The OAS (Organization of American States) mission in charge of evaluating the political crisis in Peru begins its work today with meetings with the heads of the three powers of the State: President Pedro Castillo; the holder of the Congress, José Williams; and the president of the Judiciary, Elvia Barrios.
With Castillo, the meeting will be in government palace from 8 am At the closing of this note, it was not yet defined who would accompany the president, but the presence of Prime Minister Aníbal Torres and Foreign Minister César Landa was taken for granted.
Defending. Castillo will insist that a coup be prepared.
The head of state and his team seek to strengthen the allegations that their government and democracy in the country are at risk by the intention of extremist sectors that plot to overthrow him.
After this dialogue, the OAS commissioners must go to the legislative Palacewhere they have scheduled a meeting with the Board of Directors of this state power, headed by parliamentarian José Williams, president of Congress. From 10 am in the Grau room of Parliament, the meeting must take place, according to the schedule.
Rules. Williams will argue use of legal prerogatives.
The spokesmen for the Legislative benches had not scheduled a meeting in conjunction with the mission, until the closing of this note. Some arranged for the OAS group to receive them, but they had to go to the Swissotel, in the Lima district of San Isidro, where the diplomats of this delegation stay.
“It’s a weird situation, to say the least. So far we don’t have an invitation. You should meet us in Congress, we are in Peru, our country. We will send an official letter if they don’t summon us,” Congressman Jorge Montoya, spokesman for the Popular Renovation bench, told La República.
In the afternoon, the OAS mission has scheduled a meeting with the president of the Judiciary, Elvia Barrios. This appointment must be given from 2:30 pm
“I will have to receive the OAS and express what I have always said: in the Judiciary we act with judicial independence, in the Power of attorney the judges act independently and each of them responds to the requirements of the Public Ministry. We do not carry out political persecution, what we do is judicial activity in compliance with our organic law and the constitutional mandate”, Barrios said.
cases. Benavides will point to signs of corruption.
with the prosecutor
The National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, who is investigating Castillo for corruption cases, was also included in the OAS round of meetings on its first day, according to sources from this autonomous body.
The meeting with Benavides would be at 3 pm at the Swissotel facilities. The prosecutor will explain the seven criminal investigations that she has against Castillo and the alleged obstruction of justice. Furthermore, she is keen to clarify that what she has presented to Congress is a constitutional complaint, not an indictment, as diplomats would have been told.
The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow meeting with the Ombudsman, Eliana Revollarfrom 3 p.m.
the legislator Guido Bellido has also been scheduled to speak with the mission on Tuesday the 22nd. It must be from one in the afternoon at the Swissotel.
Bellido will join the group of summoned in which the parliamentarian Edward Málaga and the block of non-grouped congressmen are considered.
“We are going to meet with all of us,” said the mission’s spokesperson, Eladio Loizaga.upon arriving in Lima when asked by the press about whether he will have a meeting with the National Prosecutor.
March. Opposition group to Castillo protested before arrival.
The eight diplomats that make up the mission were arriving in the country separately and once the Jorge Chávez airport was reopened.
In the afternoon, in the center of Lima, groups of citizens marched expressing their rejection of Castillo and launching invocations to the international mission that has just arrived.
“OEA, you defend a corrupt!” It was one of his screams.
Another sign of the heated spirits in our country.
Heralded impartiality amid stoked conflict
The OAS Mission It is made up of the Ministers of Foreign Relations of Argentina, Santiago Cafiero; from Belize, Eamon Courtenay; from Costa Rica, Arnaldo André; from Ecuador, Juan Carlos Holguin; from Guatemala, Mario Adolfo Búcaro; from Paraguay, Julio César Arriola; the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs of Colombia, Laura Gil; and the representative of the OAS General Secretariat, spokesperson for the group and former Foreign Minister of Paraguay, Eladio Loizaga
Loizaga assured that will do an impartial job of considering that they are going to take a position as far from reality on one side or the other. At the end, he will make a report to the OAS.
