On Friday, the National Assembly of Regional Governments (ANGR) issued a statement asking the president Pedro Castillo Terrones agree on a democratic “escape route”. An exit that gives peace of mind to the population in the face of the investigations that follow the president and his environment.
To do this, they propose the formation of a new cabinet with a broad base that grants social peace or failing that, call new general elections.
In this regard, the provincial mayor Omar Candia Aguilar He stated that he was not aware of the pronouncement of the governors. But he talked to Governor Kimmerlee Gutierrez and she told him that the spirit is to seek democratic governance with consensus and a programmatic agenda for the country. In this way, create conditions to avoid tensions between the Executive and Parliament.
“These are complicated situations. A position of this nature does not contribute to giving peace to the country. The one who has to make the decision to change the cabinet is the President of the Republic himself. Subnational bodies, such as mayors and governors, can recommend, but not condition it. And the advancement of elections goes more through a constitutional reform”, he said.
The mayor indicated that he would recommend that he go to the National Agreementin which the political parties, the Executive, Legislative and civil society are convened and governability conditions are established “Otherwise we will be in these tensions, where all citizens lose”, he finished.
For his part, the parliamentarian Jaime Quito He also spoke out against the governors’ request. He pointed out that first they must take stock of their management, in the absence of 4 months to finish their period, and at least use their budgets.
In addition, he noted that the change of cabinet is a faculty of the president. While the advancement of elections goes through a change of the Constitution. This change is something that has not been left aside, and he does not believe that the president has forgotten about it.
