The Minister of Justice, Felix Cheroannounced that the Executive would not recognize the result of the vote in plenary to reach the 87 votes required for the approval of the third presidential vacancy motion against Pedro Castillo Terrones. Faced with this eventual scenario, he announced that will resort to constitutional and supranational instances to defend the permanence in the position of the head of state.
“We have indicated that all constitutional and supranational channels will be used to defend what corresponds in a democracy in a constitutional State. It will have to be established that there is an imminent damage to constitutional rights and a precautionary measure will have to be instrumentalized via an amparo or a provisional measure before the corresponding international instances”, he declared to Exitosa.
Along these lines, the owner of the Minjus held that the third presidential vacancy motion presented by the non-grouped parliamentarian Edward Malaga Trillo it is full of vices and subjectivities that the figure of the presumed moral incapacity of the President of the Republic seeks to force.
“That’s right (we will not accept the result of the vacancy) and for a simple reason. What is intended with this third vacancy is to make a subjective hybrid of causes that have already been discussed in the first and second vacancy. In addition, they want to make inferences and legal qualifications of facts and apparent elements of conviction that have not been corroborated that correspond to the fiscal field. They want to build a permanent moral incapacity based on an investigation,” he added.
Along these lines, the president sent an official letter —last December 2— to the head of the board of directors, Joseph Williamsin order to return the third vacancy motion against him, given that it is incomplete: “I am pleased to address this to you in order to send you a cordial greeting and make the opportunity opportune to return the transfer of the Motion Order of the Day 4904 that contains the request for vacancy due to permanent moral incapacity, since in this it is incomplete.
Congress debates the vacancy motion
With a total of 73 votes in favour, 32 votes against and six abstentions, the Plenary of the Congress approved the third vacancy motion against the president Pedro Castillo for an alleged moral incapacity.
Furthermore, during the same plenary session it was agreed that, for this December 7 at 3:00 pm, the debate on said initiative takes place. 59 congressmen voted in favor, 45 against and a single abstention was registered.
Félix Chero: Congress does not allow the Executive to work
Meanwhile, at the end of November, the minister Felix Chero pointed out that political confrontations with the Congress of the Republicdo not allow the Executive power advance on the issues of economic promotion, as well as works and projects for the regions.
“We (Executive) have a follow-up matrix and in that matrix compliance with the projects and works for the regions is being promoted, however, unfortunately these conflicts and political confrontations with Congress distract us and delay the government’s management,” Chero stated.
Finally, the mission of the OAS who visited Peru to assess his political crisis, he called for a truce to the Peruvian authorities and sectors of society: “A truce is recommended while the dialogue is called and established. There must be a minimum consensus to ensure governability. The commitment of political actors is also required to achieve a climate of tranquility and the conduct of judicial processes that must follow their course within the legal terms.
Alejandro Muñante asks Félix Chero to apologize
In response, the third vice president of the Congress of the Republic, Alejandro Munanteruled on the statements of the Minister Chero regarding that from the Executive the presidential vacancy of Pedro CastilloThus, the Congress get all 87 votes. This was considered by the opposition parliamentarian as a challenge to what is established in the Constitution.
“They are turning their backs on constitutionality. In other words, they’re telling us that they don’t care if this Congress, within its powers, gets all 87 votes. They are openly saying that they are going to violate the Constitution and the laws,” he told Canal N.
In this line, the parliamentarian of popular renewal considered the statements dangerous of Félix Chero and considered that he should apologize: “This puts him (Félix Chero) in a very dangerous place and the authorities of the country have to see them and not only the Prosecutor’s Office, but the Armed Forces themselves. Hopefully this phrase is just an unfortunate phrase and it will come out to clarify and apologize because they normally do that when they make those outbursts. If they do not do so, it is a clear message that they will continue to act outside the constitution and that is extremely serious.”
Norma Yarrow responds to Félix Chero: If the vacancy occurs, the topic is over
the congresswoman Norma Yarrow from the bench of Advance Country responded to the Minister of Justice, Felix Cherowho announced yesterday that the Government would not recognize a possible vacancy of President Castillo and would even file an appeal before the constitutional Court and the Inter-American Court
“(My answer is that) It’s not worth it, if the vacancy already occurs, the topic is over. I am ashamed that Félix Chero, being a lawyer, is interpreting the processes in this way ”, declared from Parliament.
Montoya rejects Minister Chero’s statements
Meanwhile, the spokesperson for Renovación Popular Jorge Montoya reminded the Minister of Justice, Félix Chero, that he is obliged to comply with what the Political Constitution of Peru mandates regarding the mechanisms established for the approval of a presidential vacancy.
“Ministers are obliged to comply with what the Constitution rules, they can’t do whatever they want,” he told Exitosa.
