Purple Party: It’s “absolutely clear” to us that we’re not going to be on a possible new board of directors.

Louis DuranThe president of the Purple Party (PM), said on Tuesday it should be clear to the public that “this is a lie” that his political group is seeking to push for a general election with the intention of reaching the presidency of the Republic. through the control of a new board of directors in parliament.

talking to News extension from PTRrecalled that in December 2022 EVENINGS “he publicly stated that he would not support any board of directors made up of those who were elected by the party”, this after versions indicating that Flor Pablo and Sucel Paredes, congressmen elected by the purple group, wanted to reprint the experience of Francisco Sagasti (Prime Minister) in 2020, when he became head of state after being elected President of the Congress.

Duran He confirmed that in conversations with Flor Pablo and in all his dialogues, “it is absolutely clear to her and to the party” that they will not participate in the process of forming a new post of President of the Congress in the event of the possible resignation of Dean Boluarte for president.

In addition, he pointed out that purple party “He did not initiate” the process by which Sagasti became President of the Republic between November 2020 and July 2021, but rather his appointment came after a series of attempts by various groups to become head of the Board of Directors and appear as “the consensus figure at the time.”

“This is something that citizens should clearly understand. This is not what the Purple Party promoted, it was not like that,” he said.

The Purple Party proposes a referendum

Duran noted that this Tuesday purple party together with 37 other regional political movements, issued a statement in which they propose to approve the promotion of elections through a referendum in connection with the stuck of this initiative in Congress and Dina Boluarte’s unwillingness to step down from her post.

The said communiqué calls on citizens to sign a constitutional reform initiative to, in exceptional cases, reduce the mandate of the executive branch and the Congress “so that, thanks to the signatures of the Peruvian people, we can hold a referendum that will allow a peaceful and orderly transition to a new electoral process.”

The president of the “purple group” said they joined the proposal after representatives of the regional movements called him on Monday afternoon after leaving his party’s meeting with Dina Boluarte at the Government Palace, in which they asked the president to withdraw

“These 37 movements feel a historical responsibility to look for measures that may arise, because it is the duty of the nation to make this end, to end this situation (of the political and social crisis). […] We will do everything in our power,” he said.