As revealed by a report by Public Eye, Carmela Rosa from Orbegoso Russell, a person linked to Fuerza Popular, has just been appointed to the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The government of Dina Boluarte made her appointment as advisor official ad honorem last June 19, after publication in A Peruvian man.
De Orbegoso Russel was also proposed by the Fuerza Popular party to be a judge of the Constitutional Court (TC) in 2019, but she renounced her application after a telephone conversation with the former supreme judge was made public. César Hinostroza in 2018. Now, he will play his new role in the Peruvian Foreign Ministry.
Hinostroza and De Orbegoso Russell had previously worked together when she was a magistrate in the Superior Court of Callao. The then congressman of Fuerza Popular, Luis Galarreta, He was the one who proposed it for the TC originally.
The appointment of De Orbegoso Russell strengthens the presence of members associated with Fuerza Popular in the current Peruvian government, adding significant context to the current political configuration. This appointment is part of the trend of including more people linked to the orange party in the government of Dina Boluarte.
The report of Public Eye also details how Keiko Fujimori and Alberto Fujimori have shown their support for the government of Dina Boluarte since the beginning of his mandate in December 2022. This support from fujimorism has been expressed on multiple channels, including public statements and social networks.
On the same day of Boluarte’s inauguration, Keiko He expressed his support through his social networks. Later, she defended the legitimacy of the new president’s mandate amid a controversy with the leaders of Mexico and Colombia. Alberto Fujimoriafter being released, also expressed his support, praising the continuity of the Boluarte government until 2026 thanks to the agreement with Popular Force.
The link between the Executive and Fuerza Popular is evident in the approval of laws beneficial to the party, such as the regulations that exempt political parties from criminal liability, which has favored Fuerza Popular in the Cócteles case. Furthermore, according to an analysis by the digital media, at least seven people linked to Fuerza Popular have been appointed to senior positions in the Boluarte government, of which five continue to serve.
Among these officers stands out Rómulo Mucho MamaniMinister of Energy and Mines, who was part of Fuerza Popular’s technical team in 2021, and Walter Jibaja Mayordirector of the Office of National Defense and Disaster Risk Management of the Midagriformer aide-de-camp of Alberto Fujimori in the 90s and head of the Congressional security office between 2016 and 2018.
In additional charges, Carmen Vegas Guerrero, vice minister of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Industries, was an advisor to the Fuerza Popular bench; and Ana Bertha Patiño Urcoformer national secretary of agriculture and environment of Fuerza Popular, currently works as an advisor to Midagri’s senior management.
Fuerza Popular’s support was reaffirmed in February 2023, when President Dina Boluarte met with Keiko Fujimori at the Government Palace, according to media reports.
