After confirming the sentence of 36 months of preventive detention against Nicanor Boluartebrother of the president Dina Boluartefor the case Waykis in the Shadowseveral members of the ministerial cabinet expressed their opinions on the matter. As expected, the majority of the members They provided support to the fugitive presidential brother. In The Republic The statements issued by each of the holders of the Council of Ministers who have spoken about it.
One of the most energetic when speaking out about the legal situation of the president’s brother was the head of the Cabinet, Gustavo Adrianzen. The prime minister stated that the judge’s decision Richard Concepción Carhuancho respond to “political motivations” and seeks to force the resignation of Dina Boluarte to the presidency: “I have to denounce once again the judicialization of politics. (…) There is a feverish idea that a criminal organization exists, and from that, they intend to promote an alleged moral incapacity of the President of the Republic that could lead to his vacancy,” he said.
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Another of the ministers who defended the Boluarte brothers was the head of the Development and Social Inclusion portfolio, Julio Demartini. The minister, who faces a motion of censure promoted by Congress due to the Qali Warma caseassured that the decision taken against the presidential brother attempts to “undermine the will” of the president, pressuring her to leave office: “They seek to undermine the president’s will and force her, from a political perspective, to resign or step aside. She will not do so. She is committed to Peru and to her work of directing the country towards the correct path of development,” he declared.
The Minister of the Environment, Juan Carlos Castrostated that the clandestinity of Nicanor Boluarte It should not impact the Executive Branch. Faithful to the cabinet line, he tried to divert attention from his boss by minimizing the fact: “It is an issue that does not concern us ministers and that does not affect our management because it only involves Mr. Nicanor Boluarte,” he stated.
For its part, Daniel MaurateMinister of Labor, avoided commenting on the case and pointed out that the decision corresponds exclusively to the justice system. However, he called to guarantee the right to a “impartial judge”: “I cannot give an opinion about a person who is in the hands of justice. It is justice that must decide and rule on the issue. (…) As a Peruvian, I can call for fundamental rights to be respected in our country , such as the predictability of the Judiciary, the guarantee of an impartial judge, due process and the presumption of innocence,” he indicated.
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Durich Whittemburyhead of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, also gave his opinion on the case. According to the minister, the preventive detention against the fugitive strategically coincided with the closure of the APEC Forumwith the purpose of detracting from the management of Dina Boluarte during the event: “Last week we were finishing the APEC Forum, a very important event that the entire press spread and our citizens were able to learn about. (…) However, there are no coincidences: the same day the reading of preventive detention begins. (…) We demand justice that is not politicized,” he expressed.
Finally, Ursula LeonMinister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, expressed her concern about the judicial resolution, arguing that the process could be continued freely and that the decision It would be motivated solely by the relationship with the president: “The issuance of that resolution is worrying, not only as a minister, but as a citizen. (…) A citizen who can continue his trial in freedom is sent to prison just because he is the president’s brother.” Furthermore, he reiterated that the objective of this decision would be to promote the resignation of Dina Boluarte: “(…) When justice becomes politicized, it is really worrying, because the objective is the president and that voices of a vacancy or an inability to govern are spread, which is not the case,” he concluded.
Nicanor Boluarte is still a fugitive: PNP loses trace of the presidential brother
On Monday the 18th, Nicanor Boluarte did not attend the hearing resumed at 9:00 am by the judge Richard Concepción Carhuancho. On two occasions, the magistrate asked to confirm the presence of the defendant; However, his lawyer, Luis Vivanco, declared that he had not been able to communicate with him and I didn’t know his whereabouts. The next day, Boluarte also did not appear virtually at the hearing and continued not to respond to calls from his lawyers, Luis Vivanco and Joseph Campos.
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In this context, agents of the National Police of Peru (PNP) They were assigned to monitor Boluarte’s movements from his residence in San Borja and report any departure. However, this task appears not to have been executed correctly, since his whereabouts are unknown since his last appearance at a hearing. Juan José SantiváñezMinister of the Interior and former lawyer of the person involved, He claimed to have no information about his current location..
