President Pedro Castillo resigns from the Peru Libre party after being accused of "neoliberal loser"

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Divorce without possibility of reconciliation.

President

has notified his resignation from membership in

a Marxist party that he championed to defeat

in last year's elections.

The political relationship between the teacher from

and

leader of the PL and a close ally of the three autocratic revolutions on the continent, had become impossible after the latest accusations against the president.

"Today (yesterday) I have submitted my irrevocable resignation to PL. Such a decision is due to my responsibility as president of 33 million Peruvians. I am respectful of the party and its bases built in the campaign,"

where he also He exhibited his resignation in writing before the

The accusations against Castillo are multiple, from breaking up the official parliamentary group to implementing a "losing neoliberal program."

Cerrón announced that PL "will continue to fight for the conquest of its legitimate aspirations."

The ideological and strategic differences between the two leaders came to light from the first day of government.

Castillo tried to please Cerrón by placing

a

singled out for his sexist and homophobic statements, in addition to his old sympathies with the

In parallel, the president opted for a progressive economist,

to channel the economy, which generated the first public anger of Cerrón, who disqualified part of the ministers, the

as he likes to publicly affirm.

The

(it only lasted 69 days) gave way to other more moderate premieres, which distanced the two characters from the Peruvian left, while fracturing the ruling parliamentary caucus into three blocks.

Around Castillo, the

with 10 deputies, while PL was left with only 16 congressmen.

The third group was entitled

which has 7 assembly members.

"I reaffirm my commitment to continue working and promoting the great changes of the

in a democratic country and together with all Peruvians," concluded Castillo, who in 11 months sitting on

's chair has starred in one political scandal after another, although for now has managed to solve two impeachment processes against him thanks precisely to the support of PL.

Other accusations made by his former party colleagues against Castillo is that

in the electoral campaign and less so with the party's program and ideology," in addition to promoting the "breakdown of party unity." .

The National Executive Committee of the PL and the parliamentary group had unanimously agreed to demand that Castillo resign from his militancy, they even threatened to present him with a disciplinary file.

Currently, Castillo

reached with centrist parties and with the support of regional leaders from Cajamarca.

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