Peru The Peruvian Prosecutor's Office cites Pedro Castillo for the scandal of military promotions
"We, the people, have elected President Pedro Castillo. He is a son of the people and what happens in there (pointing to Congress) is a coup. Castillo's sin is that he wants to end 200 years of corruption, they are the power of the corrupt, "
Zenón Alejandro Solís
, a 70-year-old teacher
, explained in a didactic way to EL MUNDO
, while his co-religionists shouted with all the might of their lungs for their support to reach within the majestic Peruvian Congress, which yesterday lived another historic session.
The vote to admit the presidential 'vacancy motion', the 'Creole impeachment', has not only further polarized a country that was forced to choose between two extremes. It
has
also
stopped short the trip to the center undertaken by Castillo
, hand in hand with the moderate left, given the evidence that the support of the radicals of Peru Libre (PL), his party, is essential, both to avoid accountability to Parliament as to save the impeachment.
"Tonight we have concluded a fruitful session of dialogue with party leaders. Together we have assumed a historic responsibility: to join forces to build a homeland capable of guaranteeing a dignified life for all," Pedro Castillo announced to the country at midnight. , after a marathon day of contacts and agreements. The Peruvian 'House of Cards' attracted other fundamental support for the ruling party, although
hours later the opposition denounced the distribution of funds for some provinces
of the new allies.
Both sides counted votes inside and outside Congress. Among the three right-wing opposition parties, they had 43 seats and 52 were needed. A few dissidents joined his motion, but others who had promised it came down at the last minute after the meetings of the heads of the parties, despite the obvious internal discrepancies.
Bolsonarista
Rafael López Aliaga
, leader of Renovación Popular, made public what his plan is to twist the result of the presidential elections last summer. Following Castillo's motion, which seems a long way off with his current supporters,
would come the removal of his alleged successor
(Vice President
Dina Boluarte
), the removal of the president of the National Elections Jury, the head of the National Office of Electoral Processes and of the nation's attorney. Then came an election in which he proposed himself as the best possible successor.
"The normalization of impeachment in the country is a threat to democracy and public confidence. Likewise, I believe that even if the vote passes and the vacancy motion is approved,
Castillo survives this round,
" predicts political scientist
John
for EL MUNDO
Polga-Hecimovich
.
The moderate and center parties, mostly opposed to Castillo being dismissed, proposed the creation of a commission to investigate the parallel headquarters used by the Cajamarca teacher for meetings with businessmen and politicians, which together with the scandal caused by his former secretary
Bruno Pacheco
(they found him $ 20,000 hidden in the bathroom), turned an opposition initiative that was born on the sly into a serious political conflict.
These deputies also bet on the direct intervention of the prosecutor.
"I have come to stop the lukewarm actions. The incompetent government only wants to change the Constitution, lies and deceives the people," Jorge E complained to this newspaper (
"it is better not to give my last name, Peru has become dangerous"
) . This 40-year-old graphic designer is determined to be a military man in politics, "because there are the corrupt ones in there, they have to be changed."
His words are endorsed by the provacancia side, located a few meters from the pro-Castillistas, separated by hundreds of policemen.
The atmosphere is tense in the center of Lima
, everyone knows that there is a lot at stake. There are those who only repeat their proclamations. On the government side, the attacks against Congress triumph, whose popularity is even lower than that of the president (75% against Parliament, 65% against the president).
"And it is going to fall, and it is going to fall, this Congress is going to fall!"
Castillo's followers sing, many from the educational sector, such as
Zenón Solís.
In the other trench, the 'playlist' is very Fujimori, including very thick insults to provoke the ruling party.
"Tremendous pigs, they defend criminals
. And then they blame Fujimori!" Shouts a middle-aged man as if possessed by a devil.
And when the reporter moves to the other side, and while talking to those present, someone, after identifying his accent and wearing the mask as an ornament under his nose, reminds him of a classic:
"You took the gold, that's what we are not going to forget ".
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