Hernando Cevallos: “Avelino Guillén is a person of enormous prestige, I regret his departure from the Cabinet”

The Minister of Health, Hernando Cevallos, regretted that Avelino Guillen has been resigned from the titular position of the portfolio of the Interior, since it is a professional of “enormous prestige”.

In a dialogue with the press from the premises of his sector, Cevallos considered it positive that President Pedro Castillo has removed Javier Gallardo from office and sent him to retirement, who served as general commander of the National Police until Monday.

Along these lines, he also requested that the Public Ministry continue the investigations into the alleged irregularities in the promotion process in the aforementioned institution and that was one of the reasons why Guillén maintained discrepancies with Gallardo.

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“I regret this, Avelino Guillén is a person of enormous prestige, I regret his departure from the Cabinet. ANDI hope that the investigation will be deepened into the irregularities that Guillén has done,” manifested.

“It seems good to me that the president separates the commanding general from the post. That’s off the agenda [asumir PCM]. [La existencia de un Gabinete paralelo] I am not aware, I am not part of the advisory team, I understand that if Guillén says so, then he has elements”, he asserted.

Cevallos’ statement is added to that of Pedro Francke, Minister of Economy, who expressed his solidarity with Guillén, whom he considered to be the “champion of human rights.”

Guillen’s departure

Last Friday, Guillén announced his irrevocable resignation as head of the Interior portfolio and on Sunday the head of state announced that he accepted this resignation and also announced the retirement of Javier Gallardo.

“As Head of State, I have decided to terminate the appointment of the Commander General of the Police, Javier Gallardo Mendoza. Likewise, I accept the resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Avelino Guillén, whom I thank for the services rendered to the Nation”, Castillo Terrones wrote almost at midnight on Sunday, January 30.

Before making this statement public, Pedro Castillo received Guillén Jáuregui in his office at the Government Palace. The meeting lasted a little more than half an hour, according to the Transparency record.

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