2024-09-18 12:00:40
The Congress of Peru this Tuesday denied permission to President Dina Boluarte to travel to the United States and, therefore, attend the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) held from September 21 to 26.
With 50 votes in favor, 55 against and 5 abstentions, Congress did not grant Boluarte a travel permit, a mandatory requirement that those who use the President must ask to leave Peru and, therefore , will not be able to participate in the High Level Week of the Seventy-ninth Session of the UN General Assembly.
On September 6, the Executive presented a legislative resolution that explained that the President’s trip to New York will take place between September 22 and 25, during which he will be in charge of the remote office of the president.
Denial of travel due to forest fires
Forest fires that have destroyed thousands of hectares of Peruvian territory and which have caused 15 deaths so far are the main arguments put forward by legislative groups to reject the trip.
“I think that the president cannot travel, first because the law that allows him to travel in my opinion is unfair, second: he has to be here and he has to lead personally, at least in the National Emergency Services Center (COEN). , actions to correct a very dangerous situation,” said parliamentary representative Susel Paredes of the Elite Democratic Bloc in a debate before the election.
Likewise, congressman Francis Paredes – from the right-wing party Podemos Peru – gave his opinion when he wrote, arguing that, “far from going to America,” the President should go to Ucayali, Ayacucho or Tumbes to “learn about the situation the truth is happening.” the country.
Left parties from the Libre Peru parties, the Socialist Bank, the popular Democratic Bloc, but also the conservative party Renovación Gbajumo and most of the non-parties voted against. On the contrary, representatives from Fujimori’s party Fuerza Popular and Alianza para el Progreso supported Boluarte’s march, as well as part of the right wing Avanza País, Acción Popular and Honor y Democracia.
Boluarte’s permission to leave the country will be supported in the conference by President Elmer Schialer, but the President of the Congress, Eduardo Salhuana, asked him not to do so in an expression of mourning for the death of Congressman Hitler Saavedra, who was found without soak. life this Tuesday in a hotel room in the southern city of Cusco.
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