At the same time, resigning Defense Minister Daniel Barragán flatly denied the rumors collected and spread by right-wing parties and related media.
Rumors have ranged from saying Barragán resigned because he did not support President Castillo’s alleged attempted coup against Parliament, promoting the vacancy (removal) of the president, to talks of an agreement between the legislature and military leadership.
Williams stated that there was no reason or support for a government coup because he felt he lacked argument and support from anywhere, an obvious reference to the armed forces.
“A coup has to have a reason, it has to have a relationship, there has to be state agents and authorities that agree,” he said. requirements that do not exist.
When asked by the press, he replied that he had received no news from the intelligence services of any coup d’état or takeover of the Legislative Palace.
On the same day as Barragán’s resignation, President Pedro Castillo and the Council of Ministers denied that the government intended to violate the constitutional order and insisted on a call to the legislature for dialogue on governance.
However, far-right MPs Maricarmen Alva, Martha Moyano and Norma Yarrow, and the promoter of Castillo’s bid for the post, Edward Málaga, spent the night at Congress headquarters in a vigil to “defend and protect” the palace’s legislature. to yarrow.
Such an attitude was found ridiculous by centrist Congresswoman Susel Paredes, who discredited the rumors and also criticized the strengthening of the fences that surround the Palace of Parliament in a wide perimeter and prevent the public from approaching Congress headquarters.
The parliament, controlled by far-right forces, has rejected more than 80 percent in opinion polls.
On the other hand, the Subcommittee on Constitutional Allegations of the Peruvian Congress dismissed a constitutional violation charge against Vice President Dina Boluarte that aimed to disqualify her for ten years from holding public office for a minor violation, which, if successful, would have implied her removal from office.
The congressional group passed the decision by 13 votes in favor and eight against, authorizing Boluarte to succeed Castillo if the president is vacated.
Previously, Boluarte declined her ratification as Minister for Social Inclusion, arguing she prefers to stay out of political polarization.
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