First modification:
In the midst of the most recent government crisis in Peru, President Castillo appointed Héctor Valer, a moderate congressman, as the new president of the Council of Ministers. He comes in to replace Mirtha Vásquez, who resigned the day before due to disagreements with the left-wing president. On the day, nine ministers were sworn in and another nine were ratified in office.
It is the third cabinet of Pedro Castillo in six months of Presidency. This Tuesday, February 1, congressman and lawyer Héctor Valer was appointed as the new president of the Council of Ministers. He does it in replacement of the lawyer Mirtha Vásquez, who resigned after suffering disagreements with Castillo.
Valer, specialized in criminal law, was sworn in before Castillo in a ceremony that took place at the Government Palace in Lima. During the day, nine ministers were also sworn in and another nine were ratified.
The now prime minister entered Congress hand in hand with the far-right Popular Renovation party, elected for 2021-2026. However, Valer resigned from the group and joined Somos Perú, of a centrist nature, and then broke away again from this group to become part of Democratic Peru, along with legislators from various factions whose main objective is to reform the Constitution of the country.
Nine portfolios in exchange and another nine in ratification
The other portfolios that were sworn in during the day included the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which will be led by the economist Oscar Graham, replacing Pedro Francke. There was also a change in Foreign Relations, a portfolio for which César Landa, former president of the Constitutional Court, was appointed.
The Defense portfolio was taken over by Rear Admiral and former Navy inspector José Luis Gavidia, replacing former prosecutor Juan Carrasco, while the Interior portfolio was taken over by former police chief Alfonso Chávarry, replacing lawyer Avelino Guillén, who had resigned from his position on Friday due to disagreements with Castillo.
Meanwhile, the portfolios of Agricultural Development and Irrigation, Energy and Mines, Women and Vulnerable Populations, Environment and Culture also changed hands. Castillo ratified on the same day the ministers of Justice and Human Rights, Education, Health, Labor and Employment Promotion, Production, Foreign Trade and Tourism, Transport and Communications, Housing, Construction and Sanitation and Development.
The president announced on January 31 that he would form a third cabinet of ministers to replace the one led by Vásquez. The senior official resigned shortly after the president accepted Guillén’s resignation and dismissed the head of the National Police, Javier Gallardo.
Guillén resigned on Friday and claimed to have done so because he did not feel supported by the president in his recommendation to dismiss Gallardo. The latter was subject to allegations of corruption involving the Police.
In his resignation, Vázquez assured that the Government has reached “a critical moment” due to the accusations in the Interior, which he considered structural corruption.
In the six months he has been in office, the president has had to form three cabinets and has accumulated several government crises. Now, in addition, the opposition has reported that it will present a constitutional accusation in Congress with the aim of removing him.
with EFE
First modification:
In the midst of the most recent government crisis in Peru, President Castillo appointed Héctor Valer, a moderate congressman, as the new president of the Council of Ministers. He comes in to replace Mirtha Vásquez, who resigned the day before due to disagreements with the left-wing president. On the day, nine ministers were sworn in and another nine were ratified in office.
It is the third cabinet of Pedro Castillo in six months of Presidency. This Tuesday, February 1, congressman and lawyer Héctor Valer was appointed as the new president of the Council of Ministers. He does it in replacement of the lawyer Mirtha Vásquez, who resigned after suffering disagreements with Castillo.
Valer, specialized in criminal law, was sworn in before Castillo in a ceremony that took place at the Government Palace in Lima. During the day, nine ministers were also sworn in and another nine were ratified.
The now prime minister entered Congress hand in hand with the far-right Popular Renovation party, elected for 2021-2026. However, Valer resigned from the group and joined Somos Perú, of a centrist nature, and then broke away again from this group to become part of Democratic Peru, along with legislators from various factions whose main objective is to reform the Constitution of the country.
Nine portfolios in exchange and another nine in ratification
The other portfolios that were sworn in during the day included the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which will be led by the economist Oscar Graham, replacing Pedro Francke. There was also a change in Foreign Relations, a portfolio for which César Landa, former president of the Constitutional Court, was appointed.
The Defense portfolio was taken over by Rear Admiral and former Navy inspector José Luis Gavidia, replacing former prosecutor Juan Carrasco, while the Interior portfolio was taken over by former police chief Alfonso Chávarry, replacing lawyer Avelino Guillén, who had resigned from his position on Friday due to disagreements with Castillo.
Meanwhile, the portfolios of Agricultural Development and Irrigation, Energy and Mines, Women and Vulnerable Populations, Environment and Culture also changed hands. Castillo ratified on the same day the ministers of Justice and Human Rights, Education, Health, Labor and Employment Promotion, Production, Foreign Trade and Tourism, Transport and Communications, Housing, Construction and Sanitation and Development.
The president announced on January 31 that he would form a third cabinet of ministers to replace the one led by Vásquez. The senior official resigned shortly after the president accepted Guillén’s resignation and dismissed the head of the National Police, Javier Gallardo.
Guillén resigned on Friday and claimed to have done so because he did not feel supported by the president in his recommendation to dismiss Gallardo. The latter was subject to allegations of corruption involving the Police.
In his resignation, Vázquez assured that the Government has reached “a critical moment” due to the accusations in the Interior, which he considered structural corruption.
In the six months he has been in office, the president has had to form three cabinets and has accumulated several government crises. Now, in addition, the opposition has reported that it will present a constitutional accusation in Congress with the aim of removing him.
with EFE
First modification:
In the midst of the most recent government crisis in Peru, President Castillo appointed Héctor Valer, a moderate congressman, as the new president of the Council of Ministers. He comes in to replace Mirtha Vásquez, who resigned the day before due to disagreements with the left-wing president. On the day, nine ministers were sworn in and another nine were ratified in office.
It is the third cabinet of Pedro Castillo in six months of Presidency. This Tuesday, February 1, congressman and lawyer Héctor Valer was appointed as the new president of the Council of Ministers. He does it in replacement of the lawyer Mirtha Vásquez, who resigned after suffering disagreements with Castillo.
Valer, specialized in criminal law, was sworn in before Castillo in a ceremony that took place at the Government Palace in Lima. During the day, nine ministers were also sworn in and another nine were ratified.
The now prime minister entered Congress hand in hand with the far-right Popular Renovation party, elected for 2021-2026. However, Valer resigned from the group and joined Somos Perú, of a centrist nature, and then broke away again from this group to become part of Democratic Peru, along with legislators from various factions whose main objective is to reform the Constitution of the country.
Nine portfolios in exchange and another nine in ratification
The other portfolios that were sworn in during the day included the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which will be led by the economist Oscar Graham, replacing Pedro Francke. There was also a change in Foreign Relations, a portfolio for which César Landa, former president of the Constitutional Court, was appointed.
The Defense portfolio was taken over by Rear Admiral and former Navy inspector José Luis Gavidia, replacing former prosecutor Juan Carrasco, while the Interior portfolio was taken over by former police chief Alfonso Chávarry, replacing lawyer Avelino Guillén, who had resigned from his position on Friday due to disagreements with Castillo.
Meanwhile, the portfolios of Agricultural Development and Irrigation, Energy and Mines, Women and Vulnerable Populations, Environment and Culture also changed hands. Castillo ratified on the same day the ministers of Justice and Human Rights, Education, Health, Labor and Employment Promotion, Production, Foreign Trade and Tourism, Transport and Communications, Housing, Construction and Sanitation and Development.
The president announced on January 31 that he would form a third cabinet of ministers to replace the one led by Vásquez. The senior official resigned shortly after the president accepted Guillén’s resignation and dismissed the head of the National Police, Javier Gallardo.
Guillén resigned on Friday and claimed to have done so because he did not feel supported by the president in his recommendation to dismiss Gallardo. The latter was subject to allegations of corruption involving the Police.
In his resignation, Vázquez assured that the Government has reached “a critical moment” due to the accusations in the Interior, which he considered structural corruption.
In the six months he has been in office, the president has had to form three cabinets and has accumulated several government crises. Now, in addition, the opposition has reported that it will present a constitutional accusation in Congress with the aim of removing him.
with EFE
First modification:
In the midst of the most recent government crisis in Peru, President Castillo appointed Héctor Valer, a moderate congressman, as the new president of the Council of Ministers. He comes in to replace Mirtha Vásquez, who resigned the day before due to disagreements with the left-wing president. On the day, nine ministers were sworn in and another nine were ratified in office.
It is the third cabinet of Pedro Castillo in six months of Presidency. This Tuesday, February 1, congressman and lawyer Héctor Valer was appointed as the new president of the Council of Ministers. He does it in replacement of the lawyer Mirtha Vásquez, who resigned after suffering disagreements with Castillo.
Valer, specialized in criminal law, was sworn in before Castillo in a ceremony that took place at the Government Palace in Lima. During the day, nine ministers were also sworn in and another nine were ratified.
The now prime minister entered Congress hand in hand with the far-right Popular Renovation party, elected for 2021-2026. However, Valer resigned from the group and joined Somos Perú, of a centrist nature, and then broke away again from this group to become part of Democratic Peru, along with legislators from various factions whose main objective is to reform the Constitution of the country.
Nine portfolios in exchange and another nine in ratification
The other portfolios that were sworn in during the day included the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which will be led by the economist Oscar Graham, replacing Pedro Francke. There was also a change in Foreign Relations, a portfolio for which César Landa, former president of the Constitutional Court, was appointed.
The Defense portfolio was taken over by Rear Admiral and former Navy inspector José Luis Gavidia, replacing former prosecutor Juan Carrasco, while the Interior portfolio was taken over by former police chief Alfonso Chávarry, replacing lawyer Avelino Guillén, who had resigned from his position on Friday due to disagreements with Castillo.
Meanwhile, the portfolios of Agricultural Development and Irrigation, Energy and Mines, Women and Vulnerable Populations, Environment and Culture also changed hands. Castillo ratified on the same day the ministers of Justice and Human Rights, Education, Health, Labor and Employment Promotion, Production, Foreign Trade and Tourism, Transport and Communications, Housing, Construction and Sanitation and Development.
The president announced on January 31 that he would form a third cabinet of ministers to replace the one led by Vásquez. The senior official resigned shortly after the president accepted Guillén’s resignation and dismissed the head of the National Police, Javier Gallardo.
Guillén resigned on Friday and claimed to have done so because he did not feel supported by the president in his recommendation to dismiss Gallardo. The latter was subject to allegations of corruption involving the Police.
In his resignation, Vázquez assured that the Government has reached “a critical moment” due to the accusations in the Interior, which he considered structural corruption.
In the six months he has been in office, the president has had to form three cabinets and has accumulated several government crises. Now, in addition, the opposition has reported that it will present a constitutional accusation in Congress with the aim of removing him.
with EFE