Roberto Sanchez – Pedro Castillo for coup attempt: “It’s time to justify your decisions with political reasons”

Roberto Sanchez, current congressman and former foreign trade secretary, urged the former president Pedro Castillo tell the country why he tried to stage a coup d’état on 7 December. In this sense, he confirmed that the message that the former president delivered that day caused the political crisis that the country is going through.

“The time has come to justify your decisions with political reasons. What led you to this decision? Explain the reasons why 16 months of violent confrontation, no democracy, change in everything in the justice system and in the entire Congress. It would do the country a lot of good for the former president that he provided clarifications,” he said on the program. no turns from RPP news.

Roberto Sanchez stated that the normal procedure had not been followed Pedro Castillo when they released him last December; however, he stated that he did not vote for its removal.

“I did not vote for the vacancy. It is clear that I have heard from some prominent criminal defense lawyers and jurists that the usual procedure for what the President of the Republic receives in Congress has not been followed. So, if it comes down to the question, what is relevant is to evaluate,” he said.

The congressman noted that he was never consulted about this Dec. 7 address to the nation, but he also confirmed that Pedro Castillo never rose up in arms and that there was no legal act confirming the coup d’état.

“In order for this act to be decisive in terms of actions, legal acts were needed. There was no higher decree, no agreement of the Council of Ministers. The army did not rise up in arms, the Congress did not close. invite to the former president, who gives his political motives,” he said.

Dina Boluarte must resign

Roberto Sanchez pushed for President Dina Boluarte to resign from her post after so many deaths that have occurred in the country during social protests. Although he regretted that the Congress did not agree to approve the progress of the elections.

“That’s what international organizations say. There were crimes, extrajudicial executions, how can such a regime be maintained? That’s why the resignation of Ms. Dina Boluarte was appropriate, as well as the promotion of elections,” he said.

Sánchez acknowledged that it is currently inappropriate to advance other kinds of agenda, such as a Constituent Assembly, before thinking about moving forward with elections, and stated that left and center democrats need to understand the unity of the country.