First year of the reign of President Pedro Castillo [Informe]

It’s been a year since then Peter’s castle took over the reins of government, and it is clear that from the very first day the relationship between executive branch and Congress of the Republic It wasn’t the friendliest.

“Not only is he not trained, now he has gone to the prosecutor’s office, he is going to go to the Control Commission. He has a lot of investigations,” he said. Maria del Carmen AlvaCongress President.

“I strongly reject the malicious and tainted attitude in the chamber of the Peruvian Parliament,” said President Pedro Castillo.

Four government ministers condemned by parliament; two more who resigned before they were removed, among them the fugitive Juan Silva, and two attempts to fill the presidential vacancy have been the balance of relations between the executive and legislative branches over the past 12 months.

Political scientist Anthony Medina says the tense situation between executive branch and national representation began in the second round of elections.

“In connection with this process of annulment and contestation of the protocols of the elections, in which Castillo received a victory, and this story of electoral fraud promoted by right-wing parties, immediately after taking office, there was talk of a vacancy from the third day, the second or third day,” he explains.

for a political scientist Paula Tavara the various requests of ministers of state, whether because of questions that have arisen since their appointment or because of criticism of their leadership, go beyond the oversight function of Parliament.

“I think what we have seen is the use of interpellations, including censorship, rather than the exercise of political control as a permanent weapon of parliament, when interests did not coincide with the personalities of some benches and some parliamentarians,” he argues. .

President Castillo has publicly defended members of his ministerial team on several occasions, such as this May in Cerro de Pasco.

“I will not allow disrespect for the prime minister and the people who gave their lives for the country,” he said.

Similarly, another response from the executive branch was to bring the closing of Congress to public discussion, arguing that it was a popular request. This was stated by the head of the Cabinet of Ministers Anibal Torres at a decentralized meeting Council of Ministers in Cusco.

“And some demand the closure of the Congress. Not here, but practically throughout the country where these decentralized councils take place. Decisions are made here, and the population should be listened to,” he said.

And although the prime minister clarified that this is not the intention Peter’s castle dissolve parliament, the president of this state power, Maria del Carmen Alvahe told one of the media in Cusco that the President of the Republic should resign in order to put an end to the political crisis in the country.

“There is only one solution: the resignation of President Castillo,” he said.

Control Commission Congress recently approved a report recommending constitutional charges against President Castillo for allegedly leading a criminal organization. And this after he was unsuccessfully invited to testify up to four times.

This situation could open another chapter in the ongoing confrontation between the two powers.

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The legislator said that economic interests are behind the project, approved at the insistence of the plenary session of the parliament. On the other hand, MP Alex Paredes of the ruling Magisterial Bloc justified his group’s support for the project’s persistence despite the government’s compliance with the law.