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OAS General Assembly will not be held in Peru: Congress opposes the inclusion of a neutral bathroom

OAS General Assembly will not be held in Peru: Congress opposes the inclusion of a neutral bathroom

The plenary session of Congress rejected this Thursday that Lima host the fifty-second regular session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) due to the request for the implementation of a neutral bathroom.

“The Government must guarantee adequate access to the sanitary facilities of all the people who participate in the General Assembly, and must provide, in addition to the common bathrooms, individual bathrooms and at least one neutral bathroom”, is the section of the document questioned by the congressmen conservatives.

The legislative resolution that proposed to approve the holding of the OAS General Assembly was rejected with 55 votes against, 44 in favor and 16 abstentions.

bench congressmen In favor Against abstentions
People’s Force 24 0 22 0
Free Peru 16 two 5 7
People’s Action fifteen two 6 two
APP 14 9 two two
Magisterial Block 10 3 6 0
Country advances 10 6 0 4
People’s Renewal 9 0 9 0
Democratic Peru 7 4 1 0
We are Peru 5 4 1 0
Democratic Change 5 5 0 0
Peru Bicentennial 5 5 0 0
Can 5 0 3 0
not grouped 5 4 0 1

Given this, the fujimorista Ernest Bustamantepresident of the Foreign Relations Committee, indicated that the Peruvian State and the OAS must sign a new agreement for the event to take place in October of this year.

“The OAS attempted to introduce changes in Peruvian domestic law, with the issue of gender ideology, using as a pretext asking to approve the Agreement to hold the 52nd Session of the OAS in Lima. Peru and the OAS must sign a new Agreement. The October meeting will still happen, ”he said in a tweet.

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