The President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, maintained as Minister of Health to Hernando Cevallos in the new cabinet headed by Héctor Valer Pinto.
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Cevallos is in front of the Ministry of Health since July 28, 2021, when Castillo Terrones assumed power, and has remained in office during the cabinets of Guido Bellido and Mirtha Vásquez.
Last Monday, Cevallos had ruled out being the next president of the Council of Ministers after the resignation of Mirtha Vasquez.
“That is out of the agenda, it is not discussed at this time and I have nothing to say about it”, he said at a press conference.
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What’s more, Hernando Cevallos indicated that the formation of the new ministerial cabinet is the president’s decision. “It is an attribution of the President of the Republic to permanently evaluate his cabinet to make the necessary changes.“, Held.
“The situation in the country is changing, so are emergencies, and it is important that decisions are made in the areas that are deemed convenient”, he added.