Arequipa. Hannibal Torreshead of the Council of Ministers, denounced the existence of a plan to remove the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillofrom Government Palace.
From the city of Chivay, in the province of Caylloma, Torres warned the population that opposition groups seek to “discredit” Pedro Castillowho was already cited by the Public ministry to declare as investigated by the Tarata case next Monday the 13th.
“We have to reduce the conflict and political uncertainty, but I do have to say that, unfortunately, all evidence that there is a political, media, fiscal and judicial plan to discredit and remove the president (Pedro Castillo)who was democratically elected in the elections”, he expressed.
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In that sense, Hannibal Torres mentioned that Congress seeks to hold Castillo Terrones responsible for “acts of third parties”.
“You will see that, for any act of third parties, without any verification, they immediately want to implicate the president. You know that criminal responsibility is personal. It doesn’t even extend to family members. Nevertheless, everything here points to blaming the presidente,” Torres asserted.
Next, the head of the ministerial cabinet added: “Even when we are called to testify as witnesses, the questions are not to clarify the facts but with the purpose of implicating the witness in absolutely false factsbut it is necessary to put a stop to this, it is necessary for the population to warn and become aware of the existence of this plan”.
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At another time, the prime minister specified that said plan “it not only exists in our country but also in other Latin countries where the extreme right has attacked leftist governments”. “This has happened in Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador, but here it should not happen, we must defend democracy,” he added.
Finally, Hannibal Torres I call citizens to defend democracy and rejected any attempt to “access” the Executive.
“Those who want to reach the government, well, they can calmly apply in the elections and not plan, through a hard-fought and unconstitutional route, to try to access the government of the Republic,” he said.