This Monday, October 31, the president of the Congress, Jose Williams Zapata, sent a letter addressed to the head of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jan Marten Willem Schalkwijk.
In it, he requested that the Parliament, as well as other public and private institutions, in the program of the delegation that will visit Peru “so that they have complete information on the reality of Peru.”
“As President of the Legislative Power, I ask you to include the Congress of the Republic in the meeting program of the High Level Group of the OAS, during your visit to Peru, In addition, they must have sufficient time to allow them to access the report of the Board of Directors on behalf of Congress, as well as the opinion of the various parliamentary groups, ”reads the official letter.
Likewise, the head of the Legislative “urges” that the OAS mission also hold meetings with “personalities and institutions” so that they present “their information and an overview of the situation of democratic institutions in Peru.”
For example, williams zapata name that the High Level Group meet with the heads of the Judiciary, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Constitutional Court, the Comptroller General’s Office, the Ombudsman’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office. This list also includes leaders of political parties, the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, the Private Anticorruption Council, the national press, business and labor unions, and civil society.
In another part of the letter, the president of the Congress “regrets” that the head of state, peter castle, “expose the Peruvian State and accuse its institutions of a concerted ‘coup’ action”.
“For the Congress it is unnecessary to promote an international exhibition of this nature, we reaffirm our position to receive the High Level Group of the OAS”, they point out.
Finally, Joseph Williams He maintained that the actions of Parliament and the various Peruvian institutions “are carried out in accordance with the Constitution and the laws,” as well as the OAS Democratic Charter and international conventions against corruption.
Letter sent by José Williams to the President of the OAS Permanent Council. Photo: Congress
