Dina Boluarte and the head of Congress, Eduardo Salhuana, met on the morning of this Monday, August 5, at the Government Palace. Although the specific details of the meeting were not disclosedThe visit was announced by the Presidency, who noted that ‘various issues related to actions in favor of all Peruvians were discussed.’
However, This meeting did not appear initially in the presidential agenda or in the register of visits to the president’s office. And although it is not the first time that records of visits to the Palace have been omitted, As previously reported by La Repúblicatoday He also did not report the meeting he held with the foreign minister. Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea.
Official agenda of the presidential office for August 5. | Photo: Gob.pe
Visits on August 5th declared on the Government Palace Transparency Portal. | Photo: La República.
As seen in the images, in the official agenda of the Presidential Office This meeting between the head of state does not appear and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, which lasted approximately one and a half hours. Although the meeting took place in the context of the political crisis in Venezuela after the electoral fraudthis information, which is declared in the Transparency portal, was omitted again.
At the time of writing this note, this visit between the foreign minister and Boluarte was still not included in the official agenda of the presidential office.
This is not the first time that this type of information has been omitted.
In the month of March, La República announced that the virtual record of visits to the Presidential Office of the Government Palace experienced a delay in the update of information on the meetings of President Dina Boluarte. In which only four meetings related to the changing of the guard ceremony were made public, without recording other meetings confirmed by the media, which included meetings with political figures.
In addition, the portal ‘El Foco’ also reported two months ago that President Dina Boluarte would have been absent from work activities for 147 of the 542 days of his term, which is equivalent to one third of the time.
The analysis of the presidential agenda also revealed that the months of June and July 2023 showed the periods of least public visibility for Boluarte, coinciding with a report that suggested discreet cosmetic surgery and medical rest during those months.
Boluarte met with Arana and Santiváñez on the same day that the deadline for observing the Organized Crime Law expired.
On August 2, the same day the deadline for the Executive Branch may consider amending the Law against Organized Crimethe president Dina Boluarte met with the Ministers of Justice and the Interior. The amendment to this law, which was recently approved by the Congresshas been the subject of criticism from various sectors since its presentation.
According to the record of visits to the Transparency portal, the Minister of Justice, Eduardo Arana, arrived at the Government Palace at 7:14 pm for a brief meeting with Boluarte, which ended at 7:39 pm. Meanwhile, the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñez, had a longer meeting, entering at 5:00 pm and leaving at 7:53 pm.
