The spokesman for the Free Peru caucus, Waldemar Cerronspoke about the Municipal and Regional Elections 2022 and announced that the pencil party will participate and present candidates. In that sense, the parliamentarian was not confident that any of the representatives of the organization will win, therefore, he stressed that the important thing is to present himself.
“Elections are to win or lose. If we don’t show up, it’s worse. To lose is to be hurt, not to fight is to be dead.. For this reason, we are going to continue and participate in the elections”, he indicated in dialogue with Andina.
“If the people trust us, welcome, otherwise we will have to prepare ourselves more so that we continue in this historic deed,” added the also national secretary of ideology and member of the National Executive Committee (CEN) of Peru Libre.
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In that sense, Cerrón Rojas slipped that despite the fact that the party suffers an alleged “media persecution” by other political organizations, has a great deal of acceptance within the country.
Likewise, he emphasized the works carried out by his brother Vladimir Cerron when he was governor of Junín, despite the fact that he has been sentenced since 2019 for corruption during his management in that region.
“These are transcendental works that the Junín region appreciates. Unfortunately, a sentence prevented a good governor such as Vladimir Cerrón from continuing, but we continue with Fernando Orihuela, “said the spokesman for the ruling party.
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Executive would observe law that threatens electoral reform
Last Saturday, March 12, the President of the Council of Ministers, Hannibal Torresannounced that the government of President Pedro Castillo will evaluate whether or not to observe the autograph of the law that modifies and relaxes the electoral rules for the Regional and Municipal Elections from 2022which was approved by the Congress of the Republic.
“If Congress passes a law that violates the Constitution and the legal system, we have to observe it. If we don’t, we incur a fault. As in this case, the game has already started, we are about to reach half time and we have changed the rules of the game. That is not right, “he declared in dialogue with TV Peru.