Peru: Rights defender calls for President Castillo's resignation
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo in Cuzco, July 20, 2021. AFP - JOSE CARLOS ANGULO
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Hundreds of Peruvians protested last weekend in the streets of Lima against rising fuel, toll and food prices, and also against corruption, which would have reached the pinnacle of power.
In their sights, President Pedro Castillo, whose resignation they are demanding.
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Coming from the radical left,
President Castillo
is accused by the right-wing opposition of having intervened in a corruption case in favor of several of his relatives, involved.
For Peruvian rights defender Walter Gutierrez, trust is broken.
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I have no problem repeating it, if he agrees to give up the presidency, then he will trigger a mechanism to get out of the political crisis.
Just look at the examples at the global level, Nixon in the United States, de la Rua in Argentina and even here in Peru with Pablo Kuczinsky: When a president becomes part of the problem, his leadership is no longer assured because his own situation affects his ability to govern
.
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To read: Peru: violent demonstrations against the rising cost of living
Singled out for "
having violated the Constitution
"
For Walter Gutierrez, the president must understand that he must leave, not because he wants to leave, but because he must leave, because it is a solution.
The rights defender does not hesitate to speak his mind: “
The president has violated the constitution, he has become part of the problem and for this reason he must leave if he is faithful to the Constitution and to the people who voted for him at the polls.
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To read: Peru: President Pedro Castillo escapes impeachment but relatives prosecuted
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