OAS in Lima: Experts assure no coup d’etat, offer dialogue to advance reforms

On the second day of the mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Peru, the Dean of the Bar of Lima, Cesar Bazan, he specified that the organization he leads intends to take a hopeful stance based on the legal analysis of Peru. However, he clarified that it was precisely the situation that our legal framework is not entertainingbecause from different fronts they tried to impose interpretations corresponding to political motives.

“We want to take a more hopeful stance.because all the groups that declare take a position for or against. What we have to do is a calm analysis, a legal analysis of how things are in the country,” he said in RPP Extension News.

“They are pretty bad because they impose legal interpretations from a political point of view. not in terms of what the law says. In every democratic country, we must work within the institutions and in the ways that the Constitution directs us to. I am referring specifically to the issue of confidence raised by the prime minister. The law states that the issue of trust management can only relate to the powers of the executive branch, and its powers do not lie in the adoption of the law as a whole. If it were, for example, a law on agrarian reform, then it would be there in the field of agriculture. But referendums and so on are general rules, and the executive branch has no authority to do so. Therefore, this part must be rejected. The project is yes, but part of the issue of trust is definitely not,” he added.

Cesar Bazan He denied that there was a coup d’état in the country. and stressed that the investigations launched by the prosecutor’s office were within its powers.

“They (members of the OAS) live in their own countries and know that there is a game and control of power between the executive and the legislature and that the judiciary has never led to a coup in any part of the world. An inquiry which the Attorney of the Nation, in accordance with its powers, is an organization or democratic exercise of what the powers indicate for the Constitution. These elements do not signify any kind of coup d’état. and even more so the Peruvian creation of the coup,” he said.

What they say is not mandatory, but they must be assessed by government authorities.

Specialist in international public law, Ghattas Abugattas, indicated that the development of meetings of the OAS mission with various state bodies was carried out on time. In addition, he mentioned that after the evaluations, the conclusions of the OAS should be taken into account Executive D Legislative.

“Considering yesterday’s and today’s situation, we see that the visit is developing normally. This is a plus. No doubt there were protests and demonstrations, but they did not stop this high-level group from meeting the people he was supposed to meet. Now, of course, they will have to keep meeting today and tomorrow. And then we’ll have to wait God knows how long until they submit their report to the permanent council of the OAS. Only then can we learn from their conclusions what will be the subsequent development in the country. What they say is not mandatory, but their advice would at least be appreciated. various instances of the Peruvian government,” he said in a News extension from PTR.

“I suppose that the main meetings are those that were yesterday: with the president, with the Congress, with the National Attorney, with the chairman of the judiciary. Then the rest of the meetings that they will hold today and tomorrow will be in addition to the previous ones. So, if we look at it from that angle, the meetings they’re going to have are great. We can always wish to meet more groups, but this is not possible. Building that agenda was a bit tricky,” he added.

A call for dialogue to overcome the political crisis

So much bazan which abugattas They agreed that dialogue is the only way out of the political crisis that the country is going through, since they considered it necessary as a step prior to working together.

“What is missing is the ability to communicate. The President of the Republic, in his opening speech, indicated that he intended to implement all projects and maintain good relations with the legislature. And, therefore, that they were going to sit down and discuss all the modifications that the executive might deem necessary, and those that the legislature wanted. But after this speech, he appointed the prime minister, who began to clash with the Legislative Assembly, and everything remained in words. The executive branch shows no signs of wanting to create a coherent government,” Bazan said.

“Article 117 of the Constitution and the articles regulating the vacancy of the President and the possibility of the President dissolving the Congress after the censorship of two cabinets. These are the figures of the parliamentary system that we do not have in our country and they distort the presidential system that we have in our country. Without a doubt, these are things that need to be reviewed and improved. This is a matter that is in the hands of various levels of government, because a basic political agreement is needed to be able to make changes of this kind (…). There are poorly drafted articles of the Constitution that can be used by both parties as tools in this struggle between the legislature and the executive,” Abugattas said.