtained several Rolexes as a gift from Wilfredo Oscorima.
“I think that this story was created by Morgan Quero or suddenly by Nicanor Boluarte to separate me from the president’s environment, I am already drawing my conclusions. From day one I was accused of the Rolex leak, but this group that has isolated her has convinced the president that I am bad, that I had a lot of power, that I denounced her for the Rolex,” he said.
“Who else is in that group, Mr. Otárola? Well, clearly it is Mr. Morgan Quero, Mr. Nicanor Boluarte, Enrique Vílchez, who is the general secretary. The Minister of Justice, let him not act crazy, let him not whistle towards the sky. “I believe he is the shadow premier at the moment,” he added.
