Congress will question Interior Minister Vicente Romero on Thursday, March 9

Con seventy votes for28 against and 3 abstentionshe Congress of the Republic approved to interview the Minister of the Interior, Vincent Romerothe last Friday, March 3.

the bench popular revivalthrough his spokesperson Jorge Montoyapresented the said initiative so that the holder of the Minister response to three events that occurred during his tenure.

In the context of the latest protests and social demonstrations, Romero will be consulted on the operation carried out in the San Marcos National University (UNMSM), recorded on January 21; he murder of a policeman in Puno, who was burned inside his vehicle; and the terrorist ambush in Vraem where seven police officers were murdered.

“Since taking office, the Minister Romero Fernandez it has not fully fulfilled its main function of protecting and guaranteeing the free exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms,” reads the motion presented.

In addition, he is criticized for not maintaining and not restoring the democratic order, public order and internal security of citizenship.

“What we appreciated in his administration, in addition to previous administrations, was a lack of efficiency in tactical and strategic planning, incomprehensible passivity in decision-making and inefficiency in troubled areas, despite the state of emergency and the obvious deployment of ‘terrorist acts‘”, we add.

The People’s Renewal motion also has a interpellatory statement of 36 questions.

Among the questions are inquiries about benefits the police officer’s family is receiving (or will eventually receive). Jose Luis Soncco Quispemoney murdered at the hands of criminals in Puno.

He is also asked to specify whether he has been informed “by his legal advisers or whether he is aware” that he must transmit “to the unarmed police forceswith the instructed not to defend oneself in the face of deadly attacks by violent groups and mobs (…) constitutes a crime of omission of duty”.