After the Plenary of Congress rejected the censure against Julio Demartini despite the serious complaints in Qali Warma threatening the health and integrity of the most vulnerable children in the country, the head of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (Midis), criticized the attention that your portfolio has had in recent weeks.
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“Beyond the result (in Congress), what must be put on the table is that objective things must be considered. In these 15 days my name and the Ministry have been mentioned in a disproportionate way. Never since the two years that I have been a minister have I had so much attention“he said in RPP.
To say of Julio Demartini Parliament has “a political objective.” “The bottom line is this: we are fighting mafias that want to perpetuate themselves through a State service as important as school feeding. This then becomes something punitive and criminal, to an issue where only the truth is not reached, but rather it has a political objective in terms of censuring a minister.“said the minister.
In addition, Julio Demartini He acknowledged that prior to the vote in Parliament, he had to talk with several groups and congressmen about his management at the head of Midis.
“I have been in charge of talking with benches and congressmen, bringing them detailed information, not only about the things that we have done responsibly from the first moment in this complaint and any, ifnot about what we have been doing. That is why the speaker spoke of the reorganization of the program last year that this program needs a transformation. That has been left aside to put an absolutely political issue at the center and adjective a management that the facts and history speak for me”, held.
On the other hand, the head of Midis said that his sector has expanded the inspection budget for 2025 in order to warn of situations similar to the complaints in the Qali Warma program; and that more than 100 providers of social programs have been sanctioned.
He indicated that currently They are in the process of awarding the new Wasi Mikuna program, which will replace Qali Warma from 2025. “We have acted with the strongest firmness in the Frigoinca case and all these characters,” he assured.
Censorship of minister dismissed
Julio Demartini, was saved by the Plenary of Congress. The motion of censure presented against him did not reach the required votes and was sent to the file. And it is that In accordance with article 132 of the Constitution and the Regulations of Congress, to censure a minister the votes of half plus one are needed of the legal number of legislators.
It should be noted that last week, a second motion of censure against him had been presented for the repeated irregularities and allegations of corruption in the Qali Warma National School Feeding Program.
Congressman Jaime Quito of the Socialist bench promoted this motion against Demartini because he considered that the head of the Midis is politically and functionally responsible for the irregularities of Qali Warma that they have put in serious danger to the health, integrity and life of students from different institutions in Peru.
“The Qali Warma program has delivered food in poor condition or in unsanitary conditions, contaminated by insects, and has even distributed horse meat products, which would have been the product of bribes and irregularities from suppliers,” reads in the document.
“There are children who are affected and tell us that they are going to change their name. And this, as we know, is not going to mean absolutely anything, because it has to do with hiring, with the suppliers, how the analysis is done,” said the legislator.
Julio Demartini had already been saved from a first censorship attempt on November 26. The Plenary Session of Congress debated and voted on this motion, but incredibly It was not approved either because it only received 36 votes in favor, 33 against and 25 abstentions.
