The governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico have maintained a critical position on the internal crisis in Peru, which has left 27 dead and was generated after Castillo was dismissed on December 7 by Congress, after trying to close the Legislative , intervene in the Judiciary and govern by decree.
The Peruvian Foreign Ministry summoned the ambassadors of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico and called their diplomatic representatives in the four nations to Lima for consultations, after those nations issued statements against the Boluarte government, which he assumed by constitutional succession.
The prime minister also considered that “the hardest stage” of the protests against the Boluarte government “has passed”, although he acknowledged that “Peru has been on the brink of an institutional abyss”.
In this sense, he assured that he is “working on a package of measures” that he will take to Congress on January 10, when he will request a vote of confidence from the plenary session, and that it will include issues of health, education, support for agriculture, economic reactivation and investment projects, in addition to the “recovery of trust” in the institutions and the “frontal fight” against corruption.
Otárola also expressed his hope that the decision to advance the general elections to April 2024 will allow the protests to end, although he maintained that these “are a fundamental right”, since organizations in the south of the country are calling new demonstrations from of January 4.
