Arturo Maldonado: Pedro Castillo’s balance this year is ‘dense in confrontation’ but ‘very empty in ideas’

Arturo Maldonado, a political scientist and member of the consultancy 50+1, said on Tuesday that President Pedro Castillo’s first year in office was “dense” in terms of confrontation but “very empty” in terms of ideas.

In an interview program News Extension from RPP, Arturo Maldonado analyzed the results of the special report “No presidential vacancies, no Constituent Assembly”, an analysis of the first year of government Peter’s castle.

“Without a doubt, this is a gray report from both the executive and legislature. In both sectors, we do not have a clear idea of ​​where public policy is heading,” he said.

The political scientist argued that the report showed a changing, inexperienced government advancing without a clearly defined course and, in recent months, mostly devoted to judicial protection. Meanwhile, on the part of the Congress of the Republic, we have made progress in trying to find a vacancy against Pedro Castillo, but not without ideas or proposals in terms of public policy.

“I think the balance of this year of government, which seems dense in terms of confrontation, nevertheless seems very empty in terms of ideas. This seems to be decisive for someone who knows little about Peruvian politics,” he assured.

“Cross Corruption”

Arturo Maldonado argued that corruption is a cross-cutting element, which in this government is more evident in some key ministries such as the Ministry of Transport and Communications or the Ministry of the Interior.

“Now they have Peter’s castle in a defensive stance and is more concerned with defending himself through the courts than with governing. That is, 100% of my time I imagine that Mr. Lock He will spend most of that time talking to his lawyers, talking to his defense attorneys, to learn how to deal with the judiciary, and that reduces the idea of ​​what to do with the country,” he said.

On the issue of mining, Arturo Maldonado noted that during this year there has been a “relationship of misunderstanding” between the government and the mining sector.

“Apart from the proposals of the executive branch and the installation of certain tables for dialogue, no solutions have been found for projects that have been frozen for a long time and it was expected that there would be a decision from this government, which had a prejudice in favor of communities, if we talk about some groups or groups interests in environmental or mining conflicts, the executive has placed emphasis on protecting communities and moving away from the necessary conversation with the private sector,” he said.

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