After the announcement of the president of Peru, Pedro Castilloto dissolve the Congressthe legislators of the different benches of the Parliament denounced this Wednesday a coup d’état orchestrated by the Executive.
Castillo also announced the formation of an “emergency government” in the country and declared a state of emergency.
“This decision configures a coup d’état and moves away from all constitutional frameworks“said leftist legislator Ruth Luque, whose group has routinely supported Castillo’s stay in power.
The parliamentarian added that the president’s decision “is clearly a 1992-style coup,” referring to the “self-coup” carried out in 1992 by then-president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), which also dissolved Congress.
Luque remarked that “it is a government that does not represent the constitutional frameworks” and wants to “impose a regime of exception.”
It is a government that does not represent the constitutional frameworks
Right-wing congressman José Cueto, from the ultra-conservative Popular Renovation party and former commander of the Armed Forces, also stated that “of course it is a coup” and that the Armed Forces “support Congress.”
“Of course it is a coup, (Castillo) was trembling, he knew that he was going to be vacated (removed) and he has gone ahead. I hope that the Armed Forces will speak out against the coup, he cannot close Congress “, he emphasized.
Right-wing parliamentarian Norma Yarrow assured that Castillo “is alone in his office” and called the vice president Dina Boluarte to attend Congress and assume the head of state to “not allow this delinquent Pedro Castillo to attack democracy.”
The representatives of different benches assured that Congress will meet in plenary session in the next few minutes to dismiss Castillo and asked for the support of the Armed Forces for democracy in the country.
🇵🇪 | The communist Pedro Castillo carries out a coup in Peru: He establishes a Government of Exception, declares a State of Siege, dissolves Congress, the Judiciary, and the Army. In addition, he announces a “People’s Assembly” to reform the Constitution.pic.twitter.com/WXOJ1TOcHD
– The Right Diary (@laderechadiario) December 7, 2022
This Wednesday, Pedro Castillo He ruled to temporarily dissolve Congress and establish a national emergency government, hours before Parliament debated a vacancy motion (removal) against him that could have removed him from the head of state.
“The following measures are issued: Temporarily dissolve the Congress of the Republic and establish an exceptional emergency government,” Castillo said in a message to the nation that was not previously announced by his communications team or on his social networks and that was not can be located in the pages of the Presidency.
resignation of ministers
Castillo’s decision was also immediately rejected by several members of his cabinet, who announced their resignation after the president’s address.
The Minister of Labor, Alejandro Salas, for example, announced his resignation through his social networks, as did the Ministers of Economy and State.
Justice Minister Félix Chero also announced his resignation, alleging “respect for democratic institutions.”
“Respectful of the democratic institutionality and before the announcement of the closure of Congress and the formation of a national emergency government, I irrevocably resign from my position as Minister of Justice and Human Rights,” Chero wrote on his official Twitter account.
Consistent with my principles and with full respect for democracy, I have submitted my resignation from the Ministerial Cabinet. I appreciate having served the country during the time that I was in charge of the Culture and Labor portfolios.
— Alejandro A. Salas Z. (@SalasZ_AA) December 7, 2022
Peruvian Foreign Minister César Landa, for his part, denounced that President Pedro Castillo carried out “a self-coup” and called on the international community to help “democratic redirection in Peru.”
Landa also stated that the president made the decision to dissolve Congress without his support.
The nation’s prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, indicated her “emphatic rejection” of “any violation of the constitutional order,” and urged the president to “respect the Constitution, the rule of law, and democracy that has cost us so much.”
Castillo’s announcement also led to a wave of resignations by representatives of Peru to international organizations.
Peru’s representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Harold Forsyth, for example, resigned his post in the middle of a meeting of the OAS Permanent Council in Washington.
Forsyth stated: “I cannot for moral and professional reasons have any connection with a regime that works on the basis of decrees.”
Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros, the Peruvian ambassador to the UN, also presented this Wednesday his “irrevocable resignation” in the face of what he called “the coup d’état produced in
Peru”.
On his Twitter account, Rodríguez Cuadros, one of the most respected diplomats in the country, published a resignation letter sent to his superior, Foreign Minister César Landa.
“This situation -in Peru- infringes the constitution of the State and the country’s international obligations contained in the Inter-American Democratic Charter,” the letter reads.
CARLOS JOSE REYES GARCIA
INTERNATIONAL SUB-EDITOR
TIME
*With Efe
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