The government appointed Roger Arista as the new head of DINI.

Government Dina Boluarte appointed this Wednesday, January 4, General of the PPP(r) Roger Arista Perea as the new head of the National Intelligence Agency (DINI). Here’s how to install higher resolution published in an extraordinary issue of the official gazette El Peruano.

Peren Ridge, who was director general of intelligence at the Ministry of the Interior (Digimin), will replace Juan Carlos Liendo O’Connorwho resigned after learning that President Dina Boluarte was judging her permanence because of her statements about the social upheaval the country had experienced between second D third week December 2022.

in Supreme Decree No. 003-2023 PKMThe executive branch thanked reading O’Connor for services rendered to the nation, and formalized the title of Roger Arista.

“To appoint Mr. Roger Arista Perea as the Director of National Intelligence of the National Intelligence Agency – DINI,” reads the document signed by the president. Dina Boluarte and head of the Council of Ministers, Alberto Otarola.

Formerly Chairman of the Council of Ministers Alberto Otarolaannounced that the new director of DINI was a “competent officer”.

“We are looking for a competent official, and our task is to look ahead. Let the country be sure that we will work directly with such an important institution,” said the head of the Council of Ministers.

What happened to Juan Carlos Liendo, the former director of DINI?

On December 18, 2022, the government appointed Juan Carlos Liendo O’Connor as the new head of the National Intelligence Agency (DINI). Two days before his appointment, an army colonel (on the right) described social upheaval which was registered in different parts of the country in the middle of last month.

As a result of these statements, President Dina Boluarte said on Tuesday, January 3, in an interview Republican newspaper – that your government is evaluating the possibility of removing Liendo from office o’connor.

“[¿Lo va a sacar al señor Liendo?] We are considering this possibility. We are going to make adjustments to DINI,” said Boluarte Zegarra.

In an interview with Villaksheld on December 16, at the height of the social and political crisis, the then adviser Congressional Intelligence Committeepointed out that it would be a “mistake” to classify as “social conflict” the protests that took place in Arequipa, Apurimac, Ayacucho and other parts of the country after the failed coup, the vacancy of Pedro Castillo and his subsequent arrest. .

Reading O’Connor He also indicated at the time that the attacks on police and military personnel (FF.A.A.) were carried out for a political purpose, which he classified as “terrorist rebellion”.

“There are no social conflicts here, not even vandalism, because there is violence … with a very clear political agenda: change [Constitución], the resignation of the president, the closure of Congress, which is repeated as a political goal in every place where the highway is blocked; wherever stones are thrown; In every place where attacks on police and law enforcement are carried out, there is a political target, which is called: terrorist insurgencyhe declared.

A few hours after it became known about the intentions of the head of state, LeeEndo O’Connor submitted his irrevocable resignation to the DINI leadership.

“I am writing to you to express my heartfelt greetings and inform you of the decision on my irrevocable resignation from the position of Director of National Intelligence of the National Intelligence Agency (DINI) due to serious complications in the performance of the functions assigned to me. in accordance with the law,” the letter said. President Dina Boluarte.