Police protection for Alberto Otárola Martín Vizcarra: “Security for a high-ranking official should be as economical as possible” | principle

Urubamba, from Cuzco

After attending the Annual Management Conference (CADE 2023), Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Alberto Otterola, said the protection provided by the National Police to former presidents of the republic “should be as strict as possible”. He also said that the former president is enjoying security today Martin Vizcarra “It might be too much.”

“We are reviewing the legal basis and we believe that in principle the protection afforded to a high-ranking official should be as economical as possible.” […] It may be too much [la protección a Vizcarra Cornejo]”, he said when asked about this by El Comercio.

The newspaper revealed last Tuesday that 11 police officers are guarding the former regional governor of Mokuwa. From January 2021 to last September, the reservation requested S/278,060 in spending from Parliament, according to information provided by the agency following a request made under the Transparency Act.

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Also, since May 2022, after the issuance of Supreme Decree N°004-2022-IN, Vizcarra Cornejo had to stop police protection.

Section 11 of the aforementioned decree establishes the grounds for the “temporary suspension” of the provision of security service by the State Security Directorate of the PNP. One of them is “disqualification from office or public office”.

The mechanism was promulgated on May 6 of last year with the signature of then President Pedro Castillo and Interior Minister Alfonso Xavier and improved regulations related to the safety and security of public officials, dignitaries and dignitaries.

On May 11, five days later, Congress approved a constitutional complaint against Vizcarra Cornejo for having ties to private companies while serving as Minister of Transport and Communications in the government of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018). As a result, he was banned from public service for five years.

It was the second political endorsement of the former regional governor of Mokua. In May 2021, after the “vaccination”, the former head of state was disqualified for 10 years.

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Unlike Interior Minister Vicente Romero, who said the national police would protect Vizcarra as long as he was not convicted, Otorola stressed that “he has tasked the department to reconsider that prerogative . . .”

President of the Council of Ministers of Peru

In statements to El Comercio at CADE 2023, acciopopulist congressman Luis Aragón said the former president could not continue “breaking a rule.”

“As for Vizcarra, this Congress and the previous Congress have disqualified him [para ejercer la función pública] No more privileges to be enjoyed [como la protección policial]. What we need to do is call the home minister and he will brief us on the case,” he said.

By the regional governor of Mokugua, “to allocate these resources to combat the insecurity of citizens affecting the country” “or do you refuse to abide by the law?” he questioned.

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Nicanor factor

At another point, the prime minister spoke of a succession of at least five presidents and vice presidents supporting Nicanor Poluarte in forming the Citizens for Peru party. Some of them, according to the testimony of the “Cuarto Poder”, demanded between S/3 thousand and S/5 thousand to be appointed as district presidents and vice presidents. The money would have been used to fund the political group of President Tina Polwart’s brother.

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“The right to participate in the political life of the country is a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution. No power should be involved in political conversion. He mentioned that there should be an investigation and punishment in this regard.

Otárola reiterated that the banner of the Boluarte government is “the fight against corruption” and that the executive will not allow such actions to go “unpunished”.

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During his presentation on the first day of GATE 2023 in Urubamba (Cusco), Otorola again blamed the government of Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) for causing the economic recession the country is going through.

The minister told a forum full of businessmen that the country’s economic “recovery” after the COVID-19 pandemic was “interrupted by the political instability created by the previous administration”. He said the Castilian administration “repeatedly threatened to change the rules of the game”.

“Conclusion: worst crisis of confidence in two decades; Hope to be redeemed. As the motto of this CADE says: To grow it is necessary to believe again. Because of this, since the coup d’état nearly a year ago, the President [Dina] Polwart considered the commitment to boost the economy and lay the foundation for sustainable growth along with other transcendental results,” he said.