The president of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, made the resignation of the Minister of the Interior official, Juan Barranzuela placeholder image, through his Twitter account. This came after the owner of the Mininter organize a party at your home on October 31, despite the sanitary measures that had been established to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“Announcement that I have received and accepted the resignation of Interior Minister Luis Barranzuela. In the next few hours I will take an oath to who will succeed in office. Our commitment continues to be to guarantee the governance of the country, “he wrote. Castle.
After this publication by the head of state, the president of the Minister council, Mirtha Vasquez: “Important decision of our president Pedro Castillo. Stability, consensus and social peace in our country is our commitment to continue “, he referred on the same digital platform.
Previously, the head of the PCM had indicated that Barranzuela’s defense of the facts was “unacceptable”, so the Executive would take action in this regard.
“I have received a response from the Minister of the Interior about the event held yesterday at his home, which I consider unacceptable. Tomorrow, upon the return of the President of the Republic and jointly, we will make the corresponding decisions, ”Vásquez wrote on his Twitter account on Monday, November 1.
Since the incident in the house of the former Minister of the Interior, various entities and political forces had expressed their position regarding the continuity of Luis Barranzuela placeholder image in office. In that line, In the Legislative, congressmen such as Roberto Kamiche, José Cueto and Raúl Doroteo, among others, demanded that his resignation be requested.
The Ombudsman’s Office had also spoken out in this regard, stressing “the need to preserve maximum efficiency in the state administration, which requires our authorities to remove from public service those people who are not suitable to carry out their positions.”
