Peru: new Prime Minister forces resignation after charges of domestic violence

Hector Valer Pinto was stationed only for three days. The Peruvian President has announced on Friday a reshuffle of the government, the fourth in six months.

Le Monde with AFP

This is called a flash mandate. On duty for only three days, the new Peruvian Prime Minister Hector Valer Pinto, accused of domestic violence, will leave his post. The Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announced Friday 4 February that he was going to reshape his government, which involves the departure of Hector Valer Pinto.

“I made the decision to rebuild the ministerial cabinet,” said the left president at a brief television speech, invoking a refusal of the Congress to discuss the vote of confidence at the ministerial team named Tuesday . The next Peruvian government will be the fourth in six months, since the power of Pedro Castillo on July 28th.

Lawyer and 62 years old, Mr. Valer Pinto found himself under the fire of criticism after several media had revealed Thursday that his wife and daughter had filed a complaint against him in October 2016 for alleged domestic violence.

Friday, a few hours before Mr. Castillo’s intervention, the President of the Peruvian Congress, Maria del Carmen Alva, had asked Mr. Valer Pinto to resign.

Loosed by several ministers

The Prime Minister was dropped by three members of his team, including the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Caesar Landa, who wrote on Twitter that “the public service requires officials exempt from these allegations”.

Condiller Landa: Condeno y RECHAZO Todo Tipo from Violencia Contra La Mujer The Familia Y, Como Ministro de Estado, … https://t.co/1qaryoyrc8 “/p>- Cancillerua (@ cancillería perú🇵🇪)

Hector Valer Pinto, who was sworn in Tuesday, denied in front of journalists being an “aggressor”, stressing that he had never been sentenced for domestic violence and claiming that he would stay at the head of the Council of Ministers Unless the Congress refuses him for a vote of trust.

According to the daily El Comercio, the daughter of Mr. Valer Pinto said in October 2016 in a police station of Lima that his father had slapped him, had assane him his punchs and had shot his hair at the family home. . In February 2017, a judge ordered “protective measures” for his wife because she presented “signs of physical abuse”, according to the newspaper.

/Media reports.