“Two days ago, Prime Minister (Aníbal) Torres said that this Congress was a coup plotter and that it was plotting to overthrow the president, seeking to deepen the crisis. We want to tell everyone that the Congress has only one objective, which is to achieve a Peru better,” Alva remarked.
The deputy appears questioned because some apparently secret meetings she had with other legislators to advance in a vacancy plan against President Castillo, an initiative that the ruling party considered “coup” came to light.
“We believe in dialogue and agreement. That is why we want to announce that we will receive you (the new cabinet and Torres) to hear you on March 8. You have more than 20 days to reflect, to propose and see what we do together for our country. We look forward to it. Peru awaits your answers,” Alva said.
The Popular Action parliamentarian asserted that the country “already suffered a lot, and was divided” and asked Torres “not to prolong this.” “Come up with national needs instead of inventing plots, our country expects much more from us,” she insisted.
After the revelations of some media about those meetings of opponents to promote the removal of Castillo from office, Torres warned about the existence of a “secret plan” to stage a coup by removing the president.
“Not only did they proclaim the theory of the alleged fraud, but now they intend to secretly hatch a plan to generate a coup d’état through the presidential vacancy, constitutional accusation or resignation,” said the chief minister at the time.
Also in response to the opposition meetings, Labor Minister Betssy Chavez filed a constitutional complaint against Alva.
The head of Congress today insisted on her call for dialogue: “In 200 years of independence, the body has always sought consensus, dialogue and agreement, and this time it will not be the exception,” she said, according to the state agency Andina .
Far from denying the opposition meetings, he accepted it, although he clarified that the meeting was “in search of a single objective: a better Peru.”
“We congressmen meet and will continue to meet constantly,” he asserted, and defended the goal of achieving “consensus proposals to move forward, respecting legality and the Constitution.”
Last Monday Torres had sent a letter to Alva to ask for the day and time of his presentation before the plenary session to achieve the vote of confidence.
“On this occasion, I will present the general policy of the Government and the main measures that the administration requires, as well as a proposal to strengthen democracy in our country, which I am sure will contribute to the maintenance of social peace and progress,” he wrote then. Torres, the fourth head of the Castillo Cabinet.
In search of adding support, the prime minister met today with the blocks of Somos Perú, Perú Democrático, Juntos por el Perú, Partido Morado and Podemos Perú, and on Monday he will meet with the Acción Popular bloc, reported the newspapers El Comercio. and The Republic.
On the night of Tuesday the 8th of this month, Castillo swore in his fourth cabinet in just over six months of government -and the second in a week-, headed by Torres, 79 years old and until then Minister of Justice.
The new team succeeded the one headed by non-partisan legislator Héctor Valer, questioned not only for political reasons but also for allegations of family violence, and has 6 new ministers out of the 18 portfolio managers.
If the cabinet does not obtain a vote of confidence from the majority of the 130 legislators, he is obliged to resign and Castillo must appoint another chief of staff, and if Congress twice rejects the team chosen by the president, he can dissolve the body and summon extraordinary parliamentary elections.
Source: Ambito
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