The president of the Republic, Pedro Castillo Terronestraveled — this sunday september 18 —to the United States for the purpose of participating in the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization and the Summit on the Transformation of Education, for what is scheduled be absent from our country from the 18th to the 22nd of this month after obtaining permission from Congress.
According to the Presidency, the president left early for the North American country and is scheduled to arrive in New York shortly before 5 in the afternoon. Accompanied by the first lady Lilia Paredes-Navarro and his official entourage, which has the task of assisting him for what will be his participation in the 77th session of this important international event of the UN.
As it is recalled, last Thursday the 15th, the permit for the president was approved with 69 votes in favor, 43 against and 1 abstention by the Plenary, after a debate in which the existence of some opposition groups that hold the idea that the head of state should not leave the country due to investigations that are followed in the Public ministry.
The benches of Free Peru, Magisterial Block, Democratic Change and Integrity and Development they voted in favour. Meanwhile, groups like People’s Force, People’s Renewal Y Country advances they opposed that peter castle trip to the United States.
Plenary leans in favor of the trip
Thus, it was imposed Congress the decision that the agent may participate in the General Assembly of the United Nations Organizationas it was warned that his absence could cause damage to the image of the country facing the world.
Finally, shortly before the trip of the head of statelegislative resolution No. 31574 was enacted, signed by the Board of Directors of Parliament, with which the travel permit is granted. A different decision from the one adopted at the beginning of August, when the Plenary denied authorization for the president to go to Colombia to participate in the takeover of Gustavo Petro.
According to the schedule prepared for the event, the president was already included peter castle in the program of the session to be held on September 20, and was listed as the ninth speaker in the afternoon. Given this, the majority of parliamentarians considered that its absence could weaken international relations of our country.
