Home Secretary says he’s ‘ready’ to respond to interpellation statement to Congress

The minister of the Interior, Vincent Romero confirmed his presence at the plenary session of the Congress to respond to the three motions for interpellation approved against him and for which he must provide explanations for the actions of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) during the demonstrations that have been taking place in different regions of the country since December 2022.

After participating in a night patrol and a citizen security operation in the Lima district of Magdalena, the head of the Ministry of the Interior, in statements to the press, He said he was ready to attend the plenary session. “I am ready to go and clarify Congress at any time,” he said.

Furthermore, he pointed out that this process is part of the responsibility of parliamentarians to oversee the work of public administration. “They have a duty to control me and ask me for control and to whom I must report,” he stressed.

On the morning of Friday 3 March, the Congress plenary approved two motions of interpellation against the head of the minister, presented by the benches of Free Peru and the Magistral Bloc of National Accord.

In the evening of the same day, the President of Parliament, José Williams, concluded the plenary session and called a new session in the following minutes, beginning with the intervention of the Deputy of Popular Renewal, Jorge Montoya, to support a new motion of interpellation against Minister Romero.

The first motion to enter into debate was approved by 47 votes for, 37 against and 11 abstentions. It contains eleven items and each of them, in turn, between three and four questions. The second motion approved, by 63 votes, 20 against and 9 abstentions, bears the number 5389, also presented in a multiparty manner. It contains an interpellatory document composed of 29 questions.

Meanwhile, the third motion was approved with 70 votes for, 28 against and 3 abstentions, and contains 36 questions.

The Minister of the Interior must go to the National Congress to respond to the interpellatory acts of the session on Thursday March 9 from 3:00 p.m.

On the other hand, Vicente Romero rejected the attack on the Juli District Police StationIn the region A lot ofduring the demonstrations called against the government of Dina Boluarte and the demand for early elections.

“Thanks to the support of the Armed Forces, we were able to recover the police officers who had been attacked and this police station was set on fire. Police and Armed Forces They continue to show their commitment to the country and to be able to find social peace,” he said.

During protests on Saturday March 4 in Puno, a group of vandals attacked and set fire to the facilities of the Juli police station. They demanded the withdrawal of the police and military forces in charge of public order in this city.

In addition, another group attempted to take over the facilities of the Naval base located on the shores of Lake Titicacabut military personnel stationed at the base used tear gas to disperse the protesters.

According to the report of Mediatora total of 16 casualties were reported, between civilians and military, in Chucuito, Puno.