Secretary General of Palacio de Gobierno would have the necessary experience to hold office

The appointments made by President Pedro Castillo are once again a source of questioning, but this time on the basis of a report presented by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic. After an investigation, the aforementioned entity published a report in which it states that Jorge Alva Coronado, a man who serves as general secretary of the Government Palace, would not meet the necessary requirements to occupy the position he currently holds.

“The Secretary General of the Office of the Presidential Office has been appointed without proving all the requirements of minimum experience for the position, a situation that jeopardizes the appropriateness of the administrative acts issued during the tenure of office”, can be read in report No. 001-2922-OCI/0276-SOO. The research was carried out during the second half of March and managed to publish in the middle of this month. The conclusion of the report states that “an adverse situation has been identified” concerning the appointment of the official “that could affect the transparency of the exercise of public service”.

The Comptroller's Office recommends “to inform the president of the Council of Ministers of this ex officio orientation report, which contains the adverse situation identified as a result of the ex officio guidance service on compliance with the minimum requirements for the appointment of the head of the Presidential Office with the to ensure that appropriate preventive and corrective actions be taken”. In addition, it is noted that the Institutional Oversight Body should also be informed of the measures taken after the conclusions of the report are known.

QUESTIONED EXPERIENCE

The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic has determined that Alva Coronado does not meet the “five years of specific experience in positions or positions of management or similar hierarchical level in the public or private sector”. For his part, the Secretary General of Palacio de Gobierno indicated that he was Deputy Manager of Planning and Deputy Manager of Investment Promotion of the Municipality of Jesús María, head of the Human Resources sub-office of the Forestry and Wildlife Resources Supervisory Agency (Osinfor), camp administrator in the company Tinka Resources S.A.C. and management manager of the JV EIRL printing bookshop.

Although the sum of these works is five years and seven months, the Comptroller's Office did not validate the last two papers submitted and argued that “there is no proof that the functions performed result from direct or indirect collaboration to those carried out by a public official (...) who has directly influenced or contributed to or contributed to indirect to the functions exercised by the management or executives of the employer or that the position held constitutes one of management or similar hierarchical level”.

About a month ago, the questioned secretary general surprised by his request to resign those who make up the so-called “shadow cabinet”. According to the multiple memorandum 004-2022-DP/SG of 16 March, which journalist Tito Alvites disseminated on social networks, officials include Beder Camacho Gadea, Undersecretary General of the Presidential Office, Rodolfo Idrogo Mejía, director of strategic communication and institutional image and in charge of the Secretariat of Communication and Press; Rodolfo Ramírez Apolinario, secretary of the Council of Ministers; Jorge Enrique Gamarra Mendoza, director (e) of the Telecommunications Office, among others. It should be recalled that one of his predecessors, Bruno Pacheco, was also a questioned figure, although in his case it was news because he was found US$20,000 in his office premises.

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