Peruvian Defense Minister Walter Ayala tendered his resignation on Monday (November 8) after being questioned about alleged pressure to promote officers linked to the new left-wing government.
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"I put my post at the disposal of the President of the Republic and Supreme Head of the Armed Forces,"
Ayala wrote on Twitter after a meeting with President Pedro Castillo at the government palace.
The president has not confirmed whether or not he accepts the resignation of Ayala, a 50-year-old former judge.
President Castillo dismissed four days ago the army commander, General José Vizcarra, and the head of the air force, General Jorge Chaparro.
The two claimed on Monday that their departures were due to differences with Minister Ayala and Presidential Secretary-General Bruno Pacheco, who asked them to improperly promote officials close to the government.
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Interior Minister Luis Barranzuela resigned last week after hosting a party at his home in Lima in violation of a ban aimed at preventing Covid-19 infections.
On October 7, Castillo sacked the then prime minister, Guido Bellido, and seven ministers.
In power since July 28, Pedro Castillo, representative of the radical left, was proclaimed winner of the presidential election of June 6 against the candidate of the populist right Keiko Fujimori, of tens of thousands of votes.
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