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  • Peru: Vizcarra dissolves the Peruvian congress "constitutionally" and calls for elections

Two presidents, two congresses and a country in limbo. Peru's surreal political crisis is summarized by the opinion of a constitutional lawyer interviewed early Tuesday at RPP, a Lima radio station. Raúl Ferrero considered that the closure of Parliament by Martín Vizcarra is illegal, "it has no constitutional handle . " But then he celebrated the decision of the Armed Forces and the Police to support that same president, given the stability generated by the military alignment with the civil power.

The previous day, Monday afternoon, Vizcarra surprised with a drastic measure that different political sectors called "coup d'etat". It dissolved the Legislative after the failure of the "motion of confidence" proposed in order to reverse the way in which the parliament elected the new judges of the Constitutional Court.

After remembering that it was the third time that he tried, without success, to approve reforms aimed at curbing corruption, he chose to launch an "exceptional measure" that "allows citizens to define at the polls (in early elections next January) the future of our country. " The drop that exceeded his glass was the failure to " generate a more transparent and participatory mechanism in the election of the members of the TC , to avoid the distributions and the use of the institutions so that a few do not use it."

The parliamentary majority, led by the Fujimori, contracted hard. Allied with almost all other parties, he took the "vacancy motion" from the top hat, which allows Congress to declare the "temporary incapacity" of the president for duty due to force majeure, and applied it to Vizcarra for a year.

Instead, he appointed the Vice President of the Executive, Mercedes Araoz who, despite belonging to the cabinet of the dismissed ruler, accepted the assignment.

" The easiest thing would have been to resign. I do not run into my responsibilities, no matter how difficult the circumstances may be," he proclaimed in the speech of an express takeover, and announced that he will turn to the Organization of American States to analyze what happened. Since he cannot enter the presidential palace, he will dispatch from the Congress and must appoint his ministers in the coming days.

Vicente Zeballos, who occupied the Justice portfolio, will also have to do the same, but on the opposite bank. The new prime minister, appointed by Vizcarra, will choose his team in the hope of reassuring the markets , restless about an uncertainty that does not seem to end.

While Vizcarra maintains the territorial and administrative control of his nation, as well as the leadership of the Military Forces, I will not only face a symbolic presidency, with constitutional support, according to a wide range of political and social sectors , but a Congress in revolt.

As for the support of the uniformed men to the Head of State, it was evident from the first moment. The same Monday night they did not validate the diplomatic passport that gives the position, of Congressman Roberto Vieria, when he intended to travel to Miami, since he was considered a citizen . And, from early Tuesday, they established a fence around the Congress to prohibit the entry of those who did not belong to the permanent Commission of the legislature, the body that should govern the Legislature until the elections.

For Pedro Olaechea, president of Congress until yesterday, Vizcarra has given "a coup d'etat". And one of his vice presidents, Salvador Hereci, said that it is "the initial step" to implement " a Chavista regime in Peru , a proposal that has broken the constitutional order." He spoke to a large group of journalists inside the Chamber, as he was able to enter as a member of the Permanent Commission.

In a telephone conversation from the Peruvian capital, Ricardo Miranda de Souza, a partner of the public affairs consulting firm Kreab, tells this newspaper that, in his opinion, "a determining factor will be the pronouncement of the Constitutional Court and see if the Army and the Police change sides of not supporting the Vizcarra measure. "

For political analyst Erick Sablich, also in an interview with EL MUNDO from Lima, "the situation of uncertainty is going to be maintained by this confrontation between powers and the two have arguments to support their position." He considers that both parties " have pushed the interpretation of the Constitution to the limit ", and it is only feasible that it is the Constitutional that "resolves the dispute because I do not see that it can be solved by the proposal of Mercedes Araoz to go to international instances. The only thing sure right now in Peru is that people are tired of politicians . "

In fact, the OAS, which issued a statement about 13 hours on Tuesday (20 of the peninsula), should be the Constitutional Court responsible for "ruling on the legality and legitimacy of the institutional decisions taken."

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