The European Union has requested this Wednesday dialogue to ensure stability in Peru, after the removal of President Pedro Castillo, who has been arrested at the headquarters of the Prefecture of Lima. “We support the political, democratic and peaceful solution adopted by the institutions of Peru. We call on all the actors in Peru to a dialogue that ensures stability in the institutional framework,” reads a joint statement from the embassies of the EU member states. through the institution’s delegation in the Latin American country.
The Member States of the European Union have indicated that they are following events “carefully”, while they have stressed that they reject “any act contrary to the Constitution and the rule of law”, reads the letter released on Wednesday night.
Pedro Castillo has been dismissed this Wednesday, after a motion of no confidence in the Peruvian Congress passed. Hours before, the president had arranged to dissolve the Cortes, establish an emergency regime imposing a curfew, and call new elections. After that, he has been arrested by order of the country’s Prosecutor’s Office. The former vice president, Dina Boluarte, has assumed the Peruvian Presidency.
Mexico, willing to give asylum to Castillo
The Mexican Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, affirmed this Wednesday that his country is willing to give asylum to the until now president of Peru, Pedro Castillo. “If Pedro Castillo asks Mexico for asylum, we give it to himbut he has not requested it,” Ebrard explained in an interview for the “Tando Cabos” program on the Radio Fórmula station.
The head of Mexican diplomacy in 2019 offered political asylum to former Bolivian president Evo Morales. The former president of Bolivia had formally submitted the request to the Mexican government days before after allegations of electoral fraud. Two days after she left the country, Jeanine Áñez proclaimed herself president.
Ebrard, in addition, has shown himself “very concerned”. “I am very attentive to the situation. The president (of Mexico, Andrés Manuel) López Obrador has asked me to inform him at all times,” he said in statements to the aforementioned station. After learning of Castillo’s dismissal, the Mexican Foreign Ministry announced that the Pacific Alliance Summit has been postponedwhich was scheduled for next Wednesday in the Peruvian capital.
Lula wishes Boluarte “success” to “reconcile” Peru
The elected president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has regretted this Wednesday the dismissal of the former president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, while he has wished “success” to the now Peruvian leader, Dina Boluarte, to achieve “peace” and “reconcile the country.” “It is always unfortunate that a democratically elected president has this luck, but I understand that everything was sent within the constitutional framework,” Lula said in a statement.
The Brazilian head of state has indicated that he has followed “with great concern” the “constitutional” dismissal of the president of Peru. “What Peru and South America need right now is dialogue, tolerance and democratic coexistence to solve the real problems that we all face,” added the president.
Thus, Lula has urged the Peruvian political forces to work together, “within a constructive democratic coexistence.” “(It is) the only path capable of bringing peace and prosperity to the beloved and brotherly people of Peru,” he said. “I hope that President Dina Boluarte succeeds in her task of reconciling the country and lead it along the path of development and social peace”, Lula maintained. In this sense, he qualified that his government will work “tirelessly” to rebuild regional integration, alleging that in this matter “the friendship between Brazil and Peru is fundamental “.
Arce condemns the “elite harassment” against “popular governments”
The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, has lamented the political crisis in Peru and has condemned the “elite harassment” against “people’s governments”, after Pedro Castillo was dismissed after announcing that he was dissolving the Peruvian Congress, decreed an emergency government and called new legislative elections. “From the beginning, the Peruvian right tried to overthrow a government democratically elected by the people, by the humble classes that seek more inclusion and social justice,” criticized the Bolivian president.
Arce, who has sent his solidarity to “the sister Republic of Peru”, has criticized the “constant harassment of anti-democratic elites against progressive, popular and legitimately constituted governments.” For this reason, he has asked that “all and all” condemn this situation. “We advocate for democracy, peace and respect for Human Rights, which prevail for the benefit of the Peruvian people,” she has settled.
Less than a week ago, the high-level mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) that visited Peru at the end of November concluded that Peruvian democratic institutions “are at risk” due to “political fragmentation” facing the country. This instability was based, according to the OAS, on the high fragmentation of political forces, on the constant changes in the formation of cabinets, the questioning of the appointment of officials, or even on the repeated requests of the opposition to cut the mandate of the Executive. and that the elections be advanced.
The inter-American organization highlighted the excessive use of political control tools, such as the “indiscriminate” use of motions of censure, Congress’s prohibition on the president to travel abroad, as well as the recurring constitutional complaints. Among other issues, the High Level Group stressed, as some interlocutors told it, that the election of Pedro Castillo as president of Peru has shown that there are sectors that promote racism.