He interior minister did not rule out a possible move to retirement Colonel PNP Harvey Colchadoarguing that he has remained in the same grade for at least 10 years. According to their explanation to the press, the police normality indicates that after four years the employee can retire if he has not achieved a promotion.
In that sense, he ruled out any interference in a possible pass to Colchado’s retirementas he indicated that it is a decision that is solely the responsibility of the PNP Command, in which not even the head of state Dina Boluarte It has no influence.
“I understand that Colonel Colchado, as well as other officers, has been in the rank for many years. I think the colonel has ten years in the rank and the law says four. That is why I reiterate, it is a position of the command of the National Police of Peru and it is an exclusive decision of theirs, where neither the Minister of the Interior nor the president has any interference,” he stated.
“According to the constitutional framework, article 172 of the Political Constitution, promotions depend solely and exclusively on the command of the PNP. The Minister of the Interior only limits himself to transferring the promotion proposal to the constitutional president of the Republic who finally signs them. No minister, neither of the interior nor of defense, participates, is part of the commission, has the right to vote, nothing,” he added.
Likewise, he tried to rule out that a possible withdrawal of Colchado is the result of the raid on the president’s house. “The transition to retirement status of an officer does not depend on the Minister of the Interior (…) The special commission of the PNP resolves it based on objective issues,” he said.
According to Santiváñez, “one of the objective causes is, for example, that an officer has been in the grade for more than four years, because from year 5 and 6 onwards they can apply for the promotion process and if they are not promoted, logically they will not be promoted.” It has a vacancy and the promotions that come have to be given a chance.”
Colonel Harvey Colchado appeals to the IACHR to avoid being discharged
The colonelHarvey Colchado Huamaníhas submitted an application to theInter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)to be granted precautionary measures to guarantee his integrity and that of another 800 police officers who face threats of being fired by the Government ofDina Boluarte. This action is interpreted as a possible retaliation in response to the tax investigations that Colchado carried out against the president.
“That the Peruvian State, through the Ministry of the Interior, adopt appropriate measures to effectively protect the rights to life, in terms of development, and the personal integrity of Harvey Colchado Huamaní and other 800 police officers who have been suffering harassment from the Executive Branch itself. , under the permanent and imminent threat of being discharged from the National Police of Peru in revenge for having participated in tax investigations that have to do with high corruption in power and in the raid on the house of the president of the Dina Boluarte Zegarra Republic,” the document reads.
It is worth remembering that Colonel Colchado had an outstanding job when he was head of theDiviaceven going so far as to raid the president’s houseDina Boluartein Surquillo that took place last March with the purpose of finding evidence of the Rolex case, in said procedure he found card holders of the luxurious brand that came from the Banchero House.
