The National Police expanded the number of vacancies for promotion to the rank of general to 26. In the current process, there are 246 colonels from said institution who are competing for positions in order of merit.
At first glance, the announcement of adding more vacancies for promotion to the rank of general seems auspicious. But police sources with knowledge of the process indicated that the increase in positions would be for the promotion of the head of the Infrastructure Division of the Administration Directorate of the National Police, PNP Colonel Gustavo Pareja García.
Colonel Pareja is the father-in-law of the head of the Search Division of the General Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of the Interior (Digimin), PNP commander Ismael Arroyo Roca. This officer is known as the “eyes and ears” of the Minister of the Interior, Juan Santiváñez.
It is not the only case that is regularly commented on by the National Police officers. It is also striking that the majority of the colonels candidates for promotion to the rank of PNP general who come from the administrative units benefited from the new law given by Congress, seriously harming the operational officers who risk their lives every day fighting crime. in the country.
Family ties. PNP Colonel Gustavo Pareja (above) is the father-in-law of PNP Commander Ismael Arroyo (right), “eyes and ears” of Minister Santiváñez. Photo: diffusion
The conspiracy of the finger
On Saturday, November 2 of this year, the general commander of the PNP, Víctor Zanabria Angulo, initially approved 24 places for the process of Promotion by Competition to the Rank of General Officers of Arms and Services of the National Police of the year 2024 , Promotion 2025. Of this total of places, 23 are assigned to Weapons officers and 1 to Services.
Through a supreme resolution signed by President Dina Boluarte and Minister Juan Santiváñez, the vacancies were distributed as follows:
Class of 1987: 0 vacancies
-Class of 1988: 0 vacancies
-Class of 1989: 2 vacancies
-Class of 1990: 3 vacancies
-Class of 1991: 4 vacancies
-Class of 1992: 5 vacancies
-Class of 1993: 3 vacancies
-Class of 1994: 4 vacancies
-Class of 1995: 3 vacancies
-Class of 1996: 0 vacancies
However, six days later, on Friday, November 8, the general commander of the PNP, Víctor Zanabria, raised the number of positions for the rank of general from 24 to 26, after the Planning and Education Unit of the Human Resources Directorate of the PNP to immediately report that there was no objection to adding more places in the “Promotion 2025” Promotion process.
However, one of the places was assigned to the 1989 Class, to which 2 had already been assigned. Sources indicated that the added vacancy is for PNP Colonel Gustavo Pareja García, father-in-law of PNP commander Ismael Arroyo Roca, to be promoted. trusted man of Minister Juan Santiváñez.
Coincidentally, Colonel Gustavo Pareja appears in position number three on the merit table, with a score of 82,471. That is to say, having added a place, Pareja would already be general by the year 2025. Like a glove.
Crl PNP Eduan Diaz Diaz, Crl PNP Jorge Guardia Rivero and Crl PNP Víctor Ascue Tello. Photo: diffusion
Rules under suspicion
Colonel Gustavo Pareja, who belongs to the 1989 “Integration” Class, was linked by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office in the alleged overpriced acquisition of biosafety and cleaning equipment for police personnel during the health emergency due to the Covid-19 epidemic. At that time, Pareja served as head of the Administration Office of the Seventh Lima Police Region.
According to his personal information sheet in the PNP, Colonel Gustavo Pareja in the last five years worked in the Administration Area of the Seventh Lima Police Region, Executive Secretary of the PNP and in the General Inspectorate of the National Police. They are all administrative units. None operational. He spent that time in offices.
But it is not the only noise detected in the promotion process.
After a decade, the candidate colonels applying for the next higher rank this time took their physical fitness exams, which include the disciplines of running, swimming and shooting skills. These evaluations were carried out between November 4 and 5, in accordance with the schedule of the “Promotion 2025” general promotion process. While on the 6th of that month the knowledge test was established.
Next, on November 7, the Corporation of Generals of the National Police was convened for the voting process in favor of the colonels suitable for promotion. In this meeting, senior PNP officers evaluate the applicants’ files that contain the colonels’ resumes, both the merits and demerits they have obtained during their police career.
However, with the new law of Congress that came into effect in September 2023, and applied in the ongoing promotion process for the rank of general, it has affected about 70% of officers who They fulfill operational functions and have benefited those who perform administrative tasks.
Discriminatory rule
For example, PNP Colonel Víctor Revoredo Farfán is an experienced officer who comes from the ranks of the former Peruvian Investigative Police (PIP), and as head of the Homicide Investigation Division of the Dirincri he has managed to capture not only murderers but also salary but to criminal organizations dedicated to hitmen and extortion. Even President Dina Boluarte supported him.
Just like Colonel Revoredo, there are other officers known for their career in the fight against organized crime and who have engaged in gun battles with the enemy. But the new law of Congress has harmed them and they are below other comrades in arms who dedicated themselves to studying full time and filling their files with cardboard.
Revoredo is from the Class of 1989, like Colonel Gustavo Pareja García – the father-in-law of Minister Santiváñez’s trusted man – and is ranked 41st in his class.
“Since he was an ensign he has worked his entire life in operational units capturing seasoned criminals and murderers, and due to a law of Congress and poorly interpreted by the PNP Evaluation Board, he will not obtain a general vacancy. That is unfair,” an official from Revoredo’s promotion told this newspaper.
According to the merit table, the majority of the colonels who obtained the highest score, and who would be the next generals in 2025 thanks to the new law of Congress, are:
-Leiby Huamán Daza, Edwin Molina Zambrano and Gustavo Pareja García (Class of 1989).
-Glen García Chávez, Edson Cerrón Lazo and Humberto Alvarado López (Class of 1990).
-Ely Vargas Roca, Luis Bolaños Melgarejo, Orlando Sánchez Ramírez and Arturo Valverde Inga (Class of 1991).
-Jorge Guardia Riveros, Antonio Loreño Beltrán, Fernando Mego Avellaneda, Eliseo Lara Bendezú and Enrique Samané Sánchez (Class of 1992).
-Olger Aguilar Chappa, Francisco Ninalaya Martínez and Carlos Zapata Fernández (Class of 1993).
-Eduan Díaz Díaz, Michael Flores Alamo, Miguel Carranza Coronel and Carlos Roque Palomino (Class of 1994).
-Víctor Ascues Tello, Luis Pacheco Cornejo and Roberto Mercado Calderón (Class of 1995).
Much of them are administrative.
Who are those chosen for promotion?
● Among the colonels who will be promoted to the next higher rank come from administrative units are the head of the PNP Image Directorate, Colonel Orlando Sánchez; and the Police attaché in El Salvador, Colonel Jorge Guardia.
● Also the police attaché in France, Colonel Fernando Mego; and the director of the PNP Continuing Training School, Colonel Víctor Ascue.
● Along the same lines is the police attaché in the United States, Colonel Eduan Díaz; the head of PNP Logistics, Colonel Francisco Ninalaya; the secretary of the head of the Madre de Dios Police Region, Colonel Antonio Loreño; and the Police Aviation pilot, Colonel Roberto Mercado.
The Data
● Dates. According to the schedule of the Promotion 2025 process, the results of the 26 colonels who reached the rank of general are dated November 15, and must be published in the official newspaper El Peruano, with the approval of President Dina Boluarte and Minister Juan Santiváñez.
