Almagro says Castillo’s decision at the extraordinary session of the OAS Permanent Council represented “a change in the constitutional order.”
OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro reiterated that former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo’s decision constituted an “amendment to the country’s constitutional order” and was “reprehensible in every respect and reprehensible” at the meeting of the organization’s Permanent Council, which was held this Wednesday took place in Washington.
Almagro also said that the OAS would provide Peru with the necessary support and seek contact with President Dina Boluarte, who took office after Congress approved the hiring motion against former President Pedro Castillo.
For his part, the Bolivian ambassador to the OAS, Héctor Arce Zaconeta, dismissed the attacks on what he called a “popular government”.
“Let’s hope it’s the last time that a people’s government, an indigenous government, a government drawn from the healthiest sectors of a country’s nationality, will be deeply rejected by the political order, by the established order, and its constant overthrow.” is being sought,” the Bolivian official said.
However, he added that “nothing justifies breaking the constitution” and regretted that the high-level OAS mission that was in the country to analyze the political crisis “did not bring the expected result”.
A few days ago, the preliminary report of the High Level Group (GAN) of the Organization of American States (OAS), which visited Lima, Peru between November 20 and 23, recommended, among other things, “to implement a political ceasefire.” A dialogue is called between the actors and “a minimum consensus is reached in order to guarantee governability”.
Colombia expressed its concern about the political situation in Peru, called for dialogue “at the highest level” and demanded that “the democratic expression of opinion given in the elections be respected”.
Other countries, including Mexico and the United States, also expressed concern about the situation in Peru and said they were monitoring the situation closely. Several ambassadors also called for dialogue between Peruvian political actors.