Argentina requests that “democratic mechanisms be restored” in Peru “as quickly as possible”

The government of Argentina On Thursday, he called for the reestablishment of “democratic mechanisms” as “quickly as possible” in Peru, a country immersed in a serious political crisis after the departure of the former president. Pedro Castillo.

“Peru It is a brother nation and the only thing we hope for is that democracy works in full, democratic mechanisms be reestablished as quickly as possible and the rights and guarantees of the entire Peruvian people are preserved”asserted the presidential spokesperson, Gabriela Cerruti, at a press conference in Buenos Aires.

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The official assured that the crisis in the Peru It constitutes one of the “priority issues” for the Argentine Foreign Ministry, which is following the situation “very closely.”

In a joint statement published this Monday by the Colombian Foreign Ministry, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia and Colombia assured that Castillo is being “the object of judicial treatment in the same violative way.” and asked that the “citizen will” expressed at the polls be respected.

“Our governments call on all the actors involved in the previous process to prioritize the will of the citizens that was pronounced at the polls,” they said in the statement published after many of them had expressed their concern about the crisis unleashed in Peru. since Castillo decided to dissolve Congress, in what has been widely considered a coup, and was arrested for it.

The former Peruvian president sent a letter to the presidents of these countries on Wednesday to express his “gratitude” for their support, while reiterating that he will not abandon “the will of the people.”

“I express my greetings and gratitude to the brothers: Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia; (Andrés Manuel) López Obrador, President of Mexico; Luis Arce, President of Bolivia; Alberto Férnandez, President of Argentina, for his identification and solidarity with my people and our legitimate government,” Castillo said in the letter, later shared on Twitter.

Source: Elcomercio

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