Bruno Pacheco, secretary of the Presidential Office, must appear before the Defense Commission of the Congress of the Republic this Monday, November 15, in order to answer for an alleged interference in the promotion process in the Armed forces.
According to agenda of said working group published on the website of the National Parliament, the ordinary session of that day will begin at 3:00 pm in the Raúl Porras Barrenechea hemicycle.
In his presentation to the Defense Commission, Walter Ayala He ruled out having made any kind of specific request to promote a specific officer to the retired general commanders José Vizcarra (Army) and Jorge Chaparro (Peruvian Air Force).
He also denied that General Vizcarra had been “mistreated” on the part of Bruno Pacheco, as pointed out by the former commander general of the Army, who assured that the secretary general of the presidential office asked him to promote officers irregularly.
“Yes, he went with him (José Vizcarra) to the Palace because he was in a hurry because that night he was going to travel to Korea and he stayed there for a week […] There has never been pressure and there has never been mistreatment of the commanding general, he is a person with character, he does not allow himself to be mistreated by a secretary. That I categorically deny “Ayala told the commission when asked about the conversation the three had about promotions in the Armed Forces.
Vizcarra Álvarez revealed in RPP Noticias that Bruno pacheco and the Minister of Defense, Walter Ayala, as well as the same agent Pedro Castillo, they asked him for the irregular promotion of two colonels (Carlos Sánchez Cahuancamo and Ciro Bocanegra).
“I did receive some requests, which they made known to me before the process. Through the Secretary Bruno Pacheco and the Minister of Defense and the messages through the Aide-de-camp of the Minister of Defense. There were several recommended and to varying degrees “, said the former officer.
It should be noted that the Defense Commission It also plans to debate a motion on the agenda to request that it be granted powers to investigate, for a period of 45 days, the reasons why the appointments of José Vizcarra Álvarez and Jorge Chaparro Pinto.
