The change of ministers in the current cabinet is a make-up and changes should have been made at the highest levels, including the departure of Prime Minister Alberto Otárola, who has nothing positive to show in terms of public administration, highlighted political analyst Katherine Zegarra. and Alonso Cardenas.
“The changes are superficial, with the exception of the Minister of Economy, who has not inspired confidence among citizens and business people,” commented Katherine Zegarra, political scientist and professor at the Pontifical Catholic University.
He considered that “the general renewal of the Cabinet should have begun with the departure of Otárola, a prime minister with low approval and questionable work.”
The expert claimed: “There is no progress in public policies in favor of citizens, there is no economic growth and the president is the most unpopular in Latin America.” The changes are not aimed at changing the direction of the government, which is a cause for concern .”
For Alonso Cárdenas, political scientist at the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University, “the changes are cosmetic and do not address the underlying problem, which does not so much affect the Cabinet of Ministers but rather higher up, that is, in the Cabinet.” PCM and the presidency.”
He said the new cabinet consolidated the focus much more to the right than before. “José Arista has only been Minister of Economic Affairs for a very short time Manuel Merino and engineer Rómulo Mucho was a technical advisor to the candidacy of Keiko Fujimori,” he explained.
Cárdenas claimed that there was a similarity between the governments of Fujimori and Montesinos and that of Boluarte and Otárola: “They are interdependent, they are linked because of human rights violations; Otárola’s departure would leave Boluarte politically orphaned.”
He added that Boluarte and Otárola “cannot demonstrate successes in their management in the areas of citizen security, international image, economic crisis, human rights violations in which we are worse than ever, and in terms of corruption there are cases that characterize them; “There is no public administration policy that supports Otárola.”
Dr. Carlos Fernández Fontenoy, professor of government and public policy at UNI, said that the Boluarte government “is perceived as one of the right, allied with Fuerza Popular and other conservative groups that give it the necessary political support in Congress.” since the president lacks her own party and bank. The ministerial changes are aimed at diverting public attention from the problems that concern Boluarte, such as his brother's problems and his relations with Villanueva, the philosopher.
He added that Boluarte should have used the opportunity to make further ministerial adjustments, such as that of the Minister of the Interior, explaining that “the election of minister challenged in court, as in the case of José Arista in the MEF, this is explained by the fact that potential good ministers do not want to join a government rejected by the majority.
Regarding Otárola's remaining in the PCM, he said: “In the current context of popular rejection of the government, it is difficult for people with a certain reputation to accept this.” On the other hand, Otárola has not changed because there is still no political opposition , which would have the power to put pressure on the president and thus achieve her removal.”
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Katherine Zegarra, political scientist at PUCP
“There is no progress in public policies for the benefit of citizens, there is no economic growth. The changes are not aimed at changing the government’s direction, which is a cause for concern.”