Companies await better economic direction after vacancy of coup leader Pedro Castillo

After the coup attempt Pedro Castilloprivate unions supported the decision law enforcement and congress for the preservation of democracy, not supporting the leader of the coup in his solution.

“We publicly condemned this coup. Pedro Castillo He was a dictator, he’s already freed as president. The Congress of the Republic did what was appropriate,” he said. Cayetana Aljovinpresident of the National Fisheries Society and former minister.

Meanwhile, Oscar Kaipo, president of Confiep, hopes that the accession of Dina Boluarte to the presidency of the republic will provide an opportunity for dialogue with the business sector.

“We are rebuilding the country. This should be a discussion not about winners and losers, not about right and left, but about those who love their country,” he said.

They welcome the support of the Armed Forces

For her part, Cayetana Alhovin also welcomed the decision of the armed forces not to support the decision of coup leader Pedro Castillo.

“I want to salute the Armed Forces and national Police, We are proud that the political constitution of Peru has been strictly adhered to, and to the Congress for its steadfastness, and, of course, to the country’s prosecutor, who never gave up his desire to continue the investigation, ”he said.

Castillo claimed to support the economic model

In Pedro Castillo’s speech about the coup, the empty ex-president also assured that after the dissolution of Congress, he would respect the economic model.

However, after the attempted coup d’état, Minister of Economy and Finance Kurt Burneo confirmed his irretrievable resignation from office due to violation of the right-wing state.

Will GDP forecasts fall?

a month ago Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) lowered Peru’s economic growth forecast to 2.7-3%, but will it hold?

Former Economy Minister Carlos Oliva points out that with only a few days left before the close of the year, this will not have much of an impact on GDP in 2022.

“The impact of them on this year’s performance will be negligible, very negligible, but the question is, what will happen next year? Then we will see what happens at the end of the day,” he said.

For his part, former MEF head Luis Miguel Castilla notes that if the constitutional course is followed and Vice President Dina Boluarte takes over the government, then only short-term economic uproar can be seen.

But he points out that if this situation leads to more uncertainty, “there is a danger that next year we will get (growth) even 2%.”