The alleged plagiarism in which the President peter castle in the preparation of his master’s thesis, presented at the Cesar Vallejo Universitycontinues to cause divided opinions among opposition politicians, who ask for a sanction against the president, and members of the Government, who defend the probity of the academic document and its authors, the presidential couple.
In this sense, in an interview with RPP, the Minister of Education, Rosendo Sernastated that the issue of alleged acts of duplication of academic texts by Castillo is not important, because —according to him— the person who criticizes “has not even read the document, has not even read the research and does not know the subject”. In this regard, he pointed out that what was presented in the president’s thesis does not correspond to copies, but to similarities.
“You have to know the subject. They are not plagiarism, but similarities, because what Turnitin does is verify. In the acknowledgment part, you put ‘I thank my parents’ and that observes you, but those who do not know that this is not ruled out continue to think that it is a similarity”, indicated the head of the Education sector.
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In addition, considered that the discussion on this topic is a waste of time because it is something that has already been dealt with in due course. For this reason, it is critical that they intend to continue polemicizing a concluded matter and that other transcendental aspects for the country are left aside; among them, the points dealt with in the Decentralized Councils of Ministers, in particular, the last one held in Huánuco.
“I could discuss the thesis, but it is a personal issue that the president must resolve. If the decisions were political and subject to that thesis, sure, but let the public investigation end. There is no talk of positive things that are being done, the big problem is just looking for the error. Why are they not positive?” Minister Serna said.
When questioned about his activities in the aforementioned meetings held by the Executive Power in the interior of the country, the head of the Education portfolio stated that he did not remember how many minutes he had signed during his participation in the Councils of Ministersand although he stated that these documents will be regularized later, he was imprecise when clarifying this point and did not provide a further response in this regard, despite the fact that it has been denounced that said events lack the transparency that would be required given their importance.
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About what Zamir Villaverde said
Another of the issues for which Minister Rosendo Serna was approached referred to the employer statements Zamir Villaverdepreviously close to President Pedro Castillo and who now accuses him of having orchestrated electoral fraud in the 2021 elections. In this regard, the head of the Education sector stressed that, so far, Villaverde has not shown evidence to support his claims, so he does not consider what he says plausible.
“If Mr. Villaverde says so, he must have the evidence to corroborate it, right? Because if he is in a situation in which he aspires to be an effective collaborator, that is the requirement, that is the characteristic. What’s more, if he has submitted to the Judiciary, surely all the evidence will be required at the time, because the big problem we have in the country is that we confront or point out a series of crimes to people and over time that falls. That justice is responsible for verifying and corroborating everything he is saying. I do not believe him”, Serna pointed out.
