The Congress of the republic You will see next Wednesday, September 28, at 10:00 am, the request for reconsideration of the vote that rejected the motion of censure against the Minister of the Interior, Willy Huerta.
Said appeal was presented by the congresswoman Adriana Tudela (Avanza País), which was notified before the Plenary before the president of the Parliament, José Williams, announced that the session was adjourned.
As you remember, with 55 votes in favour, 38 against and 10 abstentionsthe national representation did not reach the number of votes to approve the motion of censure presented against Huerta and it was sent to the archive.
The motion was presented after the interpellation to Willy Huertalast Wednesday, September 7, a measure motivated by the changes in high command of the National Police of Peru (PNP).
Also included was the case of Colonel PNP Harvey Colchadodenounced before the Inspectorate of the institution by President Pedro Castillo due to the intervention in the Government Palace to locate Yenifer Paredessister-in-law of the head of state.
It should be noted that Colchado is the coordinator of the special team that supports the prosecution in investigations involving the government, whom weeks ago they tried to remove.
According to the motion, Huerta’s departure is justified in “to prevent similar events from continuing that affect the institutionality of the National Police and presumably endorse an interference in the investigations of autonomous bodies regarding the disciplinary process initiated against PNP Colonel Harvey Colchado”.
The censorship filed against Huerta took into account these questions and specifies that the changes in the direction of the National Police “represent a repeated interference with the autonomy, organization and normal functioning of the PNP”.
In addition, it is recorded that these decisions, as well as the actions against Colchado, “They would show a desperation to prevent investigations and captures that involve” to the surroundings of Castillo Terrones.