Mirta Vazquez: Executive Branch and Congress ‘Waiting to Destroy Each Other’

Ex-president Council of Ministers, Mirta Vasquezpointed out that a democratic solution must be sought to get out of the current political crisis “without succumbing to the coup that the right is trying to make.”

“You have to be prepared for what happens between executive and legislative since they are both waiting for the opportunity to eliminate each other, ”he said in Things as they are News RPP.

In addition, he criticized the recent actions taken by Executive calling for a possible closure of Congress and disagreeing with the presidential vacancy because “it would be an attack on the popular vote, more democratic solutions must be sought.”

“This is not a democratic way out, but anything can happen in the country (…) Both powers want the coexistence pact to continue to resist because they delegitimate powersthat do not meet the needs of the population and the country,” he said. Vasquez.

In this sense, he considered valid the proposal for a possible early election and pointed out that They need initiatives.

“The most democratic decisions must come from Congress (…) We need new generations to take the lead. This is the perfect moment for the country we need to make the new options visible”, he said in Things as they are.

The situation with the government

As for investigations around the government, Mirta Vasquez He says corruption has taken place and looks at the situation “with great disappointment and indignation”.

“We need to see what other things come out, as for the president, it is very symptomatic that people around him are present. There is no doubt that corruption took place,” he said in a RPP News.

“You start to wonder if the president could have stayed away from these issues,” the former head of the cabinet added.

He also stressed that currently Government take a paternalistic line Condition. “A government like this one that proposed change and embodied a population that came from below echoes a very patrimonial vision Condition which confuses public goods with private ones.

How do you see it in the regions?

Based on the political crisis, Vasquez, who said he was in Cajamarca D Cusco— said that outside of Lima, the vision is different and more concerned about the economic situation and the upcoming municipal and regional elections in 2022.

“There is a clear difference with the capital in the regions. People are still very concerned about issues such as the economic situation, the upcoming regional and local elections, more than allegations of corruption,” the ex-premier said in an interview. News RPP.

On the other hand, he stated that “in the countryside, it is said, the same thing happens as always. In the midst of this, the population is waiting for answers to their everyday problems.”