The motion for interpellation was tabled by Congresswoman Silvana Robles of the Peru Libre Party, with support from the Congressional benches of Peru Bicentenario, Bloque Magisterial and Peru Democrático.
The interpellation, which contains 25 questions, has the signatures of more than 20 members of Congress, a number required for the Secretary of State to appear before the plenary session to answer the questions, and the date of the presentation is yet to be announced.
The list of questions calls for explanations about the extreme measures taken by the Peruvian government after Mexico granted asylum to the wife and children of President Pedro Castillo, who was ousted and jailed last December 7 for trying to to dissolve the unicameral opposition congress of its management and other measures.
Monroy’s expulsion has been attributed to statements by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on the Peruvian crisis, and another question seeks to specify the facts or actions attributed to the President that motivated the action taken against the Ambassador.
Secretary of State Gervasi must respond if she considers that the statements or actions of the Ruler of Mexico were compulsive, involving the use of force, threats, political pressure, diplomatic intervention, or economic coercion in order to change the will of the Peruvian government in relation to the suspected actions to change from interference. .
The interrogation commemorates the creation of the now-defunct Lima Group, sponsored by the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and encouraged by the United States, which disruptively ignored the Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro and recognized the self-proclaimed Juan Guaidó.
Congresswoman Robles pointed out that before expelling Mexico’s ambassador, the new Peruvian government called a consultation with its ambassadors to Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico, after the presidents of those countries issued a joint statement of concern over the Peruvian crisis
He added that the leaders of these countries called for a dialogue solution to the situation and that this is “what brother countries must do to contribute to the peaceful resolution of disputes.”
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said last week that her government is working towards the return of its ambassadors to Buenos Aires, La Paz, Bogotá and Mexico City, stressing the importance of ties with the four countries.
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