Pedro Castillo: PNP announces disciplinary process for police officers who tied shoes to the President

National Police of Peru This Saturday, he announced that he would open a disciplinary process against military personnel who tied President Pedro Castillo’s shoelaces. This came after a video was shown of policemen tying the president’s shoelaces during an official event in San Martin.

“The National Police of Peru, in accordance with its main purpose enshrined in the Political Constitution of Peru, has laws and regulations defining its functions, including Law No. 30714 and Regulation DSN No. 003-2020-IN, which regulates the disciplinary regime, which indicates institutionally protected legal assets, which are the police service, discipline, police ethics and institutional image, ”says the document issued by the institution.

National Police pointed out in this sense that the troops accompanying Peter’s castle they will have to go through an administrative disciplinary process to establish “appropriate responsibilities”.

“Any action that violates these protected legal rights by any of its members will be a violation of the law, which entails the initiation of an administrative disciplinary procedure to establish appropriate duties,” the statement said.

Ombudsman’s statement

Ombudsman Yesterday he spoke about the same event and called on the president to respect the dignity of the policemen who protect him.

The organization told the head of state that the functions of these agents do not mean that they take responsibility for “purely personal” activities, such as tying shoelaces.

In this sense, they considered that this incident was an insult to the morale of the forces of law and order, which affects their image in front of the population.

“This fact offends the morale of law enforcement agencies, eroding their image in front of the population. We remember that the president is also the first servant of the nation and is obliged to respect the dignity of everyone who works in his environment, setting an example for the people. citizenship,” the Ombudsman said in a publication.

The president responded after the scandal

President of the Republic Peter’s castleindicated that he did not ask or force two police officers to tie his shoelaces as he walked down the street in the San Martin area.

Castillo posted several messages on his Twitter account saying that the incident was a voluntary action by a security guard. In this regard, he regretted that this action was misunderstood.

The head of state also said that he could not bend down to tie his shoelaces, as he had been wearing a bulletproof vest for some time. He called the incident “an accidental event” that was taken advantage of by his political opponents.

“I never asked or forced the police to do this. And I myself could not do this, because for some time I wore a bulletproof vest to protect my life from any risk or threat, ”the president justified.