Last Wednesday, the President of the Republic, peter castlesent a letter to the head of CongressJose Williams Zapatato request permission from this power of the State in order to be a participant in the 29th Economic Leaders Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) in Thailand.
Following the request of the head of state, congressmen from the opposition benches have already advanced their position on this issue. The main argument to deny the exit of Peru to the president is due to the visit that the delegation of the Organization of American States (OAS) on November 20. It should be noted that the Pedro Castillo’s trip to Thailand It is between November 14 and 21.
Castillo’s request to Congress. Photo: document
One of the first to express the position of his parliamentary group is the congressman and spokesman for People’s Renewal, Jorge Montoya. He pointed out that the conditions of the highest representative of Peru “have not changed” and that is why they will not support the request.
“The conditions remain the same, they have not changed, so the permit is not going to be given, at least our caucus is definitely going to vote against it and I imagine that the others will do the same, because nothing has changed”, he told the media.
An equal position was commented by the congressman Alexander Soto. The spokesman for Alliance for Progress (APP) maintained that “the exit of the president is not pertinent” due to the visit of the OAS High Command Group.
“Particularly, Alliance for Progress is not going to authorize the trip. That man has requested a visit from an OAS mission and he has to be here to answer that. But apart from that, it will be in the debate that the other reasons that are pending will have to be said, such as the fiscal folders that are under investigation and the other acts of corruption that are coming to public light, “he said.
The members of the Fujimori caucus are no strangers to it. The Chairman of the Supervisory Committee, Hector Venturapointed out that the head of state “You should not go out to make a fool of yourself outside of Peru.”
“There is a pertinent article of our Constitution where it states that the President of the Republic personifies and represents the nation. Do you feel represented by the president? The attitude and performance of a high dignitary such as the president is a disgrace. The president should not go out to make a fool of himself outside of Peru. It is enough with what we have in Peru“, said.
Your co-religionist, Hernando Guerra Garcia joined the statements of Venture Angel. The parliamentarian of the orange bench described as a “provocation and contradiction of the president” to request permission to travel.
Recently, the head of the Legislative Board of Directors, Joseph Williams Zapataconsidered that President Castillo “should” be in the country during the arrival of the High Level Group.
“I think that The president should be here for the arrival of the OAS Permanent Council committee since he has requested that it be so. ANDThe fact that he is going to leave two days before is a matter within what he can handle within his responsibility”, he pointed out.
Congress twice denied departure to Pedro Castillo
The national representation has already denied the president the exit abroad. The first was when the plenary session of Congress denied peter castle participate in the takeover of Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombiawith 67 votes against, 42 in favor and 3 abstentions.
The second request was when the head of state requested permission to attend work meetings in Brussels, the Vatican and Rome. There were 54 congressmen who voted in favor of allowing Castillo Terrones to leave Peruvian territory; however, they failed to prevail against the 55 who refused and another 6 who abstained.
Congressman Alex Paredes, from the Magisterial Bloc, asked that the decision be reconsidered, but it did not have the necessary support.
