OAS representative: “We had a very sincere, open and transparent dialogue”

Eladio Loizaga, a representative of the High-Level Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS), assessed on Monday his first meetings with representatives of the three powers of the Peruvian state. In this sense, he stressed that the conversation with various authorities was transparent.

“We had a very sincere, open, very transparent dialogue with everyone who met, and in due time we will submit a report to the Permanent Council, and the conclusions will be known there,” he told reporters at a press conference. in front of the hotel where they stayed in San Ysidro.

The official also said that the dialogue with the president was “frank and open.” congress, while in the case of a meeting with the chairman of the judiciary, he called it “very interesting”, he also mentioned his conversations with the Constitutional Court and National Attorney.

“We had our first meeting with President Pedro Castillo, which was also attended by the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Landa and other ministers, providing us with information about the whole process in Peru and the current situation. Later we went to Congress where we met with the head of parliament and his three vice presidents, an opportunity in which we had a frank and open conversation. We handed over the mission we came to fulfill,” he said.

Pedro Castillo talks about meeting with the OAS

President Pedro Castillo and members of his cabinet received this morning a high-level panel of Organization of American States (OAS) at the facilities of the Government Palace.

Castillo Terrones said he exposed the situation in the country and the intention of “certain sectors” to “jeopardize democracy” to the OAS.

“I got the OAS high level team to let them know what is going on in Peru and how some sectors want to threaten the country’s democracy and stability with lies to hit a leadership focused on working for progress and equality for all,” he wrote. on your Twitter account.

Prosecutor denies ‘political motivation’

Patricia Benavidez, head of the public ministry, denied before the OAS mission that the constitutional complaint filed against President Pedro Castillo had any political overtones. He also ruled out intent to disrupt the democratic order, the president assured.

Benavidez argued that this is a constitutional complaint containing 190 elements of conviction regarding the existence of an alleged criminal organization entrenched in the executive branch, the result of a preliminary investigation authorized by the judiciary and carried out in accordance with due process and the constitutional mandate to fight against corruption.

At the meeting, he stressed that the version sent by the government to the OAS that the National Attorney’s Office had filed a “constitutional charge” against Pedro Castillo with an alleged “political motivation” that would be part of a “strategy to break the democratic order”; and also that he asked “not to apply Article 117 of the Constitution”.