Who are Maria Tarasona and William Contreras, the Deputy Ministers of Midis, questioned by the Comptroller about their profile?

Maria Abigunda Tarasona Alvino D William Ciro Contreras Chavez they are Vice Ministers of Policy and Social Assessment and Social Benefits, respectively, of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS). Both have held these positions since August 2021. However, the Comptroller General of the Republic warned that they did not meet the requirements. Through a statement MIDI indicated that Tarasona and Contreras fit the profile.

Law 31419 established provisions guaranteeing fitness for the performance of a public function. Among the current requirements to serve as a Deputy Minister are eight years of general experience, five years of specific experience in leadership positions or positions or at a similar hierarchical level in the public or private sector, as well as having their civil rights up to date.

The Court of Accounts indicated that after reviewing the files of Deputy Ministers, it was confirmed that they do not correspond to a specific five-year experience in senior positions or positions of a similar hierarchical level in the public or private sector.

Deputy Minister of Policy and Social Evaluation, Maria Abigunsa Tarasona AlvinoAccording to the statement, he worked as a class teacher. While the Deputy Minister of Social Benefits, William Ciro Contreras Chavezworked as a trial lawyer for over thirty-one years and as an external legal advisor to local and regional governments.

MIDI response

The Midis statement claims that on March 4 this year, the Midis Institutional Control Body sent Official Introductory Report No. 001-2022-OCI/5788-SOO stating that Vice Ministers Tarazona Alvino and Contreras Chávez “would not have the specific experience required at a similar hierarchical level in the public or private sector.”

In this regard, on March 16, 2022, the “Main Directorate of Personnel (OGRU) MIDI technically and legally confirmed that both Deputy Ministers meet the general and special experience required for the position, in accordance with the requirements of Law No. 31419.” It adds that “On May 19, 2022, the provision of Law No. 31419 was approved, which establishes the requirements for filling public leadership positions in the national government.”

“Taking into account the criteria specified in the ordinance and in accordance with the adaptation procedure required by said ordinance, on June 18, 2022, the OGRH published the relevant evaluation reports confirming, among other things, that both Vice Ministers comply with the profile established in Law no. 31419, as well as in its Regulations”, states in MIDI.

Who are Deputy Ministers?

Maria Tarazona Alvino (Deputy Minister of Policy and Social Evaluation) – 37-year-old primary education teacher. According to her affidavit, since 2016 she has been a teacher in the Umari and Panao districts of Pachitea (Huanuco) province.

Tarasona holds a teaching degree from the National University of Hermilio Valdizan (2010). She holds a master’s degree in educational psychology from the University of Cesar Vallejo (2014). It also registers a second major in Primary Education at the Universidad Nacional Ermilio Valdizan (2016).

In his affidavit, he recorded the conduct of a tax investigation into an alleged plagiarism offense against the author’s rights at Huanuco’s Sixth Corporate Provincial Criminal Attorney’s Office. This is the research followed by his dissertation, which earned him his second major in primary education.

Tarasona Alvino is close to President Pedro Castillo, with whom she participated in the 2017 teachers’ strike. She was an active campaigner for then-candidate Castillo. fourth force after agreeing to delete messages from the president’s mobile phone, at the request of the Oversight Commission, it turned out that Castillo and Tarazona communicated 438 times.

He also visited the home of Sarratea of ​​Breña, accompanied by other teachers such as Congressmen Alex Paredes and Lucinda Vasquez.
For his part, William Ciro Contreras Chávez (Deputy Minister of Social Benefits) is a lawyer from the Federico Villarreal National University. In his affidavit, he indicated that for various reasons, such as usurpation of functions, telephone interference, selective alteration, and usurpation of functions, four tax investigations were initiated.

Contreras Chávez was also director of the Advisory Commission of the Lima Bar Association (LIME) (2017-2018), where he coincided with Dina Boluarte, who in those years headed the Social Security Administration.

The Ombudsman argued that Contreras’ said experience as a director of CAL “does not resemble that of managing a company or a public institution”.

For a former minister MIDI, Paula Bustamante, The current incumbent, Dina Boluarte, could achieve great action and goals in her ministry, given that she has remained in this position since taking office. “It definitely affects the fact that he has two deputy ministers who do not fit the profile, and it is not clear what they should do. There are good technical teams, but no leadership or coordination with other sectors. This is the responsibility of the minister and the president, because the supreme decree appointing them as deputy ministers is signed by the president and the minister. You will be held responsible for everything that regression in social policy entails,” he said.

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