Gustavo Petro and the reasons why he was declared persona non grata by Congress

Since December 7, 2022, when then President Pedro Castillo was relieved of office Congress in connection with the attempted coup d’état, Colombian President Gustavo Petro defended former teacherin addition to attacking the current leadership.

The drop that broke glass and prompted the Congressional Foreign Relations Committee to approve a motion to have him declared “persona non grata”. Petro against mass deployment effective of the Peruvian National Police ahead of calls for marches in downtown Lima, last February 9th.

“In Peru they march like Nazisagainst his people, violating the American Convention on Human Rights,” said Colombian President in a speech during the possession of ambassadors Colombia in China, Mexico, Canada and Brazil.

The proposal, endorsed by a working group led by Maria del Carmen Alva, also proposes calling on the Ministries of the Interior and Foreign Affairs to take the necessary steps to ensure that Colombian President “do not enter the country.”

This is not the first time the statements Gustavo Petro provoke a reaction in Peru. Last December, the plenum of the Congress approved a proposal to reject the “permanent and unacceptable” acts of interference in the internal affairs of Peru by the President of Colombia, his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradoramong other presidents of the region.

Below is a recount of statements and tweets by the former mayor of Bogotá since the vacancy was announced and the arrest Pedro Castillo for his failure self-propelled

Gustavo Petro and his tweets in favor of Pedro Castillo

One day after the release of Pedro Castillo, Gustavo Petro considered – via Twitter – that former leader he was wrong in ordering the arbitrary dissolution of the Congress; however, the head of state of a neighboring country emphasized that Terrones Castle he was “cornered from day one” for being “a teacher from the mountains”.

That time Petro also required Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) to apply the American Convention on Human Rights and take precautionary measures in favor of Pedro Castillo, whom he continued to call President of Peru despite being removed from office by the Peruvian Congress.

Following the publication of these tweets, the President of Colombia continued to actively comment on the situation in the country and in favor of the government on his social networks. arrested Pedro Castilloin addition to retweets of news about the situation in Peru and videos showing clashes between police and protesters.

For example, December 16, 2022 Petro retweeted two posts about the resignations of ministers Patricia Correa (Education and Jare Perez (culture), after the number of deaths that were registered as part of protests against Government of Dina Boluarte.

By the end of 2022 President of Colombia He returned to the management of the situation with former President Pedro Castillo, assuring that he is a head of state “popularly elected without the ability to perform his duties and detained without a sentence of a criminal judge.” These statements were made after Peruvian congress criticized him for “acts of interference”.

“We have a President in South America, popularly elected but ineligible to hold office and detained without sentencing by a criminal judge,” Petro wrote on his Twitter account.

Mid-January 2023 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru expressed “the strong protest of Peru” in connection with the announcement Petro about the operation National Police evict protesters hiding on campus National University of San Marcos (UNMSM).

Raid Universities. Scream Death to the mind! The Permanent Council of the OAS must be convened to consider the case of Peru,” wrote Petro, who also retweeted several publications critical of the government’s actions in the Dean of the Americas.

first minister, Alberto Otaroladidn’t say anything and said Petro that he handles the affairs of his country and that the Permanent Council of the OAS “may consider the massacres that took place during his reign. The last one in Putumayo.

Petro and the time he doubted Castillo’s arrest

January 24, during a press conference held in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Gustavo Petro referred to Pedro Castillo saying, “Why is a popularly elected president in prison if there is no criminal judge’s sentence against him?”

“They lost their political rights [Castillo] and their components. There is an open rupture in the inter-American human rights system,” he said. Colombian President after his participation in SELAC summit.

Concerning specifically the legal status of Castillo, who is serving a pre-trial detention in the Barbadillo prison in Ata, Petro demanded respect for the treaties signed in American convention.

“I don’t understand how there can be a president who has lost his constitutional functions, which he acquired by popular vote, without the verdict of a criminal judge,” he said.

At this summit, Foreign Minister Ana Gervasi ratified Pedro Castillo He was arrested for a failed coup attempt that caused a social coup and a political crisis in the country.

The foreign minister also expressed regret at the time that some countries had “prioritized ideological affinity over unequivocal support for the rule of law,” clearly alluding to the leaders of the region who expressed their views on the situation in Peru.

Gustavo Petro: Pedro Castillo was fired ‘because he’s from the mountains’

In an interview with the local media “Semana” for two weeks in December 2022. Colombian head of state in a clear desire to annoy Pedro Castillo and ignoring more than five tax investigations encountered during his tenure, stated that former village teacher He was fired from the Government Palace “for being from the mountains.”

“Peru has long experienced a social divide between what is Lima and what is Sierra, with very different political processes. The popularly elected president is from the mountains, and he is knocked down, among other things, because he is from the mountains, because he is poor, ”he insisted.