Congresswoman Cathy Ugarte submitted a no-confidence motion to Home Secretary Vicente Romero.

congresswoman Cathy Ugarte presented this Thursday a vote of no confidence in the Minister of the Interior, Vicente Romero, after his speech in the plenary session of the Congress in response to three interpellation sheets.

Through her Twitter account, the MP clarified that she submitted the petition following the Minister’s statement about the police operation at the National University of the Mayor of San Marcos (MNMSM) that took place on January 23.

According to a document accessed by RPP Noticias, the reports allege that the Peruvian National Police used “a disproportionate use of force” during the operation.

<< Condemn the Minister of the Interior, Mr. Vicente Romero Fernandez, holding him politically responsible for the abuse of power and disproportionate use of force by the Peruvian National Police during the intervention carried out at the National University of the Mayor of San Marcos on January 21, 2023, demonstrating a lack of leadership and unfit to lead the sector under its responsibility,” reads the document, which RPP Noticias had access to.

During the debate at the plenary session of the bench Alliance for ProgressHe Arbitration block And Democratic change – together for Peru They demanded the resignation of Interior Minister Vicente Romero and that he assume his political responsibility.

Speech at the plenary session

Minister of Internal Affairs, Vincent Romero Fernandezassured that the country now lives in a democratic system “thanks to the historic decision of the National Police to neutralize the coup d’état”, alluding to the social protests that are taking place in various regions where part of the Peruvians are asking for, among other things, the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and the promotion of general elections .

In his speech before the plenary session of Congress, the place where he traveled to respond to the three interpellation papers, the member of the Executive branch indicated that in the face of a “dangerous scenario for the stability and permanence of the democratic system”, his sector sent human, logistical and logistical -technical resources for “strengthening the rule of law and the principle of power”.

expressed condolences

The Minister of the Interior specified that “as a result of the correct strategy of the police, on January 19, the so-called “capture of Lima” was thwarted. “About 90,200 people tried to move from the regions to Lima. They wanted to take advantage of the limited number of agents and insufficiently equipped police force to return to the previous government by violent means after the release of former President Castillo,” he said.

Expressing his condolences to the families of those killed in the social protests, Vicente Romero said that National Police create a Human Rights Office.