Transparency: “The President is in a confrontation whose only intention is to compare himself to Parliament”

Speaking at a ceremony marking the 198th anniversary of the Battle of Junin at the historic sanctuary of Chacamarca, President Peter’s castle he called the parliamentary benches seeking his presidential vacancy “coup forces” and compared them to the royalist forces that fought against the patriots in the aforementioned historical episode.

In this regard, Transparency President Adriana Urrutia, in dialogue with RPP newsdescribed what the head of state said as alarming “authoritarian language” because, as he pointed out, we have a “very weakened democracy”, since “American barometer figures” show that “every second Peruvian would be ready to accept a coup.”

“We are not talking about any context for the country, and it is in this context that the president uses language that threatens parliament and this cuts off any possibility of dialogue with other authorities of the state. This is an element that weakens the functioning of our democratic system in a presidential country,” he said.

In addition, he believed that Peter’s castle doomed to this confrontation with Congressto the detriment of their functions, which should be focused on “solving the pressing problems” of the country.

“It frames the speech The president in a confrontation whose sole purpose is to measure oneself in relation to parliamentwhen society asks the president to lead a state that solves the problems of the many crises that we go through as a country,” he said.

Shared responsibility with Congress

For Urrutia Congress he also contributes to the “weakening of the democratic system” by a series of actions that have increased the confrontation with the executive branch.

“I think it’s important to remember that democracy is a system made up of a set of institutions that are compromised in Peru today. One of these institutions is the parliament, which also has an unconstructive attitude towards both the opposition and the electoral processes, which, unfortunately, have also been delegitimized in recent years, are an important component,” he explained.

In this sense, he considered this confrontation between the two powers of the state “useless” as long as they do not contribute to the political reforms that the citizens expect.

“The confrontation between the executive and the legislature is unfortunate and, moreover, useless in the sense that it does not solve the main problem that the citizens want to solve. them, in a country where 7 out of 10 do not trust parliament and the president has over 60% disapproval,” he said.

Also President Mr. transparency gHe stated that both authorities of the state are not fulfilling their leadership responsibilities at such an important historical moment as the current COVID-19 pandemic..

“After the pandemic, politicians had to propose, for example, the health care reform that we need as a country. Such fundamental reforms, which the state should carry out, are not being carried out. The perception that citizens may have is that democracy does not meet the basic needs of the people,” he explained.

For this reason, he called on “various political actors” to “reconsider the constitutional instruments they have in place to strengthen the state and the democratic system.”