The Ombudsman’s office made a request this Friday Congress of the Republic revisit the issue of holding a General Meeting Organization of American States (OAS) in Lima. That’s because it was rejected at the plenary meeting last Thursday.
“We ask Congress to reconsider its position regarding the holding of the OAS General Assembly in Lima,” the organization said on its official Twitter account. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs addressed the parliament with a similar request, assuring that this would affect the country’s image abroad.
“We reject that among the reasons for this decision are discriminatory criteria in relation to transgender people and a reference is made to a non-existent gender ideology,” the press service added. Ombudsman in your application.
Deputy Ernesto Bustamante was the one who recommended parliament not approve the draft Legislative Decree. “The problem is that the concept of gender ideology is being smuggled into the agreement,” the congressman said.
In an agreement between the Peruvian government and the General Secretariat of the OAS, one of the annexes states that the executive branch must guarantee “in addition to shared bathrooms, private bathrooms and at least one neutral bathroom.”
52nd General Assembly Organization of American States (OAS) is scheduled to take place from 5 to 7 October in Lima.
Congress Rejects Neutral Bathroom Agreement
The plenary session of Congress on Thursday refused to approve an agreement between the government of Peru and the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) to hold the fifty-second regular session of the General Assembly due to a request to provide a neutral bathroom for event attendees.
Ernest Bustamante (People’s Force) questioned the annex to the document on the use of toilets, which states that the Government of Peru should guarantee adequate access to sanitary facilities for all people participating in the General Assembly, “should provide, in addition, for shared bathrooms, private bathrooms rooms and at least one neutral bathroom.”
For the congressman, who is also chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, the appendix regarding the use of restrooms during an international event is completely unnecessary and should be removed from the 199-page document.
“My personal position is not to vote for this ratification and to ask the OAS and our representative to the OAS not to sign an agreement that smuggling contains other types of legislative intent in our domestic law,” he said.
Source: RPP
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