The new head of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), Carlos Palacios Pérez, assumes a portfolio that so far during Pedro Castillo’s administration could not guarantee or sustain the presence of suitable names for the new government’s mining and energy policies. The positions that they were able to secure, upon their arrival, correspond to the cerronista quota in the Minem.
Thus, Loly Herrera Lavado, a lawyer in a case of defamation of the mother of the leader of Peru Libre, Vladimir Cerrón, was appointed the new secretary general of the ministry, replacing the mining engineer Rocío Gordillo.
On the other hand, the Executive insists on David Caballero Llanos for a position of trust. The current owner of Radio Disco SA, also known as Radio Latina, a propaganda station that helped Pedro Castillo win votes with his program ‘Palabra de maestro’, had already been hired as a high-level official in the Ministry of Defense, in October, to mediate with Congress. Now, Palacios Pérez’s management gives him the go-ahead to serve as the new head of the Minem advisory cabinet.
Caballero has a criminal, police and judicial record for falsifying documents, violence and resistance to authority, and driving while intoxicated. In the most recent, from 2020, he figures that he sought to flee from the Chorrillos police station after being arrested drunk driving a vehicle in the south.
Chavez’s departure
With the departure of Jorge Chávez Cresta from Minem, the authority responsible for formulating and evaluating national mining and energy development policies is left with two headless deputy ministries at the same time: that of Mines, which Chávez had occupied since last October 17, and the of Hydrocarbons, which was also entrusted to him on October 29, two weeks later, on an interim basis. This, due to the departure of engineer Enrique Bisetti.
In his resignation letter, the retired general officer of the Peruvian Army said that the Minem requires technical and specialized officials and policies, conditions not respected with the recent appointments, which would respond “to a partisan slogan and not to merits.” no professional experience.
“The Ministry of Energy and Mines cannot and should not be part of the political quota of a party, much less a source of jobs and appointments of people close to political leaders without the minimum capacity to assume the reins of a strategic sector in terms of investment. , currencies, employment and development of our peoples”, he referred. ❖
The data
Relays. Among the key positions that the Government must also define for the energy sector is that of president of Perupetro, which currently falls temporarily to José Luis Balta.
Source: Larepublica
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