They will no longer be able to intervene in the internal affairs of our country. Foreign Minister Elmer Schialer told Peru21 that, after learning of the complaint of the existence of foreign pressure so that the law that controls NGOs is not voted on or approved in Congress, he held meetings with ambassadors from various countries and reminded them that “they cannot interfere” in the internal affairs of our country.
Schialer indicated – without giving names or dates – that he held meetings with diplomats from various countries, to whom he reminded them of two things. First, the sovereign power that the Peruvian Congress has “to legislate on internal issues that concern it.” And, second, that, according to the Vienna Convention, “diplomatic agents have freedom of action in the country in which they are going to exercise their functions, but they cannot interfere in internal affairs.”
Foreign Minister responded to a question from Perú21 about foreign interference.
At another time, when asked if NGOs have special protection so that they cannot be monitored, he assured that “no one is above the law.”
Schialer attended the Permanent Commission of Congress last weekend to support President Dina Boluarte’s trip to Davos, Switzerland, to participate in the World Economic Forum.
In that session, the vote on the aforementioned law was scheduled on the agenda, but it was not put up for debate.
According to Perú21 sources, the ruling would be seen in the next session, which would be on January 17.
FOREIGN PRESSURE
On the 5th of this month, as recalled, this newspaper revealed that congressmen Alejandro Aguinaga, from the Fuerza Popular bench, and Américo Gonza, from Perú Libre, denounced that there was foreign pressure, through telephone calls and visits to some legislators, so that the aforementioned law is not voted on.
I KNEW THAT
-In June the bill was approved and it was not put to a vote in the Plenary, even though it was on the agenda.
-Three countries, the United States, Canada and Great Britain, would be the ones that pressured legislators not to approve the law, former Foreign Minister Luis Gonzales Posada told this newspaper.
