Votes are still being sought to proceed with the censorship of the interior minister, Willy Huerta. The motion, filed formally on Monday, it has 33 signatures: Country advances (5), People’s Force (9), People’s Renewal (6), Integrity and Development (3), popular actionr(3), Alliance for Progress (4), We are Peru (1), We can Peru (1) and one not grouped.
It is understood that As a block, the groups of Avanza País (9), Fuerza Popular (24) and Renovación Popular (9) will vote in favor. The same Alliance for Progress (10)according to what was reported by Eduardo Salhuana. Plus the remaining adhesions in the motion, Huerta’s departure would count, at this time, with about 61 votes. 66 are needed.
“Yes, we are going to vote en bloc,” Salhuana confirmed to this newspaper when asked about how the parliamentary group of Cesar Acuna on Friday the 22nd, when it is discussed and vote in plenary the motion of censure.
”We are more than 33 members of Congress who have signed the motion of censure. yesIf we have the votes (to approve it), I am sure that the vast majority of congressmen are tired of looking again at the interior ministers who do not respect the police, that they do not make it respected before the Government, they attack its institutions, they make changes trying to cover all the problems of Castillo and his people, ”he declared on RPP Jose Cuetoof People’s Renewal.
Yesterday, the Twitter account of the Ministry of Interior posted a picture of Vegetable garden in the Council of Ministers. “Various priority issues for the country’s development are addressed,” reads the message that accompanies the image. It could be the last participation of the head of the Mininter in the ministerial council, questioned by the Changes in the high command of the Police that would have the purpose of protecting the president, peter castleabout whom the Public ministry carries out a series of investigations for alleged acts of corruption.
Huerta, it must be remembered, appeared before the Plenary on Wednesday 7 to answer a list of questions. In his statement, he denied any interest in trying to hinder the proceedings against the head of state.
He argued, instead, that the decisions within the PNP respond to trying to combat citizen insecurity and to bring the institution closer to the population. “Yes, I am going to vote (for censorship)”, reaffirmed Susel Paredes, of Integrity and Development. She and her teammates Flor Pablo and Hector Acuna They sign the motion. Kelly Portalatino, of Peru Libre, said that his parliamentary group is evaluating what decision to make. However, his colleague, Guido Bellidopointed out that censorship would be nonsense.
From the government, who demonstrated was the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Félix Chero. He noted that he hopes the Congress reflect and do not censor your colleague because it “destabilizes the Executive.”
Mininter, the most unstable sector of all
In 14 months, the government of Pedro Castillo has made 70 ministerial changes. The most unstable sector is, precisely, that of the Interior, where there have been John CarrascoLuis Barranzuela, Avelino GuillenAlfonso Chavarry, Dimitre Senmache, Mariano Gonzalez and Willy Huerta. If the censorship of this prospers, the president will have to appoint the eighth holder of the portfolio. On average, a Minister of the Interior -in the Castillo era- lasts less than two months in office.
Those who remain in the ministerial team from the beginning are Hannibal Torresin Justice and in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers; Dina Boluarte, in Development and Social Inclusion; and Roberto Sánchez, in Foreign Trade and Tourism.
