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Peru's President: A new Cabinet to be sworn in on December 10

Photo: ANDINA/Presidency of the Republic of Peru

Photo: ANDINA/Presidency of the Republic of Peru

09:46 | Lima, Dec. 9.

The President of the Republic Dina Boluarte on Friday announced that she will swear in a new Cabinet this Saturday.

"I will thank the sisters and brothers of Peru for waiting calmly; I think that during the day and tomorrow before noon, at the latest, it (the Cabinet) will be sworn in," she said in remarks to the media outside her home in Lima's Surquillo district.

In this sense, the Head of State indicated that they are in the process of forming the new Ministerial Cabinet, which would be completed by the end of today.

Similarly, the top official announced that once the Council of Ministers has been sworn in, and each Cabinet member is in charge of their portfolio, she will have time to visit ex-President Pedro Castillo, who is currently detained for the alleged crime of rebellion.


Mrs. Boluarte said that, as a democrat, she is always in favor citizens and that constitutional law and the balance of powers are not broken.

"No one expected that; until last week at the Council of Ministers, when I was still a minister, we had accompanied and recommended the ex-president that we should not continue confronting Congress. Nonetheless, the (presentation of the) confidence motion has been the breaking point to be in such a situation," she indicated.

In addition, the Head of State said that what was ordered by ex-President Castillo was a coup d'état, which took by surprise not only the entire nation, but even his own ministers.


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Publicado: 9/12/2022