Congress did not allow Pedro Castillo to travel to Colombia for the inauguration of Gustavo Petro.

With 67 votes against, 42 votes in favor and 5 abstentions Plenary session of the Congress did not approve the project that the President of the Republic sought to authorize, Peter’s castleleave the country from 6 to 8 August for the inauguration of the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro.

As you know, in accordance with subparagraph 9) of Article 102 of the Political Constitution of Peru, it is the first power of the state that authorizes the President of the Republic to leave the national territory.

Debate in Congress

legislator Adriana Tudelafrom Avanza País, explained the reasons why the president should not be admitted Peter’s castle to leave the country, as the signs of corruption are “overwhelming and abundant” under the current conditions.

In this context, he says, “the danger of flight becomes more real.” “He is present at the protocol act, so he does not have to go, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs may well go. Our duty is to make the president accountable to the people he supposedly represents,” he said.

Immediately, Alexander Soto, of the Alliance for Progress, pointed out that it must be taken into account that the president is immersed in five tax investigations. He stated that this trip is of a protocol nature and will not change our relations with the sister country of Colombia.

This position was joined by Alejandro Mugnante (People’s Renewal) and Héctor Ventura (People’s Power) who underlined the “obvious danger of flight” of President Castillo and, in addition, declared that he no longer represented the majority of Peruvians, since five complaints in Public servicethree of them for corruption.

For his part, MP Cathy Ugarteoff the bench Free Peru, argued that there was no reason to object to this permission because the president supported the prosecution’s complaints and “he would never do that” (escape); He asked that “not be carried away by hatred” and conspiracy theories, because we are going to make an international “paper”.

Similarly, Congressman Elias Varas (Peru, Bicentennial) said there was no reason to “make us look bad abroad” and asked his colleagues to think that “hatred does not cloud their minds.” In turn, Pedro Martinez (Popular Action) complained that the Congress lends itself to a political game to turn the president into a victim in the eyes of the people.

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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.