The Peruvian minister who organized a Halloween party is dismissed

The Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has ceased this Wednesday to Luis Barranzuela. The Minister of the Interior has been the subject of a strong controversy because despite having banned celebrations and other crowds of people, he organized a noisy and crowded party at his house on the day of Halloween to which the police went. Barranzuela had recently approved a series of strict restrictions to avoid contagions of covid-19, which has already killed more than 200,000 people in the country. Despite this, he believed himself above the law and has been forced to resign.

“Our commitment continues to be to guarantee the governance of the country,” said the president, through social networks. “Important decision of our president. Stability, consensus and social peace in our country is our commitment to continue #TrabajandoPorElPueblo,” the prime minister wrote on her Twitter account. Mirtha Vasquez. The departure of Barranzuela had been demanded by society.

Rugged mandate

Castillo had to act quickly in what is beginning to be seen as a new chapter in the most rugged government management in recent decades. In fact, Barranzuela is the fourth minister who has to go through the back door or peppered by some media controversy. When he has not yet completed three months in power, the rural teacher has broken ties with another member of Free Peru, the left-wing party that led him as a candidate for president. That formation, which leads Vladimir Cerrón, is on the warpath with Castillo, although at times he feigns respect and loyalty.

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The conflict between PL and Castillo is of such intensity that there are sectors of that party that do not want to ratify in Congress the appointment of Prime Minister Vásquez, who comes from other progressive sectors and has an outstanding track record in human rights movements. Congresswoman Kelly Portalatino celebrated the resignation of Barranzuela but made known her disagreement with the presence of Vásquez in the Government. “She represents the NGOs, the Cavians, to a minority sector, and we represent the popular mass. “Disagreements in the ruling party are closely watched by the right-wing forces, increasingly determined to set a limit on Castillo.

The legislator of Avanza País, Patricia Chirinos, said that her bench will not give Vásquez confidence. “What confidence are we going to give them if they are making fun of Peruvians all the time?” For his part, the far-right magnate Rafael López Aliaga, who in the first round was placed in third place, very close to Keiko Fujimori, has proposed promoting a motion of censure against Castillo.