Former Minister of the Interior Avelino Guillen revealed that since January 14 there has been no opportunity to deal in private with the President of the Republic, peter castlemuch less in private meetings.
In statements to the Epicentro TV portal, he explained that he asked the president for an appointment to discuss “urgent matters” of the Interior sector, but never received a response, for which he decided to present his irrevocable resignation.
“Since 14 (January) there has been no opportunity to discuss this issue in private, only in the Council of Ministers, but there have no longer been private meetings. I asked him for an appointment in recent days to deal with urgent matters in the Interior sector and I told him that I was attentive to the call, the date and time, and there has been no response. There are already two weeks of evaluation, this determined that I present my resignation “, he expressed.
“Usually I have always had meetings with the president, the appointments were coordinated directly with him via WhatsApp. He has always received me immediately. We were exchanging some ideas, but there I formally asked him about the need for a meeting and he did not answer me. That would have been about a week ago, last Saturday (January 22)”, he added.
Avelino Guillén confirmed that he presented his resignation to the position before President Pedro Castillo and clarified that it has the “irrevocable character”.
He stated that he waited for two weeks for a response from Castillo Terrones regarding his request to remove the PNP commander general, Javier Gallardo, but received no response.
“My resignation is irrevocable. Under that condition I have tendered my resignation. I have waited for two weeks for the response of the President and his silence for me is a very clear and direct indication that he is assuming a position of support for the Commander General of the National Police.”, he expressed.
