Exactly two years ago, on December 7, 2022, Dina Boluarte assumed the presidency of the Republic after the failed coup d’état by Pedro Castillo. It was—in the opinion of former Minister of Labor Alejandro Salas—a constitutional succession, but also an act of “cold calculation”.
Rooms He spoke with RPP two years after the attempted constitutional break and told an anecdote that has as its protagonist the former vice president of the coup plotter Castillo and today the president.
That moment occurred in the midst of constant requests for vacancy from the Congress of the Republic to the former president and his imminent fall. His entourage wanted to “protect” him, but the then vice president, apparently, did not share that position.
“Pedro Castillo brought together the Council of Ministers, there were 17 or 18 of us, and, at that time, Dina Boluarte He tells her ‘thank you for calling me, since you don’t call me very much,'” the former head of Labor began narrating, who, by the way, at that juncture was nominated for the premiership to replace Betssy Chávez.
Himself Rooms remember that BoluarteAs he said these words, he directed his gaze towards him. Then, he says, he replied: “‘since you are showing loyalty to the president, let me bring you a letter of resignation from the vice presidency.” The former minister explained that in this way, if Castillo was vacated, Parliament would have had to call general elections.
Apparently, there was no response from the current head of state.
“She cannot speak of a democratic attitude. She is chairwoman because always he had everything calculated“he added in RPP.
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